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Wednesday, Nov. 04, 2009

Contemporary Arts gallery mounts a show on discomfort, anxiety

Revamped TCU gallery mounts show about a peaceful, uneasy feeling among Texas artists.


Bite and Sting (2007) by Lawrence Lee, graphite, ink and tea stains on paper 
 Fort Worth Contemporary Arts

Fort Worth Contemporary Arts

Bite and Sting (2007) by Lawrence Lee, graphite, ink and tea stains on paper Fort Worth Contemporary Arts

TCU’s Fort Worth Contemporary Arts is under new management. While there isn’t a sign out front boasting that, be assured that the experimentally edgy space is in the capable hands of former Dallas gallerist Christina Rees. Her first outing is a show of work by 13 artists, including the venerable Vernon Fisher and Terri Thornton, the Modern’s education curator and coordinator of the Tuesday Evenings lecture series.

Rees comments on the amplified day-to-day stressors that unify this show. "Discomfort is a key element that takes many forms in this exhibition: erasure of content, degradation of material, violence, miscommunication, an attempt to organize and name uneasy thoughts, and dire tension about the kinds of cultural 'norms’ we’re all meant to take in stride."

— Gaile Robinson


Death of a Propane Salesman: Anxiety and the Texas Artist
Through Dec. 13

Fort Worth Contemporary Arts

2900 W. Berry St.

Fort Worth

Free

817-257-2588

www.theartgalleries.tcu.edu

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