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July 06, 2005

Gray Matters Gallery final show with Art Prostitute

Kindred gallery Gray Matters is closing their doors after 15 years, and fellow kindred spirits Art Prostitute are doing their final show. From the Dallas Observer:

Art in Dallas. If you don't know where to look, or if you're standing in my father's living room, you would think it was all mounted white-tail bucks, sepia-toned bronco pics and the odd Remington sculpture. Gray Matters Gallery is different. Vance Wingate's personable art space proved that art in Texas doesn't have to be cowboy in nature. Hosting shows by artists such as Tom Sale, Jack Barnett, C.J. Davis and others, Gray Matters has rocked the Dallas art scene for 15 years. Despite this amazing track record, after July 31, the gallery's doors will be permanently closed. But friends aren't going to let the Gray go away quietly. Denton's Art Prostitute magazine and gallery brings Paper Jam to Big D--a one-night showing of original artwork by AP creators Mark Searcy and Brian Gibb along with resident artist Nevada Hill. All works will be priced at $100 with show proceeds going toward the high costs of producing AP Issue 06. It's a celebration of Gray Matters, of fresh, inspired art and of AP's effort to spread great art. So grab some Benjamins and head to Gray Matters, 113 N. Haskell St., on Saturday from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Shake hands with some seriously swell artists and a veteran of Dallas' art world. Because, you know, even without those steers and serapes, we do have one. Visit www.graymattersgallery.com and www.artprostitute.com. --Merritt Martin

Posted by Daniel at July 6, 2005 11:14 PM