On The Border

If you haven't been to Marfa, face it: You're just not that cool. Two of the year's most kick-ass movies were filmed there (There Will Be Blood and No Country for Old Men), seriously indie bands make special trips there (Boris, Joanna Newsom and others) and even Prada developed a...

By Merritt Martin

May 15, 2008

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If you haven't been to Marfa, face it: You're just not that cool. Two of the year's most kick-ass movies were filmed there (There Will Be Blood and No Country for Old Men), seriously indie bands make special trips there (Boris, Joanna Newsom and others) and even Prada developed a free-standing installation in Marfa. It's the West Texas place destination. If you haven't, or can't, make it, however, artist Brian Campbell Bosworth has done his best to bring the West to Dallas with Borderline Greatness, an exhibition of paintings and sculpture of "Marfa and the far West Texas border region" on display in the Janette Kennedy Gallery, in South Side on Lamar, through May. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. Call 214-426-1575 or visit southsideonlamar.com.
Mondays-Fridays, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Starts: May 9. Continues through May 30, 2008

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Merritt Martin has written for the Dallas Observer for over two decades. She has also contributed to Eater, DMN and USA Today. In addition to arts and culture writing, she spends entirely too much time extolling the virtues of pears, black clothing, and her cat Kenneth.

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