Plush Comes to Shove
A new alternative gallery gives the status quo a heave-ho
For the upcoming show's opening night, which will feature performances by rap poets Kuntaq and Univers and an appearance by University of Texas at Dallas art professor Greg Metz's skull-art car, Garrett is showcasing Meraz's brand-new "Glam" series alongside a 30-year retrospective of Dallas painter Marcia Alaniz's naïve yet imperious work. He selected them because he thinks the pair will make a "plush" show. "The legacy we've had in the past was art that was taken out of culture," Garrett says. "It was elitist, hung in a pristine white space and presented as a sacred object. I want to go in the total opposite direction. I want art that is tough enough to exist out on the streets and in culture, and to influence that culture itself. I think art has that potential."
Garrett seems tough enough--and smart enough. But it'll take more than wishing--and fairy dust--to convince the local art mob.
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