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Recomposed
Peggy Wauters WHERE: Ro2 Art The Cedars 1501 S. Ervay St. Dallas TX, 75215 WHEN: June 18 - July 15 , 2022 OPENING RECEPTION: June 18 , 7 - 10 pm For Recomposed, Peggy Wauters mines magazines, brochures and various documents to find imagery, from fragments of human faces to animals and architecture, which are disambiguated from their original, for use as devices in her new “recomposed” paintings and prints. By reworking these objects, she brings new perspective and energy to them, while creating imagined realities. In her dense new paintings, the world seems to be turned upside-down, full of humanoid creatures and strange landscapes. In a series of accompanying prints, the artist combines attributes of various people in order to create new identities. |
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The Ties that Bind
Cheryl Finfrock WHERE: Ro2 Art The Cedars 1501 S. Ervay St. Dallas TX, 75215 WHEN: June 18 - July 15 , 2022 OPENING RECEPTION: June 18 , 7 - 10 pm In her newest solo exhibition, The Ties That Bind, Cheryl Finfrock introduces her most recent body of work, which contains unconventional fiber materials such as thread, string, hair, and rope woven through to connect the pieces together in an allusion to Greek mythology. Finfrock explores her figures in relation to themselves and to the greater theme of storytelling while referencing the Three Fates. This series depicts figures in solitude in empty rooms which often reflect back on the subjects’ seclusion. The rooms then act as vessels for human thought and contemplation, leaving the viewer pondering her figures’ next actions. |
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Departmental Standard on Empathy Displacement and Universal Salvage
Ken Craft WHERE: Ro2 Art The Cedars 1501 S. Ervay St. Dallas TX, 75215 WHEN: June 18 - July 15 , 2022 OPENING RECEPTION: June 18 , 7 - 10 pm Motivated by his experiences as a firefighter, Ken Craft has developed a body of work around his love and compassion for our world while further exploring the scars life leaves on us all, both mentally and physically. In a job where the only certainty is putting his body on the line to save the lives of others, Craft is prompted to explore how life requires we all put ourselves on the line for what we cherish, and the discomfort which comes from taking those risks. He explores the mutual compassion for his occupation and the world around him, asking his audience to reconsider their idea of empathy. As an artist his work proves to be a manifestation of these complex relationships between safety and sacrifice, his personal and primary reason for these choices being love. |
