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Dallas Museum of Art to Present Site-specific installations by Glasgow-based artist to open May 20 DALLAS, April 12, 2005 – The Dallas Museum of Art will present a site-specific installation by Glasgow-based Jim Lambie of brightly colored vinyl tape installed on the floor in stripes and sculptural objects for the next exhibition in its international emerging artist series Concentrations. Concentrations 47: Jim Lambie opens Friday, May 20, in the Contemporary Art Galleries and part of the South Concourse. At the opening, Lambie, who is also a DJ and musician, formerly of the band Boy Hairdresser, will host a musical event from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Dallas Museum of Art’s Sculpture Garden as part of the Museum’s Late Night series. While many students and assistants are working on the installation, Lambie will scavenge local flea markets and junk stores to create assemblages that hang from the ceiling or stand on the floor. The vinyl tape will follow the perimeter of the museum walls. “Seemingly easy and improvisational, Lambie mixes music and fashion, blurring art and non-art lines, to create a refreshingly smart and upbeat installation,” said Suzanne Weaver, Associate Curator of Contemporary Art. “While creating an installation that brings high art and low culture together with upbeat humor and without irony, Lambie pushes the viewer toward a different experience of art. As viewers move through these dynamic, almost hallucinatory spaces, their perception and imagination is continually engaged, challenged and changed.” The Concentrations series began in 1981 as part of the Dallas Museum of Art’s commitment to the work of living artists. The goal of Concentrations is to make the work of contemporary artists accessible to Dallas Museum of Art audiences, while preserving the excitement and challenge of the work. Concentrations exhibition support is provided by the Donor Circle Membership Program through leadership gifts of Claire Dewar, Nancy and Tim Hanley, and Cindy and Howard Rachofsky. About the Artist Jim Lambie represented Scotland in the 50th Venice Biennale. His museum solo exhibitions include MoMA Oxford in London and Inverleith House in Edinburgh. He has participated in numerous group exhibitions, including “Hello, My Name Is . . . ” at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, Love Over Gold at the Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow, and Painting at the Edge of the World, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis. Contemporary Art Galleries at the Dallas Museum of Art The 8,900 square feet of versatile space showcases works from the Museum’s impressive permanent collection of contemporary art, as well as temporary exhibitions including the DMA’s Concentrations series of single-artist exhibitions. The Contemporary Art Galleries’ renovation encompassed four months and was designed by renowned architects Gluckman Mayner Architects. The new galleries, which were completed in September 2004, offer flexible display configurations, expansive floor space, and high ceilings for large paintings, sculptures, and installations, and a permanent central wall technologically equipped to support numerous multimedia works, allowing the DMA to present a wide and sophisticated range of new art in all disciplines and forms. Renovation of the galleries was made possible by the Contemporary Art Fund through the gifts of an anonymous donor, Naomi Aberly and Laurence Lebowitz, Arlene and John Dayton, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Faulconer, Nancy and Tim Hanley, The Hoffman Family Foundation, Cindy and Howard Rachofsky, Evelyn P. and Edward W. Rose, and Gayle and Paul Stoffel. |
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