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Talley Dunn Gallery is delighted to announce the representation of Roxy Paine. For the past year, the gallery has collaborated with Paine on a major monumental sculpture, Overgrown Neuron, commissioned for the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. In celebration of this sculpture and its pending installation this spring on the UTSW campus, the gallery will open an exhibition of drawings and studies for the commissioned sculpture with a reception for the artist on Friday, February 20th from 6pm -8pm.

One of the most important artists of his generation, Paine has distinguished himself nationally and internationally through ambitious projects, a rigorous studio practice, and a singularly unique vision. For this project, Paine references the dendrite forms for which he is renowned. Handmade from stainless steel at the artist’s studio and spanning nearly fifty feet in height, width, and depth, Overgrown Neuron, is a tour de force by Paine. From his studio in Red Lodge, Montana, the artist created the composition of the neuron first through detailed ink drawings and then turned to meticulously creating an intricate stainless-steel model of the subject before embarking on the outdoor sculpture.  Both the drawings and the model of Overgrown Neuron will be on view in the exhibition.