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In ‘Corridor,’ the art messes with you
Let’s face it, the Butridge Gallery at the Doughtery Arts Center is really nothing but the lobby and hallway of the busy municipally-run community arts facility.
Many people passing through hardly give the art on exhibit there a second glance, and who can blame them? The lighting’s bad, the space is awkward, the pedestrian traffic is distracting.
And so in a playful gesture, a bevy of Austin artists — Debra Broz, Suzanne Koett, Heidi Landau, Shea Little, Jamie Panzer, Jana Swec, Joe Swec and Jon Windham — have interfered with the practical function of the lobby/gallery by crafting ambiguous organic forms out of recycled paper that are intended to simultaneously redefine, impose detours and create alternative passage into and through the gallery.
‘Corridor’
Opening reception 6 to 8 p.m. March 15
Exhibit continues through March 31
Butridge Gallery, Dougherty Arts Center
www.ci.austin.tx.us/dougherty/gallery.htm
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