Nothing Moments is the newest project of Steven Hull, who has teamed up with Tami Demaree, Annie Buckley, and Jon Sueda for this most ambitious of Hull’s projects to date. With nearly one hundred participating writers, artists, and designers, Nothing Moments embraces the disparate fields of visual art, literature, and design.

Nothing Moments consists of twenty-three limited edition books and more than four hundred original drawings. The project expands on the relay-inspired process Hull has explored in previous projects, whereby the work of one artist is responded to and expanded on by another. In Nothing Moments, each book begins with a fiction text authored by a contributing writer. This text is then passed to a contributing artist who makes drawings in response to the story. Finally, the text and art are given to a designer who creates a unique design. The resulting books emphasize a fusion of writing, visual art, and design, inverting the traditional foregrounding of text over art in the book format.

Nothing Moments offers an intriguing cross-pollination of the populist sensibility of a book fair with the rarified atmosphere of contemporary art. In celebrating the blurring of boundaries between disciplines, the project brings an exciting, collaborative energy to the gallery and offers thought-provoking questions to contemporary critical discourse.

Opening Reception: Sat. May 17, 2008 (7-9PM)
2919-C Commerce St // Dallas, TX 75226 // 214.760.7170 //

It is commonly known within the art world that the summer is always your leanest time, making May the last big bang before the annual hibernation. This May, Dallas’ Design District will be kicking us off.

Here are the openings of note this Saturday May 10, 2008…

PDNB Gallery, 5-8 PM: Home Sweet Home
1202 Dragon Street, Suite 103, Dallas, TX 75207 // 214.969.1852 // www.pdnbgallery.com
above image: Misty Keasler (left) and Chris Verene

Conduit Gallery, 5-8 PM: Roberto Munguia, Ellen Berman & Briar Bonifacio
1626 C Hi Line Dr. // Dallas, TX 75207 // 214.939.0064 // www.conduitgallery.com
above image: Roberto Munguia

Holly Johnson Gallery, 5-8 PM: Joan Winter: Counterpoint
1411 Dragon Street // Dallas, Texas 75207 // 214.369.0169 // www.hollyjohnsongallery.com
above image: Joan Winter

Marty Walker Gallery, 5-8 PM: Archie Gobber: In Loving Memory of You
2135 Farrington // Dallas, Texas 75207 // 214.749.0066 // www.martywalkergallery.com
above image: Archie Gobber

PanAmerican ArtProjects, 5-8 PM: Isabelle Du Toit
1615 Dragon St. // Dallas, TX 75207 // 214.522.3303 // www.panamericanart.com
above image: Isabelle Du Toit

Gerald Peters Gallery, 6-8 PM: Richard Haas
1019 Dragon Street Dallas, TX 75207 // 214.969.9410 // www.gpgallerydallas.com

Craighead-Green Gallery, 5-8 PM: Miroslav Antic, Carole Pierce and sculptor, Bill Weaver
1011 Dragon Street // Dallas, TX 75207 // 214.855.0779 // www.craigheadgreen.com

The Contemporary Art Dealers of Dallas are ramping up for their second annual art fair. This will take place at 333 First Avenue with a preview night on May 30 from 7-10pm, with regular fair hours from 12-8pm on Saturday May 31 and from 12-5pm on Sunday June 1, 2008. Last year’s fair exceeded all expectations of the group with over 1,500 attendees coming through for its inaugural weekend. I expect that this year’s will almost double in attendance. The preview night will be that weekend’s hot ticket for sure as Modern Luxury will play host for the evening, and their will be a live musical performance by Austin based band Shapes Have Fangs.

For more details on the event and to see the roster of participating galleries visit www.caddallas.net

New year…way more blogging is going to happen here. By this time next week MB Dallas will welcome not one but 2 new bloggers to the fold. No more lone ranger action here. Now onto a few early 08 art openings…

CONDUIT GALLERY: Saturday, January 5 (5:30-8:30pm)
1626 C Hi Line Dr. // Dallas, TX 75207
214.939.0064 // www.conduitgallery.com

Billy Hassell: Journal

Reinhard Ziegler: Along for the Ride: Images from Marfa & Big Bend

Memotronic: Co-Curated by Danette Dufilho and Julio Cesar Morales (Queen’s Nails Annex, San Francisco, CA)

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HOLLY JOHNSON GALLERY: Saturday, January 5 (5-8pm)
1411 Dragon Street // Dallas, Texas 75207
214.369.0169 // www.hollyjohnsongallery.com

Gael Stack: Gaps, Sinkholes, and other Chasms, Janaury 2008

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MARTY WALKER GALLERY: Saturday, January 5 (6-9pm)
2135 Farrington St. // Dallas, TX 75207
214.749.0066 // www.martywalkergallery.com

Jay Shinn: With the Grain
with Maquettes by Tom Orr in the other gallery.

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PanAmerican ArtProjects: Saturday, January 5 (5-8pm)
1615 Dragon St., Dallas, TX 75207
214.522.3303 // www.panamericanart.com

Gustavo Acasto: New Work

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PHOTOGRAPHS DO NOT BEND: Saturday, January 5, 2008 (5-8pm)
1202 Dragon Street, Suite 103, Dallas, TX 75207
214.969.1852 // www.pdnbgallery.com

Texas Bauhaus: Work by Carlotta Corpron (above image), Ida Lansky and Barbara Maples

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Introductions North will open this Thursday June 14, at the GDAC’s Meadows Gallery. Below is all of the info posted on their site. This kind of looks like CADD’s art fair round 2, but you will find some new faces like Mulcahy Modern, Mighty Fine Arts, 500X and Photographs Do Not Bend.

