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Past Exhibit
2 SOUTHWESTERN ARTISTS
Two MADI artists from the southwest dominate the current show at the MADI Museum, which opened September 16 especially for the DADA Gallery Walk on September 17. Sculpture from Dallas' own James Allumbaugh and structural pieces from Arturo Chàvez from New Mexico will comprise this study in geometry, shadow and negative space as defining elements in the appreciation of sculpture as an art form.
Jim Allumbaugh, a frequent lecturer on the MADI art
movement, has exhibited his sculpture throughout the United States developing
avid collectors along the way. He is interested in the harmonics of expressive
geometry and reductive structuralism where he integrates materials and color
(or the lack thereof) resulting in novel configurations. Jim holds a doctorate
degree in sculpture and art education from the University of North Texas
and a former professor of art at Texas A&M University at Commerce.
Arturo Chàvez was born and has lived throughout New Mexico, having
studied art at the University of New Mexico. His work for this show is totally
non-representational chroma-plastic structures which are kinetic and colorful.
Chàvez has exhibited in international MADI shows in Italy, France,
Hungary, Switzerland and Venezuela; and is found in private and corporate
collections in those countries as well as Japan, Austria and throughout
the United States. 
The MADI Museum is housed with the law firm of Kilgore and Kilgore from whom they are partially funded; funding also comes from members and the City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs.
