Dallas Seitz

"Beauty School Dropout"42 by 32 inches c-type photographic print 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