OPENING RECEPTION | 40 DAYS 40 NIGHTS BY SHAFAQ AHMAD
OPENING RECEPTION
FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 2022
6:00 PM TO 8:00 PM
AT THE MADI MUSEUM
40 DAYS 40 NIGHTS features a series of 40 works by artist Shafaq Ahmad
shafaq ahmadSPECIAL EXHIBIT| 40 DAYS 40 NIGHTS BY SHAFAQ AHMAD
A series of 40 works created by artist Shafaq Ahmad
On exhibit March 4, 2022 through May 27, 2022
“These forty images were created one each day for forty days continuously, keeping in mind that every action is a part of the whole. This series is essentially made as digital images and is developed by taking photos of the left over paint or stains on the disposable paper palettes that I used while making paintings. I saw interesting formations that to me appeared organic shadows of the colors I love to use. After I photographed these images I transferred them to a photo editing program. By repeating the design I was able to create the images I have now in the series. The images are also inspired by the Islamic geometric designs, as far as repetition, balance and harmony which creates a sense of infinity and beauty. The same characteristics can be observed in Nature where things of unmatched beauty and harmony are ever present.”
— Shafaq Ahmad
GEOMEKINETICA | BY LARRY AKERS
GeomeKinetica : 3D Kinetic Art and Sculptures
by artist Larry Akers from Austin, Texas
December 3rd, 2021 through March 3rd, 2022
Red Yellow Refractory
Mixed media: Acrylic rod, acrylic sheet, collage on Masonite, oil-painted wood25″H x 37″W x 6″D 2021The Refractory piece is a box whose front surface is an array of clear acrylic rods. The back panel is painted in an arrangement of triangles and quadrilaterals. The sides of the box are translucent. colored acrylic sheets to admit light. The rods refract and fracture the back panel image. As the viewer changes their position, the image appears to move, shuffling its geometry, and shifting the dominant color palette, resulting in a kinetic and highly interactive experience.
2ND ANNUAL ONLINE AUCTION NOV 6 – 14th
THE ONLINE AUCTION IS OPEN
Bid now on selected artworks to help us raise important funding for the MADI. Our annual fundraiser makes it possible to bring unique, international exhibits to Dallas and continue to offer exciting programming options. Every bid helps to support our goals.
Bid Now though November 14th at 8:00 pm
The Museum is a 501 © (3) organization and all contributions are Tax Deductible
For more information call Grace Wyatt 214-855-7802
Museum of Geometric and MADI Art- 3109 Carlisle, Dallas, Texas 75204
email grace@GEOMETRICMADIMUSEUM.org for more information
BIENNIAL 2021 WINNERS ANNOUNCED
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ORIGINS IN GEOMETRY | BIENNIAL 2021
The 6th Biennial will feature works from 32 finalists from across the globe from July 30 to November 24th **extended closing date
“This year marks the 6th international biennial exhibition, sponsored by the Museum of Geometric and MADI art, which illustrates that the geometric idiom in contemporary art is as resilient as ever. When the biennial call initially went out to artists, it was unclear whether the exhibition would happen at all, let alone in person due to Covid restrictions. For over a year now, artists around the world have had to adjust their studio practices, rearrange their lives, and rethink their work. For some this has been an introspective time taking stock of their practice, for others and their family, it has been personally traumatic; still others found new impetus for taking risks in new directions and media, and for a great many others, it has not radically changed their daily solitary studio routine. Regardless of how artists experienced the pandemic, those who answered the 2021 Biennial call did so with bold work and profound imagination.”
