DMA ACQUIRES FRANCES BAGLEY SCULPTURE

We are pleased to announce the Dallas Museum of Art's acquisition of Frances Bagley's sculpture "Tiny Dancer" from her solo exhibition Mixed Messages at Marty Walker Gallery.

FRANCES BAGLEY
Tiny Dancer, 2008
mixed media, 24 x 14 x 7 inches

In Bagley's new work, fabrics are molded to form figures, not draped over cast ones, notes Lucia Simek in a review of the exhibition,

"Ms. Bagley turns her previous themes of mystery and illusion on their heads, upending her figures and mounting them to the wall and floor to reveal nothing beneath but hollowness. It's as if Ms. Bagley is feigning a revelation here, showing us but not showing us. She's teasing us, yet again, into wonder."
-THE Magazine, May 2009. (PDF article)

To see more images of Bagley's Mixed Messages visit the gallery website for a slideshow of the exhibition. And for news on the Dallas Museum of Art's upcoming Performance/Art group exhibition (including work by Frances Bagley and husband Tom Orr) as well as additional gallery news, subscribe to our e-mail list, join us on facebook, or subscribe to this news feed.

EXHIBITION REVIEWS: BAGLEY & PORTER

Renegade Bus is a great new art blog on "Culture and the Curious in Dallas, Texas" that is intelligently written and covers topics ranging "from opera and the DMA to punk rock and graffiti." We were very pleased by the smartly written "Art Dialogue" between Lucia Simek and Teresa Burkett on Matthew Porter's High Lonesome exhibition, so check it out! (click here for PDF -permalink)

Also, in the May issue of THE Magazine, contributor and Renegade Bus Co-founder Lucia Simek wrote a very nice review of Frances Bagley's Mixed Messages exhibition, at one point fittingly calling it "puzzling as well as brave"... read the article here, or here for PDF (permalink).

FRANCES BAGLEY: MIXED MESSAGES
MATTHEW PORTER: HIGH LONESOME

exhibition installation pictured - click here for more images

For further information, images, or available work, visit the gallery website: www.martywalkergallery.com (direct link to the artists' pages: Frances Bagley, Matthew Porter) or contact Marty Walker Gallery.

FRANCES BAGLEY NEWS & EXHIBITIONS

FRANCES BAGLEY
The Strategist, 2009
mixed media, 145 x 101 x 132 inches

We are very pleased by the positive response generated for Frances Bagley's new solo exhibition "Mixed Messages" -and would like to share some of the recent press, including interviews with the artist, reviews of the exhibition, and other articles, which can all be found below:

• THE Magazine previews Frances Bagley & Matthew Porter's exhibition in their March issue. (click for the article on www.themagdfw.com - download PDF article, permalink)
  
• There is a brief interview with Bagley for Modern Luxury Dallas, which offers a glimpse into Bagley's art-making process. (download PDF article, permalink)
• In the Dallas Observer, the reviewer presents a tongue-in-cheek relationship between Bagley & Porter's exhibitions with current world issues and the economy. (click for the article on www.dallasobserver.com - download PDF article, permalink)
• Pegasus News interviews Bagley and discusses "Mixed Messages", Bagley's experience, and her fascination with textiles, hair, and other materials that have consistently appeared in her work throughout her career. (click for the article on www.pegasusnews.com - download PDF article, permalink)

FRANCES BAGLEY
Red Dog, 2003
fabric and strofoam, 12 x 30 x 28 inches

Also on exhibit “Texas Twelve: The Second Biennial Survey of Texas Art and Artists” at Wichita Falls Museum of Art at Midwestern State University includes work by Frances Bagley, and another gallery artist Kathy Webster. The exhibition runs through June 6, 2009. [MAP]

• Witchita Falls' Times Record News reviews the Biennial exhibition, March, 28, 2009. (click for the article on www.timesrecordnews.com - download PDF article, permalink)
• Witchita Falls' Times Record News spotlights Bagley's contribution to the exhibition, in their review April 4, 2009. (click for the article on www.timesrecordnews.com - download PDF article, permalink)
  
  

For additional gallery press, click here, and for more on Frances Bagley, including her bio, and images of her work, click here. For any further information, or images, please contact Marty Walker Gallery.

BAGLEY + PORTER: OPENING SATURDAY, MARCH 28

FRANCES BAGLEY
Happy Daze, 2008-2009
mixed media, 97 x 105 x 55 inches

Join us Saturday, March 28 6-8pm for the opening reception of Frances Bagley's new solo exhibition Mixed Messages, and in the other gallery Matthew Porter's epic photographs High Lonesome.

MATTHEW PORTER

The Hindenburg, 2008
archival ink print, 17.5 x 22.5 inches

Exhibition runs March 28 - April 25, 2009 - visit Marty Walker Gallery for more info.