“We need to keep reassessing where we get our data from to understand how the narrative is shaped. And how it shapes us,” says Jackson.
Dallas Contemporary
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Representations of Listless, Deadening, Corporate Office Life
Using cubicle partitions obtained from the Texas Department of Education in Austin, Jessica Vaughn’s setup resembles a planned office airlifted from the 1980s.
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An Uncanny World of Manipulated Animals and Machines
DALLAS, Tex. — In 2007, Italian artist Paola Pivi brazenly preempted her audience’s response to a work by titling it, “If you like it, thank you. If you don’t like it, I am sorry. Enjoy anyway.”
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Glittery Sylphs, Decorated Camels, Cracked Earthen Paintings, and Botched Machismo
DALLAS — While heterogeneous in form, cultural reference, and concept, the four exhibitions at the center of the Dallas Contemporary 2015 season openers stand together seamlessly.
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A French Artist Demonstrates How Not to Handle Criticism
On January 17 a group of performers hired by a French artist smashed nearly half of the artworks in his new exhibition, then this happened.