Angus Fairhurst at Fort Worth Contemporary Art: Guerilla Gorilla
Fort Worth Contemporary Art’s exhibit of Angus Fairhurst’s bronze gorilla sculpture entitled A Couple of Differences Between Thinking and Feeling pays homage to the YBA artist who tragically died in 2008. Post-death, we cannot help but anthropomorphize and project the artist’s depression and loneliness onto the magnificent sculpture. The gorilla, regal in stature, stares at [...]
How to Raise the Bar on Dallas’ Scene?
Last week, a Facebook friend of mine — an artist living in Dallas whom I’ve never actually met – caught my attention when he posted this on Facebook after his recent visit to NY: Walking through the galleries in Chelsea… the work that we saw felt different than art here in Dallas. Part of the difference was presentation. [...]