If you are an artist who is trying to pursue a fine art career I would not miss the roundtable discussion which starts at 7pm. Nancy Whitenack has been dealing art since I was 5, and Burt Finger has been at since I was in the 9th grade. Both of them have well respected programs with a proven history. Marty Walker brings a lot to the table since she is a new gallerist, but has had a lot of experience dealing artwork dating back to her days as the Associate Director at Conduit. Walker is also an artist herself, so her insight comes from both sides of the fence.

June 14 - July 19, 2007
Opening Reception Thursday June 14, 5-7pm
GDAC // 207 S. Bell // Denton, TX 76201 // www.dentonarts.com

Roundtable discussion June 14, 7pm: How And Why Galleries Choose Artists To Show
Nancy Whitenack, Conduit Gallery
Marty Walker, Marty Walker Gallery
Burt Finger, Photographs Do Not Bend

Contributing Galleries and Artists
500 X Gallery - John Oliver Lewis
Barry Whistler Gallery - Lorraine Tady
Conduit Gallery - Michael Tole
Craighead Green Gallery - Arturo Mallmann, Frank Morbillo
Dunn and Brown Contemporary - Paul Booker
Gerald Peters Gallery - Hunt Rettig, George Tobolowsky
Holly Johnson Gallery - David Aylsworth
Marty Walker Gallery - Beau Comeaux
Mighty Fine Arts Gallery - Polly Perez
Mulcahy Modern Gallery - Monica Pierce
Pan American Art Projects - Charlotte Smith, William Cannings
Photographs Do Not Bend - Misty Keasler
Road Agent Gallery - Ryan Humphrey, Jen Rose
The Public Trust - Steven Hopwood-Lewis
Valley House Gallery - Vera Barnett

Artists ask me all the time, “How do I start showing my artwork?” Well things like this are a perfect opportunity, to jump off with something other than hanging work in your local coffee shop. 500X is one of Texas’ oldest alternative galleries, which is run by a cooperative of artists. Their openings are always well attended, so this is a premier opportunity to get your work in front of a lot of people.

There is a $25 hanging fee per entry. The show runs May 12 - June 2, 2007. You can visit their site for all of the details.

So apparently Mutt Gallery was left off of the Deep Ellum Gallery walk. After receiving a call from a very irate Candice Taylor (who is the gallery director) I decided to remedy this gross oversight by the Deep Ellum art community.

It is my understanding that through her PR channels she is rallying the press to bring national attention to this injustice. All we can hope for is that this media juggernaut does not bring a neighborhood back on the rise to its knees.

Dallas based photographer Misty Keasler will be at Photographs Do Not Bend this Thursday Nov. 30th and Friday Dec. 1st from 6-8pm for a book signing of her first monograph Love Hotels which has just been published by Chronicle Books. A continuation of Keasler’s work documenting spaces, the book consists of 80 portraits of the intensely themed rooms of the Japanese love hotel.

To mark this occasion a limited edition boxed set (pictured above) has been issued. They are in an edition of 30 with 5 artist proofs. Each set comes with a signed and editioned 8×10 chromogenic print and a book which bears a limited edition boxed set emboss stamp on the title page. The contents are housed in a hand made pink wooden box and set atop a pink velour pillow. The limited edition packaging was designed by Brian Gibb of Art Prostitute. These will go very fast, as they are cooler than the other side of the pillow, so don’t sleep on it.

PDNB is now located 1202 Dragon Street, Suite 103, Dallas, TX 75207.

Saturday (Sept 23rd):

And/Or Gallery: The reception for the Nick Ackerman + Michael Bell Smith show from 6pm-9pm. We’ll have an artist talk at 6pm with NY video artist Michael Bell-Smith and half of JODI, the Holland-based digital art collective famous for their Internet deconstruction art and video game hacks/exploits. This is a preview of the talk they’ll give at the MOMA in a few weeks!

Angstrom: It’s not a typo. David Quadrini and co. are back with a new show!! Not sure what the future is for the Dallas Angstrom, but previously they had some of the coolest shows around, so I hope it continues. The reception for this one is 6pm-9pm and it’s “Ab Obo”, a multi-media visual arts project organized by angstrom gallery veteran Steven Hull.

Might Fine Arts: Jo-Ann Mulroy “Traces”. A show of tweaked up appropriated Victorian images. Reception 6pm-9pm

Plush + MFA: Plush and Mighty Fine Arts are teaming up for the Pajama Party at the Clubhouse. 6pm until noon the next day. At 411 N. Tyler / Dallas (2 doors down from Mighty Fine Arts) Here’s MFA’s info for the same event.

Last night I checked out the second installment of Road Agent’s “Ambush” series of mini one man shows that are taking place every Friday night throughout the summer. What a treat last night. Erick Swenson was the guest artist for the evening, and he had his latest sculpture on display…the Ne Plus Ultra piece. The last time I was able to see a Swenson piece was in the Ft. Worth Modern. Quite amazing.

Later, I made it over to Counter Culture at Mockingbird Station to check out Nevada Hill’s new work he had on display there. It was interesting to see how well his new images fit in with the clothing they were buried between. For shoppers, it will be a nice little surprise. For art viewers, it’s a little odd…but so is Nevada’s work…so it works.