Margaret Meehan: Sculpture Magazine

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December 9, 2019 by Kay Whitney

Conduit Gallery-Dallas, Texas

We like to imagine that the arc of history follows some kind of trajectory, like a book or a movie. Artists like Margaret Meehan, however, recognize that there is no clear chain of events, that history is illogical, directionless, and unpredictable. “Hope is the Thing with Feathers,” her recent exhibition, interrogated the iterations of contemporary feminist protest by examining it as an unstable cycle that moves forward and regresses over time. Meehan’s works mine contradictions, emphasizing the precarious nature of cultures and social structures. Full review here.

VISIBILITIES: Intrepid Women of Artpace

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Through A Window. Over a Wall.-detail

For Artpace’s 25th anniversary year, Artpace has committed to focusing all non-residency exhibition programming to female artists in 2020. With this in mind, we will begin our 25th year with the exhibition “Visibilities: Intrepid Women of Artpace.” Join us for the opening reception for “Visibilities: Intrepid Women of Artpace” in the Hudson Showroom and Main Space Galleries.

The exhibition will feature work by more than fifteen artists. including: Laura Aguilar,Jenelle Esparza, Janet Flohr, Koo Jeong-aRegina, José Galindo,Mona Hatoum, Autumn Knight, Jennifer Ling Datchuk, Margaret Meehan, Katrina Moorhead, Wangechi Mutu, Lorraine O’Grady, Linda Pace, Joyce J. Scott, Wu Tsang, Kathy Vargas, and Martha Wilson.
 The exhibition is on view January 9th – April 26th, 2020

Tuesday Evenings at the Modern Lecture

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Image credit: Margaret Meehan in her Dallas studio. Photo: Rodney Rogers

On Tuesday October 10th at 7pm Margaret Meehan presents “Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde,” a talk on how her work addresses monstrosity as a kind of otherness that goes beyond dualities and instead exists in shades of gray, a slippage between the categories that society defines us by and an acknowledgement of the monster that lives within us. In this clear-eyed and nuanced consideration of the intersections of myths, monsters, and miracles, Meehan examines how we decide whom we protect and whom we should be protected from by looking at notions of gender, vintage horror, and our own blood-stained American history. 

For a full schedule of lectures and more information visit:
The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth.