EXHIBITION @ THE PUBLIC TRUST

THE PUBLIC TRUST

JEREMY SMITH + BILLY ZINSER | NEW WORK

JULY17 - SEPTEMBER4, 2010 / Artist Reception: July17, 6-9 PM

2929-C Commerce St., Dallas TX 75226

hours: Wednesday-Friday 11-6pm / Saturday 12-6pm

& by appointment

www.trustthepublic.com / P: 214.760.7170

ANDY WARHOL & BILLY ZINSER @ POP UP 310

(left) Andy Warhol's original 'Diamond Dust Shoes'
(right) Billy Zinser's painting 'THUMP'
@ POP UP 310 -inaugural exhibition, Feb. 13 - 21, 2010 !!!

POP UP 310's inaugural exhibition closes this weekend, so go see it! Gallery hours are Fri. 6-9 / Sat. 12-8 / Sun. 12-5. @ 3699 McKinney Ave #310 [MAP] West Village, Dallas, Texas 75204.

LOOK! A diamond dust Andy Warhol, right next to MY painting 'THUMP'. Pretty bad-ass.

For more Andy Warhol, go to the Modern Art Museum of Forth Worth for their exhibition "ANDY WARHOL: THE LAST DECADE".

MACRODONS @ POPUP THREETEN !

Billy Zinser's MACRODONS series 2 figures & oil paintings will be part of the opening exhibition at POP UP 310 -a temporary art exhibition space in Dallas' West Village, run and curated by James Cope of The Goss-Michael Foundation and Brian Gibb of The Public Trust.

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE: POP UP 310 is an autonomous curatorial project that will serve as a platform for artists, writers, musicians and all things creative. Housed in what was formerly the Gardens retail space in the West Village, POP UP 310 is in essence a temporary pop up gallery showcasing and exhibiting artwork by emerging and established artists. With the space located in a retail center, the focus of the artwork will be on smaller works, prints and books, creating a gallery experience which is accessible to a broader range of art patrons. This model will also create opportunities for artists to experiment with ideas and materials that may not necessarily be shown in a commercial environment. At its core POP UP 310 is a work in progress, an ongoing project to be considered as an art installation it self.


POP UP 310
3699 McKinney Ave #310 [MAP]
West Village, Dallas, Texas 75204

OPENING RECEPTION:
Sat. Feb. 13th 6-10PM

hours: Fri. 6-9 / Sat. 12-8 / Sun. 12-5

POP UP 310 on facebook

POP UP 310 blog

www.popup310.com

DALLAS ART FAIR DEBUTS MACRODONS SERIES 2

MACRODONS series 2 debuts in "Choice Cuts" by The Public Trust @ The Dallas Art Fair. Fair dates are Friday - Sunday, February 5-7, 2010.

"Choice Cuts" also includes some killer Charlie Harper prints and original paintings, as well as other stellar prints and works by Public Trust artists and founder/director Brian Gibb. Among the prints exhibited is an amazing print suite that includes M, Steven Hopwood-Lewis, Misty Keasler, Margaret Meehan, and Brent Ozaeta (and it is only $100 -go buy one now!)

And not only can you be among the first to get your hands on these new MACRODONS, but you will also see some great work by hundreds of artists from over 50 internationally acclaimed galleries -don't miss it!

Dallas Art Fair
@ f.i.g. (fashion industry gallery)
1807 Ross Avenue, Suite 250
Dallas, Texas 75201 [ MAP ]
214.220.1278

Friday, February 5, 2010
11:00 AM to 7 PM

Saturday, February 6, 2010
11:00 AM to 7 PM

Sunday, February 7, 2010
11:00 AM to 5 PM

Tickets to the Dallas Art Fair are $20 per person per day for a single day pass or $40 per person for admission to all three days of the event. To purchase tickets, click here. Tickets will be available for purchase at the event site during the dates of the fair.

EXHIBITION @ 500X - Dallas, TX

500X EXPO 2010 - January 16th - 31st, 2010
Reception: Saturday, January 16th, 7–10 pm

BILLY ZINSER THUMP 2010 acrylic, oil, enamel on panel, 24 x 24 inches

My work is defined by a cartoonish approach to non-objective abstract painting intended to address color, line, and shape as the subject matter of the work, through simple gestures and automatic mark making.

In my paintings I combine these effects with a variety of qualities inherent to the medium of paint and painting, primarily the physicality of the medium and the mark-making of the brushstroke (be that with or without a brush). At times the paint is delivered straight-out-of-the-tube, or manipulated with a utensil to shape it's texture; when applying brushstrokes, some are very slowly and deliberately applied, making their laziness evident when in proximity to a more frenzied automatic mark-making gesture. The body of the paint is also manipulated dramatically, creating tension between sloppy 'juicy' dribbles, stiff paint with erect peaks, richly textured brush marks, globs easily perceived as mistakes, and 'inproper' layering of mediums resulting in wrinkled prematurely dried sagging and leaking paint skin...


