Nancy Brown, Metal Postcard (detail), 2006
Maximilian Toth, Luciferin + oxygen = oxyluciferin + light, 2006
Terra Goolsby, Coalesce, 2006
Hunter Cross, Stairway, 2006-2008

Open Doors Expansion:
large-scale, site-specific installation works
by open door collective, austin, tx

November 10, 2007 ~ January 12, 2008


Hallworks
Sara Ishii  paintings
3 D on Swiss Jorge Misium  large outdoor sculpture

Dallas ArtCast

Open Doors Expansion, co-curated by Hunter Cross, Terra Goolsby, and Jacob Villanueva, comes to Dallas as another dynamic project of the Open Doors Collective, an Austin art collective. As a community of artists, Open Doors merges diverse materials, contemporary processes and artist-controlled spaces.

Six artists will showcase new large-scale, site-specific installations that are multi-sensory, spatial, sculptured inventions:

Nancy Brown [Dallas]
graces the wall with delicate assemblages
Hunter Cross [Austin]
constructs a 20-foot steel stairway covered in collected statuettes
Terra Goolsby [Austin]
builds an environment of suspended acrylic spheres
Eduardo Navarro [Buenos Aires]
installs fax machines that receive daily transmitted drawings
Maximilian Toth [New Haven]
draws a large mural in his signature illustrative style
Jacob Villanueva [Austin]
combines cellar doors and video projections

Site-specific installations have an essential element in Dallas Contemporary's exhibition showings, including works in Building Blocks, Wall Power, Siting Sculpture, Constuctions & Architecture, and New Art in Austin: 22 to Watch. Mix! Artists such as Luz Maria Sanchez, Alejandro Almanza Pereda and Jose Krapp add spice to our site-specific history.

Special Thanks
One Arts Plaza, annual sponsor
Acqua Panna/San Pellegrino; Glazer's Distributors; Quin Mathews Films
Urban Flower/Grange Hall; Megan Reinhardt, Reinhardt Creative
The Meadows Foundation; City of Dallas, Office of Cultural Affairs
Texas Commission on the Arts

Please contact exhibit@thecontemporary.net