Botany of Desire
Vernon Fimple’s quatrefoil-shaped painting ‘Corona’ was the signature inspiration for ‘Botany of Desire,’ a show curated by Greg Metz in the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) Visual Arts Building. ‘Corona’ is stunning in person. The contrast between central figures in white with vivid shades of violet, fuchsia, teal and orange lights ‘Corona’ with a...
Bend Me, Change Me, Bend Me More But Don’t Leave Me
Whipping vigorously in turbulent spring winds like anchored white dragons attempting to take flight, a quintet of plastic bag and steel pole sculptures displayed on the lawn adjacent the Visual Arts building (Art Barn) at the University of Texas at Dallas is the work of London-based artist Claudia Borgna. The sculptures, dense chains of white...
UTD Alumna becomes critically acclaimed performance artist
Winner of the 2009-2010 Dallas-Fort Worth Theater Critics Forum Awards, UT Dallas alumna Maryam Baig-Lush sat down with the Overture to discuss Pakistan, performance art and Greg Metz. HOW IT ALL STARTED I had a Bachelor’s degree in English Lit and Political Science from Pakistan when a crazy turn of events brought me to UTD....
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