Fallas Dart Air at Mama's BBQ in Deep Ellum

Stopped by Mama's BBQ on April 13th (Dallas Art Fair Weekend) to visit art booths setup by galleries, artists, art publications, etc... 

 

Randall Garret and Daniel Kurt at Plush Gallery table. 

Jesse Morgan Barnett and Ludwig Schwartz at Dick Higgins table. 

Bill Davenport (left), in town to cover the Dallas Art Fair and other events for Glasstire, visiting the Dick Higgins table.

Italian Ice Pop

by Bill Davenport

Evil Spore

by one of my favorite artist, Bill Davenport

Bill Davenport @ The Old Jail Art Center

After a 3-hour trip from Dallas we finally made it to the Old Jail Art Center for Bill Davenport's Junk Store installation.  This is now my 5th version of Bill's Junk Shop installation I have seen and this was the most sparely filled space of any.  And that was not bad.  This installation featured more of Bill's work than the previous versions.  This of course was obvious to me since I have been following Bill's work since the early 90's.  This junk store version included a mini retrospective of Bill's work.  Pieces from most  phases of Bill's career were included.  I was thrilled...Yes I had to take some work with me, however it was kind of sad that the work will evolve over the 3 month exhibition period - That is because I can't see how the exhibition will evolve over time. 

 "Old Junk Art Center" Bill Davenport.  Bill hot glued styrofoam letter cutouts to the facade of the Old Art Jail Center.

 Bill ringing up sales

Installation photos of Bill's Junk Shop.

Bill Davenport And the Golden Treasures of the Pharaohs at the MAC

Arrived at Bill's opening at the MAC as they opened the doors to get a few pictures.   Bill was one of the first artists to show at the MAC when it opened in 1994 and this time he has the large exhibition space to himself.  The 6 pop/kitsch inspired and mostly oversized pieces completely fill the space.   



in the MAC lobby - Swiss Cheese, 2011, polyurethane foam and acrylic paint

LtoR: Strawberry, 2011, painted ferroconcrete. Big Owl, 2011, paper mache over steel. Nopale, 2011, paper mache over steel 

Moldy Cheese, 2011, polyurethane foam and acrylic paint. Stein, 2009, ceramic

Don't miss this opportunity to see Bill's exhibition at The MAC -
September 17- October 22


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Bill Davenport And the Golden Treasures of the Pharaohs at the MAC

One of my very favorite artists working today!

Bill Davenport and the Golden Treasures of the Pharaohs

Part roadside attraction, part excavation, Bill Davenport fills the large gallery with specimens unearthed from contemporary mass society. Inspired by Harry Burton’s photographs of the King Tutankamun excavation, the Houston based artist utilizes steel, paper mache and found objects to presume the chaos and mysticism of ordinary man’s treasures.  Exhibition was curated by Charles Dee Mitchell. 

Bill Davenport is a Houston based artist who holds a B.F.A. from the Rhode Island School of Design and an M.F.A. from the University of Massachusetts. He works as a contributing editor for Glasstire and a freelance art critic for the Houston Chronicle. Bill has been exhibited in over 60 exhibitions beginning his career as a resident at the Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston in the 1991 Core Fellows Exhibition and most recently at the Inman Gallery in Houston and the Angstrom Gallery in Dallas.

Exhibition opens this coming Saturday at 6pm - Don't Miss It!

Bill's Junk Shop at Neiman Marcus, Dallas

Visited the Neiman Marcus window installations in downtown Dallas this morning.  This window installation is by Bill Davenport.   This installation is a small part of Bill's Junk located in the Heights neighborhood just north of downtown Houston.

Bill's Junk is crammed with thirft-store art that Davenport has collected over the last 20 years, along with some of his own creations, other artist's little know works,  leftovers from the defunct Museum of the Wierd and other unusual things you can't live without.

Pop art cans by Bill Davenport

Optical Project

I had the pleasure of visiting Bill Davenport's and Francesca Fuchs' new home, studio, and gallery while it was under construction a couple of times. Now, I need to get to Houston to see how it turned out. They have moved in and the first exhibiton just opened.

Bill Davenport: Theory of Macrame' Owls

Bill's installation of his collection of macrame' owls at VAL. The exhibition opens Saturday, December 8th through January 19th, 2008.

private view: a collection of Art

Visual Art League of Lewisville

Tracy Hicks, "Filtering Frogs"

Ron Hoover paintings

Helen Altman, "Wire Birds"
Bill Davenport sculptures

Visual Art League
May 19 - June 26, 2005