True Story #82
The Fort Worth Community Art Center is a vibrant, active center with several rotating shows ranging from emerging to established artists. Right now they have eight shows up at one time. I only have room to mention just a few of these shows. This is a typical month for them because the building was once the Fort Worth Modern, so the exhibition space is huge. I remember visiting when the Fort Worth Modern was there and they had a retrospective of Ed Ruscha. If my memory serves me, I think that might have been their last show before they moved into their new building.
Some of that Ed Ruscha retrospective spirit can be found in the current show of Diane Durant. Both artists use words to evoke our imaginations. Durant is a little cheeky with her words in some pieces. Not in a Richard Prince dumb joke way, but rather more playful and vivid. These artworks are like prompts to start igniting our imagination. I am reminded of a book I have about ancient Rome poem fragments. I found that the fragments took me places beyond the poems. I had to fill in the blanks and try to create a narrative from the little information I was given. Durant opens us up to make our own stories.
Diane Durant’s show titled Mental Pictures ends on June 29th at the Fort Worth Community Art Center.