Bang, Bang: A Show About Texas | Tyler Casey Solo Exhibition

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• Thu, Feb 8, 2024 - Sat, Mar 16, 2024  6pm - 8pm

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Bang, Bang: A show about Texas
Works by: Tyler Casey
February 8 – March 16, 2024

Opening Reception
Artspace 111
Thursday, February 8, 2024
6:00 - 8:00PM

Artist Talk
Wednesday, March 6
5:30 - 7:00PM at Artspace111 Gallery

“I’ve been lying awake at night not able to sleep trying to figure out how to change the world. This is what I came up with.” - Tyler Casey.

Artspace111 is proud to present Tyler Casey’s latest solo exhibition Bang, Bang: A show about Texas. Part self-referential memory, part fever dream of Texan vibrato, artist Tyler Casey simultaneously pays homage to the tender cliches of the west. Casey is influenced by the formality of classical painting but subverts the seriousness of the form through loosely rendered figures, text and color abstraction. Through his own painterly style, he creates an entirely new conversation around the tropes of the west. Rodeos, cowboys, oil tycoons, Whataburger - Casey leaves no stone unturned in his exploration of his colorful and cheeky interpretations of Texas. He paints through the lens of nostalgia and biography, spending summers with his grandmother in west Texas, the smell of oil rigs, muted, sun-bleached colors and the vastness of the landscape. Casey presents how the idea of Texas is visually perceived through an outsider’s perspective of the Lone Star state.

Bang, Bang: A show about Texas will be on view February 8 – March 16 2024. Opening reception February 8 from 6 – 9PM. Visitors may also visit the gallery during regular gallery hours, Tuesday – Friday 11AM -5PM, and Saturday 11AM -2PM.