Leslie Martinez Shifts the Personal and Political in The Fault of Formation
Dallas-based Leslie Martinez’s first New York solo show, The Fault of Formation at MoMA PS1, addresses political binaries and cultural survival.
February 14, 2024
Laura Neal
ReviewTexasVol. 8 Medium + Support
Ja’Tovia Gary, I KNOW IT WAS THE BLOOD
Ja’Tovia Gary’s I KNOW IT WAS THE BLOOD at the Dallas Museum of Art positions daily life, ritual, and cultural traditions on the center stage.
September 01, 2023
Extending the Line: A Conversation with Pencil on Paper’s Valerie Gillespie
Pencil on Paper Gallery extends the line of Black-owned galleries that trace the foundational practices of accessibility, inclusivity, and representation among art spaces in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
July 05, 2023
WritingsVol. 7 Finding Water in the West
A shell. A picture. A fish.
Laura Neal reflects on her earliest memories of water and the profound presence water has for humanity as a whole.
March 03, 2023
Work in Progress with Austin Uzor
Dallas-based artist Austin Uzor blends the figure and the Southwest landscape in oil paintings that blur the boundaries of figurative painting.
August 23, 2022
Review: Borna Sammak: america, nice place Tackles U.S. Cultural Touchstones
Borna Sammak’s exhibition america, nice place at Dallas Contemporary conceptually and materially questions popular American archetypes and the redundancies of cultural consumerism.
July 26, 2022
Good Grief: Theresa Chong, Rainer Maria Rilke, and Repositioning Grief
Writer and poet Laura Neal visits Theresa Chong's Dallas exhibition dedicated to the organization of grief, and finds the power in the familiar and heavy emotion.
March 07, 2022
Work in Progress with Jay Chung
In our latest studio visit, Dallas-based painter Jay Chung addresses climate change and challenges perceptions of the human figure.
December 21, 2021
Review: Ciara Elle Bryant’s Server: Love Ta, Love Ta Love Ya at the MAC
Ciara Elle Bryant’s installation Server: Love Ta, Love Ta Love Ya at McKinney Avenue Contemporary collages photographs to create a visual bibliography while building a physical space for Black representation.
December 15, 2021
Dallas’s Ash Studios: An Interview with Fred Villanueva and Darryl Ratcliff
Ash Studios is a Dallas community art space inspiring art entrepreneurship and collaborations with the end goal of raising awareness for social justice issues and underrepresented artists.
September 21, 2021
