Deep thanks and gratitude out to Marla Bane of Dallas Arts Salon for her piece on my work!

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Images from the “Painted Truths” Exhibition at MFAH.

So when I was listening to Fresh Air on NPR the other day, Lawrence Wright from the New Yorker was being interviewed by Terry Gross about his work in Gaza during the time of the Israeli invasion. Toward the end of the interview they talked about a performance piece called “The Human Scale”. While discussing it, they touched briefly on the idea of theatre and journalism. It’s not quite about ‘drama’ and journalism but it was close and made me very curious to see. If anyone has seen it, please email me or make a comment on this post. Here is a link to a quick plug in Playbill: http://bit.ly/cwUv0r.

As time has passed since those ever distant college years, I have noticed that more and more people have come to accept or even expect drama in their news. I think if this continues then we will see a lot more conflict in the world if for nothing else then to support people’s appetite for drama. On the other hand, theatre may become the new medium for real and substantive dialogue among people.

Seen here at the Museum of Modern Art “Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

On Thursday, September 25, 2008 the U.S. Government took over Washington Mutual, selling most of it to JPMorgan Chase.

Roughly a year earlier, at the height of a frenzied economic bubble, Washington Mutual began building a new 1 million dollar branch at 5030 Greenville Avenue, just south of Lovers Lane. Just after its completion, the government seized WaMu, and JPMorgan Chase decided not to occupy the building.

The new building was never opened, never used, and has sat as an empty shell for more than a year.

On February 20, 2010, Modern Ruin-a two-day exhibition organized by Christina Rees and Thomas Feulmer-will open. The two-day exhibition will be the only use for the million-dollar building before the demolition process begins the following week. The bank building is a truly modern ruin – a building that never met its purpose, and only existed as potential activity, potential economy, and hoped-for growth.

Seeking to take advantage of the space-its social and cultural connotations, its materials, and its presence as direct and immediate evidence of the current economic condition-15 artists will create work inspired by and in dialogue with the building. Some artists will alter the building’s materials and corporate interior, while others will stage actions and interventions within, and still others will use the background of the space as context for their work.

Artists in the exhibition :

Frances Bagley
Tim Best
Michael Corris
Thomas Feulmer
Annette Lawrence
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Margaret Meehan
Tom Orr
Richard Patterson
Cam Schoepp
Noah Simblist
Christoph Trendel
Terri Thornton
Kevin Todora
Jeff Zilm

Please join us for the opening reception/intervention with the artists the night of Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010, 8-11pm. The exhibition will be open to the public on February 20th and 21st, 12-5pm, though in the case of some artists the work left behind will be documentation of the actions that took place the night before.

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Finished images are 34″ x 34″ inches up to 48″ x 48″, mounted on diebond with an aluminum cleat. Five images will be on display at 500x gallery from February 6th to February 28th. Opening reception will be February 6th from 7-10pm.