TALLEY DUNN GALLERY

Sam Reveles
Beyond the Pale

September 7 – November 2, 2024

Talley Dunn Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition by lauded El Paso-born, Ireland-based artist Sam Reveles. This new series of intricately contemplative drawings and paintings kindle space for existential meditations in color, line, and form. The title of the exhibition, Beyond the Pale, locates this body of work within the origins of the idiom, which has now come to denote impropriety or a lack of social decorum, but once originally referred to the colonial boundary between what was deemed “civilized” and “uncivilized” Ireland as established by English rule. Compelled by these notions of wilderness, wildness, and borders, the artist has looked to that which is grounded in the earth—trees, leaves, and landscapes—to continue his investigations into our relationship with the natural world.

Where Reveles’ last series exhibited at the gallery drew inspiration from inconceivably micro and macro phenomena, traversing atomic structures to expanding galaxies, this most recent body of work reflects more pensively on concerns of the human spirit. Palus V (2024) attempts to capture the elusive color of the “thousand-petalled,” crown chakra, which is sometimes described as a pale violet but remains impossible to resolutely articulate. Here, the artist connects ancient metaphysical epistemologies to the cosmos by seeing the mauve hues of the crown chakra in NASA photographs that capture the color of the universe.

Poetic Diversions
David Bates, Leonardo Drew, Sedrick Huckaby, Linda Ridgway, Ursula von Rydingsvard

July 6 – September 28, 2024

Join Talley Dunn Gallery throughout the summer for dynamic programming and rotating exhibitions. In the Main Gallery, we are excited to present the opening of Poetic Diversions. Featuring five artists, David Bates, Leonardo Drew, Sedrick Huckaby, Linda Ridway, Ursula von Rydingsvard and Xiaoze Xie, this group exhibition includes major works in a variety of media, including painting, sculpture, wall relief and works on paper.

Talley Dunn Gallery
5020 Tracy Street
Dallas, Texas 75205
214.521.4322

Gallery Hours: Thursday—Saturday from 12 pm – 5pm and by appointment

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