As you can see, the crowd was large and VERY focused on pulling those tags. (click on the image to see the full Flickr set)

August 28 & 29, 5×7 On The Road travels to Houston’s Inman Gallery – we hope to see you there!

A number of artists have made new work especially for Dallas, including Annette Lawrence, Gary Panter, Vernon Fisher, Brian Fridge, Julie Bozzi and Nic Nicosia.

a view of the 2008 event at Dunn and Brown

Current Bid Amounts:

Sarah Canright:  $400

Margaraita Cabrera: $800

Faith Gay:  $300

Teresa Hubbard / Alexander Birchler:  $1,000

Eileen Maxson:  $300 (minimum bid)

Melissa Miller:  $1,000 (minimum bid)

Nic Nicosia:  $600

Robyn O’Neil:  $800

Graydon Parrish: $10,000

Dario Robleto:  $900

Ludwig Schwarz: $300 (minimum bid)

Michael Smith:  $800

Sarah Canright:  $400

Margaraita Cabrera: $500

Faith Gay:  $300

Teresa Hubbard / Alexander Birchler:  $1,000

Eileen Maxson:  $300 (minimum bid)

Melissa Miller:  $1,000 (minimum bid)

Nic Nicosia:  $600

Robyn O’Neil:  $600

Graydon Parrish: $10,000

Dario Robleto:  $900

Ludwig Schwarz: $300 (minimum bid)

Michael Smith:  $800

To place a bid or check on a bid, please call 512.453.5312 during regular gallery hours, Sat. 10-5 and Sun. 1-5.  Bidding closes at 5pm on Sunday, May 31.

LUDWIG SCHWARZ lives and works in Dallas, Texas.  He received  his BFA from Southern Methodist University, Dallas and an MFA from the School of the Visual Arts, New York.  Recent solo exhibitions of Schwarz’s work have been held at Road Agent, Dallas; Sunday, New York; Sala Diaz, San Antonio and Q.E.D., Los Angeles.  His work has been included in numerous group exhibitions including those at the Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont; Diverseworks, Houston; PS.1 Center for Contemporary Art, Long Island City, NY; and Kunstbunker Tumulka, Munich, Germany.  Schwarz was also a finalist for the 2005 Arthouse Texas Prize.

To place a bid please visit Arthouse at 700 Congress Avenue or call 512.453.5312

Minimum Bid: $300

Michael Smith, "Excuse me..." watercolor on rag board

MICHAEL SMITH received his B.A. from The Colorado College and attended The Whitney Museum Independent Study Program in New York City. Smith has taught at numerous art schools and universities including University of California at Los Angeles, California Institute of the Arts, Cranbrook, Art Center, University of Illinois at Chicago, The Royal Danish Academy, Pratt Institute, and Yale University.  He has exhibited extensively around the US, Canada and Europe at a variety of venues from museums and galleries to nightclubs and television. His works are in the permanent collections of The Walker Art Center, the Museum of Modern Art, the Centre Georges Pompidou and the Museum of Radio and Television in New York City. Since 1997 he has collaborated with Joshua White on several large-scale installations that were shown at The New Museum and the Christine Burgin Gallery in New York City, The Vienna Kunsthalle, Art Metropole in Toronto, the Hales Galley in London and at the Basel Art Fair.  In addition to his collaborative work with Joshua White, Smith has had recent solo exhibitions at Dunn and Brown Contemporary in Dallas, Galleria Emi Fontana in Milan and at Ellen de Bruijn Projects in Amsterdam.

To place a bid please visit Arthouse at 700 Congress Avenue or call 512.453.5312

Current bid (as of 12:00 pm, 5/26): $700

Dario Robleto, "The Mourn-Full," colored pencil and marker on paper

DARIO ROBLETO received a BFA from The University of Texas at San Antonio.  In 2008, Alloy of Love, a ten-year survey exhibition of Robleto’s work was organized by the Frye Museum of Art, Seattle, WA and the Francis Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY.  Recent solo exhibitions include Those Mirrors with Memory, Inman Gallery, Houston; Fear and Tenderness in Men, D’Amelio Terras, New York; and Chrysanthemum Anthems, Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Greensboro (traveled to the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT and Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN).  Robleto was included in the 2004 Whitney Biennial.  Robleto was invited by Arthouse  to consider and contact an artist with whom he wished to show his work, resulting in the 2006 exhibition The Gospel of Lead: Dario Robleto and Jeremy Blake.

To place a bid please visit Arthouse at 700 Congress Avenue or call 512.453.5312

Current bid (as of 12:00 pm, 5/26): $800

Graydon Parrish, "Freedom Red," oil on panel, original frame by the artist

Special benefit gift of the artist and L Style G Style Magazine

Artist statement:

My life’s work is to reintroduce classical and realist painting in contemporary art and discourse.   As a classicist, many of my works have been allegorical, symbols for abstract ideas.  As a modernist, these abstract ideas also pay tribute to contemporary events such as the tragedy of September 11th, 2001 and the international AIDS crisis.    Freedom Red is my latest art project and White Roses is my first production under this heading.  That is, it is the first work of a collective allegory.   Alone, it reminds us that life is both beautiful and dynamic.  But added to future works, it and they will show us that we still have great, almost insurmountable challenges ahead.   In particular, we do not have a cure for HIV/AIDS.  Until we do, I will continue to paint for Freedom Red and donate a percentage of each work to HIV/ AIDS charities and others that nurture life, assist the needy and work for equality.

To place a bid please visit Arthouse at 700 Congress Avenue or call 512.453.5312

Current bid (as of 12:00pm, 5/26): $10,000