"Within Sight: Work by Contemporary Arlington Artists"
2001-04-18 until 2001-06-02
Arlington Museum of Art
Arlington, TX, USA United States of America

The first exhibition under the AMA's new Director Anne Allen, Within Sight brings the Museum's mission to celebrate and showcase contemporary Texas art to focus on established artists living and working in the immediate community. This invitational exhibition is not inclusive of all Arlington artists, but is rather an in-depth look at a cross section of Arlington artists whose studio practice and teaching are influential at the local, state and national level.

Artists in Within Sight are:

Julia Franklin - Large and small-scale sculptures that use women's shoes as a departure point for exploring gender roles.

Benito Huerta - Large canvases and monoprints whose imagery borrows equally from high and low culture.

David Keens - Large, free-standing blown and slumped glass sculptures that reference the human figure and natural forms.

Dick Lane - Black and white photographs of birds, bones and other specimens that address the nature of collecting.

Leighton McWilliams - Color and black and white photographs and shadow box sculptures that deal with nostalgia, power and beauty.

Celia Munoz - Installations on contemporary social and cultural themes that combine photography, printmaking and sculpture.

Andrew Ortiz - Large IRIS prints that explore cultural and personal identity.

Nancy Palmeri - Narrative wood cut prints from an ongoing series that brings to life a 1400 Century Italian historical novel Boccaccio's Decameron.

Nicholas Wood - Wooden wall sculptures that combine complexly painted surfaces and simple geometric forms.

Running concurrently with the exhibition will be the Museum's spring lecture series, Contemporary Texas Photographers. The lecture series showcases the talents of the f.8 photography group, and is organized by f.8 founder/Christopher Blay and the AMA's Program Coordinator Rachel Bounds. Each informal lecture begins with a 30-minute reception with light refreshments, followed by the artist's presentation and discussion of their work. Each program concludes with 10 to 15 minutes of question and answer time with the artist.

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