Benjamin Terry: Done Being Cool

November 16 - December 28,2024

From Gallery Urbane: "As the title suggests, the exhibition centers around a rift, a shift, an evolution. What has come before provides a foundation, but the approach has shifted. This is, according to the artist, “not a midlife crisis show, but an anti-midlife crisis show.” Its subtle repositioning represents, Terry says, “me meditating on getting older. For more than a decade, the artist has worked with plywood surfaces, but the language of construction has altered. What he may have built as “haphazard, clunky constructions”—raw expressions of material, rough-hewn and almost clumsy—have become more refined and polished. “There’s a lot of construction going on, but it’s buttoned up,” Terry says. Jagged edges have become smooth undulations and undergone an attitude adjustment. Craftsmanship has come to the fore. “It’s about me resisting the urge to revert to things that I used to do when I was younger. Embracing my age and knowledge, rather than longing for some notion of what was once cool.”

Reception: November 16, 2024 | 5-7 pm

Galleri Urbane Dallas 2277 Monitor St.
Dallas, TX 75206
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