May 27 - July 22,2023
From the Dougherty Arts Center: "Second Sight: A Visual Opera functions as a single artwork, an abstract narrative that unfolds as the viewer-participant moves through the space. In the darkness, in the unknown, we are in a world between dimensions. Inner worlds surface and secret lives are revealed. The large installation is an immersive experience, incorporating unexpected materials, and offering opportunities for discovery. Bring your flashlights! Darcie Book (b. 1981, Baltimore, MD) is a multidisciplinary artist whose work explores paint as object and architecture. She transforms materials by stretching the limits of their intended use, and employs a sort of alchemy: pairing commonplace materials like acrylic house paint, XPS insulation foam, and metal leaf so the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Book's extensive exhibition history includes The Baltimore Museum of Art, Fort Works Art, Tiger Strikes Asteroid (Los Angeles), DiverseWorks, and The Contemporary Museum (Baltimore). She was published in Sculpture Magazine and the Manifest International Painting Annual. Residencies include Vermont Studio Center, Mauser Foundation (Costa Rica), Future Front Texas, and Facebook AIR. Book is a member of ICOSA, an artist-run nonprofit gallery in Austin, TX. She cofounded Crit Nites, an inclusive critique series for a diverse cross-section of artists to build community and exchange feedback. Honors include the Belle Foundation for Cultural Development grant, an unsolicited international award for achievement in the arts and humanities. www.darciebook.com"
12490 May 31, 2023 | 7-9 pm
73 June 28, 2023 | 7-9 pm
Mars Woodhill, Darcie Book, and Alicia Philley
Dougherty Arts Center
1110 Barton Springs Road
Austin, TX 78704
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