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| moderndallas.net Special “Eye” to Watch June Mattingly // contributing art writer Centraltrak “The Non-Profit Margin” through July 24 Centraltrak art term-wise is an alternative space or non-collecting museum. In Texas alone comparable spaces include the Ballroom in Marfa, the MAC and the Dallas Contemporary in Dallas, Project Row Houses and Diverse Works in Houston, Blue Star in San Antonio and Arthouse in Austin. These facilities are typically admission free and run by a hardworking staff; all follow quite different missions. |
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| Katie Sheerin is Centraltrak’s dedicated director (Clarissa Terranova was her predecessor) of the ongoing lecture series, workshops often off-site, and a full exhibition calendar. Recently Centraltrak sponsored a symposium at S.M.U. and a program at Undermain Theater. The University of Texas at Dallas’ Centraltrak , is not only an art destination but an artists’ residency providing space for eight artists to live, work and exhibit from one month to one year. Artists are selected by a committee of senior faculty of the School of Arts & Humanities. The wonderful renovated former Fair Park Post Office, that holds the Gallery and Residency since 2008 is located at 800 Exposition Avenue in the historic Deep Ellum neighborhood. The name Centraltrak derives from the “central tracks” of a tramline that once connected the south side of the city to Main Street and the Central Business District. |
| The focus of this show according to the Newsletter is “Each of the participating artists in The Non-Profit Margin mines the divide between social art and art as social practice by presenting installations that propose solutions for contemporary artists seeking to work outside the ‘white box.’” Five examples start with Shelby Cunningham “offering an alternative marketing solution for artists through the organization of the ‘trunk show,’ an automobile-based art fair that eschews the illusionary tactics of the invitational art fair by embracing open participation”… |
| 800 Exposition Avenue Dallas, TX 75226-1747 214.824.9302 www.utdallas.edu/centraltrak |
| Thomas Riccio and Dr. Frank Dufour “extend the profitability of the art object with their memory machine, which asks the viewer to pay for his art experience”…Marjorie Schwarz “addresses the proverbial day job from formal aesthetics,” and Richie Budd places “emphasis on the body of the artist…by introducing the notion of the artist’s body as a commodity to be exploited.” In summation, “During this post-market-glut economic correction, the artist’s quest for greater economic autonomy has gained critical urgency… can an artist make living from his art is inverted to can an artist make art out of his or her living?” |
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