Dallas Seitz
Dallas Seitz unapologetically utilizes the poetry of objects to
combine his interest in collecting, museumology, colonization,
personal history and the falsity of representation. The often-absurd
works expose an awareness of the thinking process while recalling
museum collections and relationships or narratives created by display.
Seitz points us invarious directions with a non-intentionality.
Surreal practises such as wrapping exotic trees for protection from
the cold, to voodoo, to the belief in fantasy creatures, distorting
history in museum collections, using sea sponges to protect artworks
in the basement of the Louvre, and hunting wild beasts with his father
in Canada, build a system of branches much like a Darwin's tree.
Dallas Seitz completed an MA at Chelsea School of Art and Design. He
has shown in a range of international venues including Flipside
Gallery, New York; Gallery West Berlin, Germany; The Banff Centre,
Canada; Carter Presents, London. He is also co-founder and director of
1000000mph project space in Bethnal Green, London, a contemporary
artist run space with a rapidly growing reputation for showing
challenging and innovative young artists.
He recently had solo exhibitions at The Pumphouse London 2007 and
Carter Presents London 2008. His work is in The Anita Zabludocwicz
collection
Dallas Seitz
"Beauty School Dropout"42 by 32 inches c-type photographic print
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