Dallas is joining global celebrations of Impressionism’s 150th anniversary with a unique exhibition at the Dallas Museum of Art. Titled The Impressionist Revolution from Monet to Matisse, the show features unconventional presentations of Impressionist art.
Among the highlights is Paul Gauguin’s Flowers and Bird, which is painted on the surface of a small drum. This piece is notably one of only two known works by Gauguin created on such a medium.
Also on display is Joel Murray’s contemporary reinterpretation of Impressionism, After Camille, Before Wyoming. This work offers a modern twist on Camille Pissarro’s Jallais Hill, Pontoise. The painting is part of The Fuel Commission, a recent initiative by artists Lucia Simek and Gavin Morrison.
The Fuel Commission is an innovative project where a gallery on wheels features art on an unconventional canvas—a 2017 Volvo XC60 without a fuel door. Each artist commissioned by Simek and Morrison paints a new fuel door, which is then installed on the car. The artwork, priced ten times the cost of a tank of gas, travels until sold. The artist receives the sale proceeds minus the cost of the gas and the new door.
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