Michael Corris, Incident on a Page: Illustrated Texts on Art, 1971-2026. Image courtesy of the artist.
Dallas Contemporary Presents Exhibitions by Artists Michael Corris + Laray Polk at Dallas Art Book Fair
Incidents on a Page: Illustrated Texts on Art, 1971–2026, offers a survey of nearly six decades of Michael Corris’s typographic specimens and typographic pictures depicting excerpts from his writings, and illustrated with images selected from the artist’s bookworks, exhibition catalogues, broadsides, and ephemera.
Corris’s exhibition is accompanied by an installation by artist Laray Polk, inspired by the Free Museum of Dallas (2010 to 2014), an arts space operated from Corris’s office while he served as Chair of the Division of Art at Southern Methodist University. Polk’s exhibition title, American Progress/Nu det Nuuk!, refers in equal measure to John Gast’s 1872 painting depicting the “Westward course of destiny” and Jesper Rabe Tonnesen’s recent hat design with an embroidered message in Danish protesting the potential U.S. takeover of Greenland.
MARGINS OF THE MIDWAY
On View 31 January - 08 February 2026
2 BED 1 BATH | Artist-run project space and studio inside an 800 sqft apartment in Oak Cliff
A solo presentation of images as an inquiry into moments that often go unnoticed when a usually dormant space, Fair Park in Dallas, TX, is given grandiose attention. Continuing to delve into the complexities surrounding Fair Park and engaging in a critical examination of Dallas, this body of work stands as an ongoing narrative examining echoes of the past within our present experiences.
Z Pinson: Lone Star Dream Journal.
Z Pinson Transforms North Texas Hinterlands Into Sound and Memory, Patron Magazine —January 08, 2026
DC EMPTY emphasizes flexibility and immediacy, creating opportunities for artists to experiment with duration, presence, and process. Through sound, memory, and the subtle textures of place, Lone Star Dream Journal offers a quiet but resonant reflection on the landscapes that shape identity, both personal and collective.
Masahiro LaMarsh, Red Ruby Prototype for Badu, 2024. 22 karat gold, ruby. Courtesy of the artist and Erykah Badu. Photo: Alexandra Hulsey for Dallas Contemporary.
Iced Out with Grillz Artist Masahiro LaMarsh, The Dallas Morning News —June 25, 2025
‘Curator Alexandra Hulsey collaborated with LaMarsh over the past year to bring “Anticlastic” to life. Their conversations centered on what it means to work as a contemporary artist today and how something like a grill, often seen as a niche accessory, can be considered fine art.’
Masahiro LaMarsh, Eclipse, 2023. 18 karat white gold, black rhodium vermeil, 361 black diamonds. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Alexandra Hulsey for Dallas Contemporary.
‘Anticlastic Is A Must-See Art Exhibition Dedicated To Grillz, Dallas Observer — June 24, 2025
“These are small sculptures,” Hulsey says. “[It’s] grounding and solidifying these pieces [LaMarsh] made as sculptures, nodding to the cultural impact of grillz and putting them in this institution in this context.”
Hannah Höch. The Mosquito is Dead. 1922. Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin. Photography by Robert LaPrelle, Kimbell Art Museum.
Feminism, Grief, and Politics: The Mosquito is Dead by Hannah Höch, Femme Art Review — May 18, 2025
By Alexandra Hulsey
Did you know that all mosquitoes that bite are female? It feels unfair. Something so annoying, invasive, and evil… shouldn’t be a woman. We wouldn’t bite, rage, and feed off blood like that—unless we had a reason. But even then, well-earned.