Image of Mickey Smith's Collocation No. 12 (TIME) installed at Marty Walker Gallery

Three cheers for Hot Shot and 20x200 superstar, Mickey Smith! Mickey is currently part of a group show, there’s something I’ve been meaning to tell you… at Marty Walker Gallery in Texas.

Mickey Smith explores history, knowledge, and a sense of place in her photographs of book spines. Using public library collections for inspiration, the artist composes shelves of imprinted words that float, connect, and refer to universal human experience. Smith’s photographs of books are transformed into color-field abstractions through repetition and a dramatic exploitation of scale, creating books that are four and five feet tall, proportionally dwarfing the viewer in an expanse of color, and bold accentuated text.

Marty Walker Gallery
February 21 – March 21, 2009
2135 Farrington St.
Dallas, TX
Hours: Tuesday – Saturday 11-5 and by appointment

In other exciting Mickey related news--Mrs. Smith will be moving off to China for a month this September for a Red Gate Residency. Woo hoo!

Mickey's 20x200 edition prints:
WORD STUDY
MORE BOOKS
A 20x200 interview with Mickey
Mickey's site