Contemporary Art Dealers of Dallas present first exhibition at CADD Art Lab

by PegNews wire

The Contemporary Art Dealers of Dallas announce the inaugural exhibition "Indexing the Moment" at CADD Art Lab, a new venue for talking about and presenting contemporary art.

"Indexing the Moment" examines how artists capture unique instances in time and space to create a constantly evolving archive of the contemporary. Featuring painting, photography, sculpture, and new media from eleven of Dallas’ premier contemporary art galleries, this exhibition includes the work of David Dreyer, Vincent Falsetta, Greta Gunderson, Ted Kincaid, Janaki Lennie, Kristen Lucas, Kenda North, Brent Ozaeta, Rusty Scruby, Ludwig Schwarz, Allison V. Smith, and many more. The exhibition will run September 20-October 30.

Art as Documentation

Whether through painting, photography, sculpture, or other media, artists have developed ways of looking that examine their relationship to the world. Painting, at its most basic, is mark-making that records labor over time. Artist Vincent Falsetta carefully arranges jagged drags of paint diagramming, or recording, his process directly onto the canvas. Photography can be equally direct allowing the artist to act as a surrogate for the viewer witnessing both the extraordinary and the banal, such as in the photography of Allison V. Smith and J. B. Fitts. Current events, popular culture, and politics provide a steady diet for artists whether as a filter or a mirror, as seen in the blueprint diagrams of photographs of political figures by Olia Lialina and Dragan Espenschied.

Art in Time

The rigors of time itself can be the subject; turning art into a coded diary tied directly to a specific time or a memorial of a place. This is art that commemorates, engaging time and memory as part of its subject; for example, as found in the recording of personal time in the work of Charles Mary Kubricht or of place in the work of Theresa Chong or the reimagining of ancient objects by Celia Eberle. Process, itself, can record time and, literally, be folded into the meaning of the work, as seen in the layered assemblages of Ted Larsen or James Sullivan or the meticulously crafted biomorphic sculptures by David Dreyer and Phil Evett.

Space and Time Imagined

Art has the freedom to elude or escape the boundaries of the ordinary and the rules that govern time and space. Artists construct imaginary spaces in time--synthesizing the real with the unknown–-such as in the faux seascapes by Ted Kincaid or the reconstructed photo assemblages by Rusty Scruby. Time can be manipulated, even expanded, through narrative techniques, as seen in the episodic photographs by Kenda North. Space itself can be captured, magnified, and solidified; the very quality of air is savored in the paintings by Janaki Lennie and Greta Gunderson, whether banal or sublime.

Source: CADD Art Lab