Quantum Collage

Robert Dean Stockwell might be most recognizable as an actor ("that Quantum Leap guy!"), but he has another career as a collage artist. It's often difficult to get past the idea that collage art feels more like a grade-school cut-and-paste project than actual art. But Stockwell has impressed some—his work...

By Darci Ratliff

May 25, 2006

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Robert Dean Stockwell might be most recognizable as an actor ("that Quantum Leap guy!"), but he has another career as a collage artist. It's often difficult to get past the idea that collage art feels more like a grade-school cut-and-paste project than actual art. But Stockwell has impressed some—his work is said to contain "a social critique and surrealist edge" and has been compared to the works of Robert Rauschenberg and Wallace Berman. Investigations by Robert Dean Stockwell will be on display through June 24 at the Gerald Peters Gallery, 2913 Fairmount St. Call 214-969-9410 or visit gpgallerydallas.com.
Tuesdays-Saturdays. Starts: May 25. Continues through June 24

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