Five Series on Paper :
Carol Barth, David Mitchell Dillard, Karen Piloto,
Terri Thoman, and Jack Warren
June 18 - July 16, 2011
Opening Reception: Saturday, June 18, 7-9 pm
DALLAS, Texas (May 19, 2011)--Haley-Henman Gallery proudly presents the exhibition entitled, Five Series on Paper, which features the works by Carol Barth, David Mitchell Dillard, Karen Piloto, Terri Thoman, and Jack Warren. The exhibition will open on June 18 and continue until July 16, 2011. The opening reception with the artists will be on Saturday, June 18 from 7-9 pm. It is free and open to the public.
Terri Thoman courageously presents a personal expression of domestic abuse in her series of 26 original, one of a kind, monotypes entitled, Death of a Woman. Allowing the pain and despair to speak in these honest and emotional monoprints exposes the dark and secret act of domestic abuse. As Ms. Thoman states:
Originally when confronted with the dark nature of this series I insisted
that these portraits were a memorial to those who have passed, but I
lied, as so many women have done in similar situations. I could not
speak openly of the abuse that I endured and this body of work was
to become my cry for help and eventually my emancipation from fear.
Haley-Henman is offering for sale the complete original set in a custom handmade box. In addition, there will be a limited offering of an archival digital reproduction of the complete set in a custom handmade box, and a single digital reproduction of each of the twenty-six works. Ms. Thoman and Haley-Henman will donate together thirty percent of all sales to the Genesis Women’s Shelter.
David Mitchell Dillard is presenting one work composed in a series of 24 mixed media works on paper, entitled Paralytic Compulsions. This work was made in 1984 when Mr. Dillard was suffering from an untreated acute episode of schizophrenia. It was the genesis for his subsequent work concerning the patterns of thought expressed by automatic writing. Paralytic Compulsions was made to drown out his symptoms during his experience of a “schizophrenic storm”.
He soaked paper in water and then added color pigments making a “big dark soup”. Mr. Dillard couldn’t even see the paper in this soup until it began to dry. Using charcoal and Conte sticks, he also scratched the surface with his palette knife and home made stick tools. The process of saturation embedded the pigments and charcoal into the paper as it dried. Finally diagnosed and treated after suffering an untreated mental illness for close to eighteen years, Mr. Dillard’s art speaks to the compassion of altered states of consciousness.
Karen Piloto previewed one of her works from this most recent series, entitled Evolution: Bird In A Cage, during Haley-Henman’s Favorites and Previews, Part II exhibition. Her strong, mixed media compositions of black, red, yellow and gray are expressive abstractions. Ms. Piloto’s paints with violent and bold strokes, drips paint and scores the surface with charcoal. This powerful series speaks of tension, conflict, confinement, and freedom. She states: “I have become less afraid of allowing the public to see a very intimate part of my persona and thoughts in my work by letting the art speak and the viewer conclude while I remain silent.” Her series on paper is a testimony for art as a process for dialogue.
Haley-Henman presents the second exhibition of Carol Barth’s works on paper: an untitled series of monoprints that express her forte for the minimal gesture. Together, the back-to-back exhibitions of Ms. Barth’s work at Haley-Henman provide a rare opportunity to view the context of her work at different periods. This untitled series is unique in Ms. Barth’s oeuvre in the way she reserves the use of color and tempers the composition. The nuance of this series foreshadows a development that we will view in her solo show of new works which will premier at Haley-Henman this coming October-November, 2011.
Haley-Henman presents Jack Warren’s Polka-Dots series. This is the second exhibition of his work in the gallery. In this collection, we again view Jack Warren at full play, but this time with “polka-dots”. These limited, one of a kind, works on paper are full of whimsy and have a mid-century identity. Haley-Henman is honored to be showing the work of our former neighbor, who passed last November. In his memory, Haley-Henman is continuing to donate ten percent of all sales to the Jack Warren Scholarship Fund at El Centro College, Dallas.
The regular hours of the gallery are noon to five, Wednesday through Saturday, and by appointment. The gallery is located at 2335 Hardwick Street, Dallas, Texas 75208. From downtown Dallas, cross over the Trinity River by Commerce Street and then take the third left on to Hardwick Street. The gallery is very close to the new Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge designed by Santiago Calatrava. Please call 214-749-1277 or visit www.haleyhenman.com for more information. ###
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