MODERN BILLINGS

Using space from Clear Channel Outdoor as programming sites, Assistant Curators of Education Jesse Morgan Barnett and Tiffany Wolf Smith work with a variety of artists to situate imagery and text onto billboards, elements of the city that traditionally present commercial advertisements rather than cultural curiosities. For MODERN BILLINGS, artists place works into under-served communities along the periphery of downtown Fort Worth. These large-scale installations along Jacksboro Highway and the Lancaster corridor extend the reach of the Modern and the education department and provide an intervention opportunity for contemporary art in urban landscapes.

MODERN BILLINGS is supported in part by a grant from Arts Fort Worth.

 

October 21-December 4, 2022

For MODERN BILLINGS XIII, Stephen Lapthisophon presents a group of images reflecting on his past work, and influences and fragments from his writing and installations. Lapthisophon’ s work moves, touches and records various states and contexts according to the situation offered. He is drawn to the idea of shifting contexts and changes in scale and time. These images span a number of years but are connected by questions of touch, mapping, directionality, and historical presence.

Stephen Lapthisophon (b. 1956) is an American artist, writer, and educator working in the field of conceptual art, critical theory, and disability studies. He lives and works in Dallas, Texas where he is currently a Senior Lecturer at the University of Texas at Arlington.

Writing Art Cinema

Writing Art Cinema
1410 Jacksboro Highway, Fort Worth TX 76164

 

Writing Art Cinema 1988-2010

Writing Art Cinema 1988-2010
6602 Lancaster Avenue, Fort Worth, TX 76112

 

The Naked City

The Naked City
1515 Jacksboro Highway, Fort Worth TX 76114

 

Studio Potato

Studio Potato
6650 East Lancaster Avenue, Fort Worth TX 76112

 

Gold Hands

Gold Hands
5840 East Lancaster Avenue, Fort Worth TX 76112

 

Toccare (Non) Toccare

Toccare (Non) Toccare
2810 East Lancaster Avenue, Fort Worth TX 76103

 

MODERN BILLINGS XII, Fall 2002

MODERN BILLINGS XI,  June 24 - August 7, 2022

MODERN BILLINGS X, December 10–January 30, 2022

MODERN BILLINGS IX, August 6–September 12, 2021

MODERN BILLINGS VIII, December 21, 2020–January 31, 2021

MODERN BILLINGS VII, November 20 through December 20, 2020

MODERN BILLINGS VI, August 21 through September 28, 2020

MODERN BILLINGS V, Summer 2020, May through early July

MODERN BILLINGS IV, April 2020

MODERN BILLINGS III, December 2019

MODERN BILLINGS II, April 2019

MODERN BILLINGS I, November 2018