Debora Papathanasiou Cards Dallas Texas printed on back of card signature in plate – etching impression Oriental inspiration is also evident in Debora (paper’s misspelling) Papathanasiou’s understated collages of handmade papers, with their muted stained coloring and stamped designs. Images of fish and flowers float pleasantly across surfaces enriched by the papers’ delicate textures. The third Dallas Art exhibition at City Hall—Dallas Art III—was the most controversial, and consequently it would be the last (Fig. 4). Jurors Ron Gleason, director of the Tyler Museum of Art; Linda Cathcart, director of the Contemporary Arts Museum of Houston; and John Biggers, Houston-based artist and educator, reviewed 1,200 slides of work by more than 200 artists, but they were unable to select an exhibition because it was their collective opinion that the entries lacked quality. Gleason noted that the jurors “realized we were faced with pretty poor quality, and when we went back through the slides another time, we decided it would be a disservice to show the few good works submitted in that important a space or in company with other works of lesser quality.”34 Unwilling to abandon the project, Cultural Affairs Division35 administrators hastily organized a second jury, consisting of Laurence Scholder, Dallas printmaker and SMU professor; Lyle Novinski, local artist and chairman of the University of Dallas art department; and Deborah Papathanasiou, owner and director of the local Frontroom Craft Gallery.36 The second jury was able to select 60 works by 51 artists and award prizes to Linnea Glatt,37 David McCullough,38 Ann Lee Stautberg,39 Gilda Pervin,40 Dianne Taylor, and Jennie Haddad.41 Although the exhibition did get off the ground, the controversy prevented a wary Cultural Affairs Division from sponsoring the project for a fourth year.42
Debora Papathanasiou Cards Dallas Texas printed on back of card signature in plate – etching impression Oriental inspiration is also evident in Debora (paper’s misspelling) Papathanasiou’s understated collages of handmade papers, with their muted stained coloring and stamped designs. Images of fish and flowers float pleasantly across surfaces enriched by the papers’ delicate textures. The third Dallas Art exhibition at City Hall—Dallas Art III—was the most controversial, and consequently it would be the last (Fig. 4). Jurors Ron Gleason, director of the Tyler Museum of Art; Linda Cathcart, director of the Contemporary Arts Museum of Houston; and John Biggers, Houston-based artist and educator, reviewed 1,200 slides of work by more than 200 artists, but they were unable to select an exhibition because it was their collective opinion that the entries lacked quality. Gleason noted that the jurors “realized we were faced with pretty poor quality, and when we went back through the slides another time, we decided it would be a disservice to show the few good works submitted in that important a space or in company with other works of lesser quality.”34 Unwilling to abandon the project, Cultural Affairs Division35 administrators hastily organized a second jury, consisting of Laurence Scholder, Dallas printmaker and SMU professor; Lyle Novinski, local artist and chairman of the University of Dallas art department; and Deborah Papathanasiou, owner and director of the local Frontroom Craft Gallery.36 The second jury was able to select 60 works by 51 artists and award prizes to Linnea Glatt,37 David McCullough,38 Ann Lee Stautberg,39 Gilda Pervin,40 Dianne Taylor, and Jennie Haddad.41 Although the exhibition did get off the ground, the controversy prevented a wary Cultural Affairs Division from sponsoring the project for a fourth year.42
Artist: Debora Papathanasiou
ID No: 1880
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Critera: AW-51
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