500X Gallery, Texas’ oldest artist–run space, hosts one of North Texas’ most anticipated annual juried competitions. This years jurors include Christina Rees, Curator of the Fort Worth Contemporary Arts, and U.K.-cum-Dallas painter Richard Patterson.

Christina Rees was an editor at The Met and D Magazine, a full-time art and music critic at the Dallas Observer, and has covered art and music for the Village Voice and other publications. She was until recently the owner and director of Road Agent gallery in Dallas. Christina Rees is now the Curator of Fort Worth Contemporary Arts, TCU.

Richard Patterson, Born in Surrey, England 1963, Educated at Watford Boys' Grammar School, Watford College of Art and Goldsmiths' College, London University Exhibitions include, Freeze, Sensation, Ambush, Far from the Madding Crowd, GMF, Wall Rockets. Solo Exhibitions at Anthony d'Offay Gallery,London. James Cohan Gallery, NY. Timothy Taylor Gallery, London. Work in public collections: Tate, Arts Council, British Council, Southampton Gallery, SFMoma, Denver Museum of Art Lives and works happily in Dallas, TX with Christina Rees, Honda and Trixie the Japanese Chins. Drives: 1994 British racing green Jaguar XJS 4.0, Texas. 1969 Slate grey Porsche 912, London

Artists in the EXPO: Adam Palmer, Olagunju Adeniyi Tokunbo, Alfredo Salazar-Caro, Alison Starr, Andrew Douglas Underwood, Billy Zinser, Ashley Milow, Carrie Stout, Chelsey Mulnix, Daniel Birdsong, Danny Haslett, Devon Nowlin, Elizabeth MacDonald, Ignatius Peacher, James Lassen, Jennifer Gooch, John Dickinson, Jonathan Foisset, Kenneth Rajspis, Kerry Pacillo, Kristen Chochran, Leticia Emestina Gomez, Nancy Lamb, Nate Glaspie, Oscar Mejia, Rachel Cox, Rachel Fisher, Ricardo Paniagua Garcia III, Saul F. Waranch, Sibylle Bauer, Timothy Harding, Todd Camplin, Vance Wingate, and Yovanny Canales.


more links: www.macrodons.com www.billyzinser.com www.500x.org

more artspeak: my cv/resume (PDF), artist statement (PDF), essay on 'Death of a Propane Salesman' exhibition curated by Christina Rees, more to come...

NEW YEAR

Thanks to everyone who supported me in the recent aarting designer toy competition -the winning design is of merit, so congrats to the winner. Regardless, I still plan on producing the MACRODON figures soon... so, until next time!

After a bit of a break these holidays I will be making semiregular updates to the MACRODON blog, 1st up, 500X EXPO 2010, more to come...

MACRODONS @ aarting: CROM - design details

click above to view the spec. sheet for CROM, MACRODON #367.

Vote: MACRODONS -for the next designer toy by aarting! - www.aarting.com/score.aspx

MACRODONS @ aarting: BOGEY - design details

click above to view the spec. sheet for BOGEY, MACRODON #368.

PLEASE VOTE '5' FOR MY DESIGNS! - www.aarting.com/score.aspx

MACRODONS @ aarting: XENON - design details

click above to view the spec. sheet for XENON, MACRODON #369.

AND DON'T FORGET TO VOTE! - www.aarting.com/score.aspx

VOTE MACRODONS @ aarting.com !

Vote MACRODONS for aarting's next designer toy! CLICK HERE TO VOTE: http://www.aarting.com/score.aspx

What is aarting? Aarting is a Contemporary Art brand located in New York. Aarting exists to create high quality, limited edition art products from designs submitted and chosen by its members. Aarting is a true Democratic art form- one that is of, by and for the people.

Aarting's previous toy design is the 'Blankie' -designed for a competition to customize the figure, see the winning designs for series 1 & series 2 (soon to be released).

Also, the aarting blog is full of amazing design, art, toys, fashion, technology, etc... so check it out!

380 (sketch for new toy design)

Next MACRODON figure to be sculpted!

379 (sketch for new toy design)

this drawing is really rough, but I really liked the half-way-there unfinished state it is in; the design is pretty clear, and just leaves a few things left to resolve. (i.e. is that a hole or an eye? Xenon?)

378 (sketch for new toy design)

This would make a good blank DIY toy, but it is almost too simple, it just about stops being a MACRODON.

377 (sketch for new toy design)

standard Moleskine paper is pretty lousy. The ink had bled through the last drawing so much I just sort of went with the smudgy shape already happening, and ended up with a melting squid-like MACRODON figure...