NBC 5's Green News :: William Lamson @ Marty Walker

Dallas, NBC 5's Annie Potasznik interviews Marty Walker Gallery Director Billy Zinser to discuss the green themes behind William Lamson's solo exhibition 'Automatic' -view the video of the story above, or visit NBC 5 for a text version of the article, images, and more Green News.

Also, visit www.martywalkergallery.com for more information on William Lamson and to view images of the artist's work. Please contact gallery for any further info and acquisitions .

TED KINCAID @ DALLAS MUSEUM OF ART

Ted Kincaid's Thunderhead 83, digital color photograph surface mounted to Plexiglas in artist's frame, 72 x 48 in. -on display with other works from Dallas Museum of Art's collection.

(pictured, far right, photo from Ted Kincaid's Ten Year Retrospective at The Mckinney Avenue Contemporary) catalogue available, contact Marty Walker Gallery for purchase


See additional works by Ted Kincaid online + mark your calendars for the artist's upcoming solo exhibition at Marty Walker Gallery, opening Saturday, January 9, 2010 - click HERE for more info.

art this week: WILLIAM LAMSON

For those not following the Art This Week podcasts -I recommend checking it out. In addition to reviewing/discussing/promoting the visual arts in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, the Art This Week team reports current art news and upcoming events.

In their most recent podcast, Anne Lawrence talks about William Lamson's Automatic, and shows some clips of the artist's video work, click HERE to see the episode.

WILLIAM LAMSON Automatic - exhibition installation-

art this week: TOM ORR + FRANCES BAGLEY @ DMA

Anne Lawrence interviews Tom Orr and Frances Bagley for Art This Week to discuss the couple's installation for Performance/Art at The Dallas Museum of Art (pictured below).

TOM ORR & FRANCES BAGLEY
Performance/Art installation at The Dallas Museum of Art

Check out more video podcasts on artthisweek.com.

Death of a Propane Salesman

Anxiety and the Texas Artist

FORT WORTH CONTEMPORARY ARTS

Seth Alverson, Michael Bise, Matthew Bourbon, Vernon Fisher, Lawrence Lee, Margaret Meehan, Amy Revier, Ludwig Schwarz, Edward Setina, Kevin Todora, Terri Thornton, Jeff Zilm, Eric Zimmerman

October 30, 2009 – December 13, 2009.
Opening Reception: Friday October 30, 6-9pm

Following is a brief essay written for the exhibit curated by FWCA newly appointed curator Christina Rees. The line-up alone merits a visit to see the show (includes Marty Walker Gallery artist Jeff Zilm!).

Relevant artists are barometers of their environments, and whatever form their art takes, their tendency to tell the truth leads them to create work that mirrors otherwise unseen, undiscussed or repressed phenomena and ideas.

After all, Texas is many things: polite and aggressive, lacking in urbanness with a desire to duck the searing sunlight; it’s part of the Bible Belt, it’s famous for doing things in its own time and it often seems unrattled by world events, and of course it’s known for stetsons, big hair, and plastic surgery. This, when viewed from afar, can appear to be an unnatural environment for contemporary art.

So what kind of art is being made here? Texas, as an environment, makes for rich place of contradictions for an artist to probe. Discomfort is a key element that takes many forms in this exhibition: erasure of content, degradation of material, violence, miscommunication, an attempt to organize and name uneasy thoughts, and dire tension about the kinds of cultural “norms” we’re all meant to take in stride.

So unlike artists working in the more progressive or art-lofty spheres of the two coasts, the Texas artist—especially the highly reactive, imaginative, and sensitive one—finds himself fighting battles of cultural contradiction from the inside. But really, no matter where he lives, this reactive artist would be grappling with the high stress of modern living or the hostile chemical bath of his own brain. Having to fight that good fight in the lone star state merely adds a new dimension of melancholy, if not poetry, to the work, not to mention a lack of commercial compatibility. Unlike news headlines, stress in art doesn’t always sell, and yet the artists in this exhibition keep on telling their truths, and they keep spelunking their personal obsessions as a way of better understanding and navigating the world. The work itself often seems destined for museums, gallery shows, or back in storage in the artist’s studio; even the most hale Texas art collector doesn’t necessarily want a nervous breakdown permanently affixed to the wall of his living room.

Thus, around here, the coming together of artists in exhibitions is one of the clearer manifestations of the desire for an expression of liberty, of honest dialogue about the state of our culture, and often what you see in art galleries is the stuff that doesn’t belong anywhere else. And for every imaginable personal reason, Texas artists stay in Texas, and they keep making their work.

a not entirely unrelated image - King of The Hill's season 3 opener is titled "Death of a Propane Salesman"

FORT WORTH CONTEMPORARY ARTS
The Art Galleries at TCU [MAP]
2900 W Berry St. Fort Worth, TX 76109

www.theartgalleries.tcu.edu P:817.257.2588
gallery hours: Thursday-Sunday 1-6pm

WILLIAM LAMSON NEWS & EXHIBITS

"...transfixed by his videos, the humor and inventiveness of the scenarios is matched by the sense of existential bewilderment. Lamson does the human predicament, with a light touch." -Glasstire.com

WILLIAM LAMSON - Automatic
(Sea Drawings, Automatic video still & framed drawings)

Get Transfixed! See Lamson's Automatic exhibition at Marty Walker Gallery! ...in the meantime, check out these recent articles and reviews:

• KERA's 'Art & Seek' -blog by Gail Sachson
  
• Dallas Art News, exhibition review by Kasten Searles
  
• Glasstire - Texas Visual Art Online
  
• Dallas Observer (brief article)
  
• D Magazine (brief listing)
• Automatic press excerpts, PDF permalink.
  

And, don't miss Lamson's current and upcoming exhibitions:

• Marty Walker Gallery, Dallas TX - William Lamson: Automatic, on view until Nov. 14, 2009.
  
  
  
  

• Houston Center for Photography - Artist as Performer, group exhibition closes Sunday Nov. 8, 2009.
  
  
  
  

• William Lamson solo exhibition upcoming:
  @ ARTSPACE, New Haven, Connecticut
  opening reception: Thursday, November 12
  50 Orange Street, New Haven, CT 06510
  [MAP] P:203.772.2709 www.artspacenh.org
  hours: Tue-Wed: 12-6pm, Thu-Sat: 12-8pm
• William Lamson: LONG SHOT ['The Lot' - MAP]
  (through January, 2010)
  

For acquisitions, further information, or to view the artist's additional video work, please contact Marty Walker Gallery.