Mokha Laget
Juror
Featured artwork:
Striped 321
airbrush and acrylic on canneté (undulated cardboard)
24” x 24”, 2021
by Sandi Renko, Padova , Italy
The Finalists:
ORIGINS IN GEOMETRY | BIENNIAL 2021 FINALISTS
Artist, City of Residence, Title
Larry Akers, Austin, Texas , “Double Rainbow”
Maria Arvelaiz-Gordon, Paris, France, “Colored Reliefs”
Stefan Balázs, Rimavska Sobota , Slovakia, “Erbid”
Jane Barthès, Chicago, IL, “Molecules of Urban Design #3″
Roger Bensasson, Bagnolet , France, “Diptyque Vide 2A + 2B”
David Blow, Hickory Creek, Texas, “Refuge”
Melinda Clyne, Vaucluse, NSW, Australia, “Inverted Geometry”
Wallace Colvard, Palm Desert, CA, “Ring Study”
Alonso de Alba Bessonnier, Torreón, Mexico, “Estela de Vapor”
Adriana Dorta, Key Biscayne, FL, “Leaf” [Second Prize]
Michael Duncan, Dallas, Texas, “Limitless”
István Ézsiás, Budapest, Hungary, “Bauhaus”
Israel Guevara, Port Saint Lucie, FL, “Penta Graphic”
Nicole Guyhart, Freteval, France, “Relief M21”
Michael Hall, Shreveport, LA, “Mid-Century Melody”
Howard Hersh, San Francisco, CA, “Migration 19-3”
Liliana Iturriaga Sanchez, Santiago de Chile, Chile, “IMPLOSIÓN-02”
Hernan Jara, Paris, France, “Quadriptyque 04 en Violet”
Vicenzo Mascia, Santa Croce di Magliano, Italy, “Struttura 44/19”
Pedro Morales, Houston, TX, “Geolocations: Scutoïd Jeune”
Andrzej Jakub Olejniczak, New York, NY, “Diagonal Structure #5”
Sandi Renko , Padova , Italy, “Striped 321”
Lenore Diamond Robins, Delray beach, FL. “Facets Variation #7”
Jeff Robinson, Dallas, TX, “Sculpture IX” [Third Prize]
Christine Romanell, Little Falls, NJ, “5 Point Conjunction”
Luis La Rosa, Doral, FL, “Particle Accelerator” [First Prize]
Anthony Ruscitto, Schenectady, NY, Untitled
Luisa Russo, Naples, Italy, “Transparency Sheet”
János Szász Saxon, Budapest, Hungary, “PD Space -Coordinate 2”
Susan Sitzes, Denton, TX, “My Choice – Despair or Joy”
Yvette Kaiser Smith, Chicago , IL, “Weaving in pi: 17 digits (57…50)”
Christa Stevens, Santa Fe, NM, “What Goes Around”
View the Exhibit Catalog here:
EXHIBIT | Structural Harmonies
Structural Harmonies features digital drawings, prints and photography finding geometry in structures, landscapes and complex images, reducing them to their simplest forms.
Three Dallas artists. Three different techniques. One unique perspective.
PAUL ABBOTT
UF#21.4.9.G3 by Paul Abbott, 18” x 22” Print on Dibond
JAMES ALLUMBAUGH
Sunset Window by James Allumbaugh, 2017
12” x 12” archival digital print mounted on canvas and coated with UV filtering acrylic lacquer
NIKOLA OLIC
the try angle by Nikola Olic, 24″ x 20″, Color Photograph 2019
area in front of the denver museum of art offers art to anybody willing to look for it, combining the sharp pyramid shape of a nearby building, with the flat corporate sameness of a downtown highrise 1/4 mile away.
CLOCK WORKS | Michael Tichansky
Michael Tichanksy is a Dallas artist with a rich artistic heritage heavily influenced by his Ukrainian grandmother, a costume designer, who introduced him to the museums and cathedrals of New York City. “My work includes eastern design, symbolism from my Ukrainian heritage and is layered first with color and then a grid with shapes which interact to bring order from chaos into a harmonious vision.” Michael was featured in the first ever summer local artist exhibit at the Geometric and MADI Museum in 2009, and has been featured in many shows and exhibits, not only at the MADI, but in the Dallas area as well. “Clock Works” is showing at the MADI through May 2nd.