Dallas artist Eric Trich opened IIII Studio Gallery on Dragon Street just over a year ago. Trich had the idea of incorporating the likes of painters, sculptors, conceptual artists and musicians in one nice collective. Now most local art collectives and groups sometimes do this with limited to marginal success but in Trich's case he's paved a way for others to follow with a super cool and successful gallery. How has he done it? It's really simple...Show nothing but the best artists and book nothing but the best bands. If Eric books a band for the space most likely the group played The House of Blues a year ago. In fact HOYOTOHO, one of the biggest local groups playing the Dallas scene hosted their CD release party at IIII Studio Gallery last April. I had recently heard through the grapevine about a great conceptual sculpture show called Slippage and thought I would check it out. Slippage features the work of artists Alfredo Salazar-Caro and Shane Mecklenburger.
The opening was absolutely brilliant. I was so glad I made the drive from Denton to see it. I felt like I was at an early Damien Hirst show in some random British warehouse. The artists were amazing. Technology plays a significant part in these works and is used in several pieces as a central medium. You cannot help but pick up on the sci-fi influence of the work which I also love. Unfortunately, I didn't have a chance to interview both artists but was able to snap a few photos for the blog. Check out the link to IIII Studio Gallery at the end of this post for more information on the show. The work in Slippage is museum quality and I strongly suggest you see it before the show closes.
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1111 DRAGON ST.
DALLAS, TX 75207
WWW.1111STUDIOGALLERY.COM
Great Write up, I saw this show & it was awesome!
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