Chuck & george: retrospective
October 21 - November 25, 2023
Press Release
Ro2 Art is proud to present Chuck & George: Retrospective, a retrospective exhibition from collaborative Dallas-based duo Chuck & Georgel. The exhibition will open October 21 and remain on view through November 25, 2023, at Ro2 Art located at 2606 Bataan St., Dallas, TX, with an opening reception to be held October 21 from 7-10pm.
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artist Statement
Chuck & George’s work is most often autobiographical. They state: “Our interests are revealed through the exploited humor and beauty of ourselves and loved ones. We shamelessly admit to using this unflattering portraiture as a way to explore our vision of reality, and of course admit to using mockery as a device. The artistic exploration begins with the identification of a theme and the investigation of it with various forms of media, usually painting, printmaking, sculpture, animation and ‘constructions’. With these tools, we approach our subject as something to be promoted, similar to an advertising campaign, or a public health service. Common threads throughout our career are storytelling, 80′s pop songs, vintage television, kittens, comics, art history, domesticity, childhood, love and violence.”
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About the Artist
On a cold November day in 1990, Chuck & George were born on a cracker. While having lunch at Jim’s Diner, UNT art students Brian K Jones and Brian K Scott sat at a table and painted each other’s portraits on saltines. They then declared themselves “Chuck & George”. Brian K. Jones (Chuck) earned a BFA from The University of North Texas in Painting in 1998. Brian K. Scott (George) earned his BFA in Printmaking from the University of North Texas in 1993 and has worked as a freelancing and collaborating artist all his life. Both Jones and Scott were principal artists with the Holton and Associates, as well as founders and artists of Art Services Collective– both companies that offered many art related services such as murals and trompe l'oeil for private clients and designers in Dallas.
Chuck & George have exhibited both separately and collaboratively in numerous exhibitions, including presentations at Arts Fort Worth; The Wrong Store, Marfa, TX; McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX; Southfork Gallery, Memphis, TN; Unit B Gallery, San Antonio, TX; Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX; Landmark Arts, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; CentralTrak, Dallas, TX; and the Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, TX. In 2013, they were honored with the 2013 Dallas Observer Mastermind Award. The duo has also organized the Oak Cliff SpeedBump Visual Art Tour since 2000, an annual public tour of artists’ studios, homes, and galleries in the neighborhood that takes place each May. |