{"id":724,"date":"2025-10-13T17:51:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T17:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/724\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T17:51:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T17:51:19","slug":"artists-rage-against-the-algorithm-in-natural-mystics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/724\/","title":{"rendered":"Artists rage against the algorithm in \u2018Natural Mystics\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4476 \/ 5815\"   class=\"dmnc_images-modern-image-module__QFaG- max-w-full h-auto text-white dmnc_images-modern-image-module__9Zlll bg-gray-light object-contain\" width=\"4476\" height=\"5815\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/TRGDOHD7SFEOFE4JJUBJRV6R2I.jpg\" alt=\"Chinese artist Xie Lei's &quot;Au-del\u00e1 I,&quot; a 2023 oil-on-canvas painting, is included in the...\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Chinese artist Xie Lei&#8217;s &#8220;Au-del\u00e1 I,&#8221; a 2023 oil-on-canvas painting, is included in the &#8220;Natural Mystics&#8221; exhibition at The Warehouse.<\/p>\n<p>The Rachofsky Collection<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">\u201cNatural Mystics,\u201d a thrilling new Texas-size show of 68 top-tier contemporary artists at The Warehouse, frames its roster as responding to the disenchantment caused by \u201ctechnological efficiency, algorithmic control and climate collapse\u201d with \u201cmagical and otherworldly thinking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Though it\u2019s impossible to summarize the show as a whole, one of its running themes is the way that living things in the natural world generally, and human beings specifically, can resist or elude precise quantitative measurement and categorical definition, instead flowing and shape-shifting across boundaries in surreal ways.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">In the creation of an absorbing, dreamlike fantasy world in which a visitor can float from one gallery to the next, the show leaves somewhat open the question of how the works\u2019 visions might lead, as suggested, to an \u201calternative future\u201d or a \u201cpath forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Details<\/p>\n<p>News Roundups<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__3beff secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-20 text-center text-gray-dark\">Catch up on the day&#8217;s news you need to know.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__8MgJa flex flex-wrap text-gray-dark secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-10 text-center justify-center\">By signing up, you agree to our\u00a0<a class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__lU9-l border-b border-gray-dark hover_border-0 focus_border-0 active_border-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/help\/terms-of-service\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Terms of Service<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__lU9-l border-b border-gray-dark hover_border-0 focus_border-0 active_border-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/help\/privacy-policy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">\u201cNatural Mystics\u201d continues through Jan. 31 at The Warehouse, 14105 Inwood Road. Open Saturdays from noon to 5 p.m., online registration required. Free. Call 214-442-2872 or visit <a href=\"https:\/\/thewarehousedallas.org\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/thewarehousedallas.org\/\">thewarehousedallas.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2631 \/ 2000\"   class=\"dmnc_images-modern-image-module__QFaG- max-w-full h-auto text-white dmnc_images-modern-image-module__9Zlll bg-gray-light object-contain\" width=\"2631\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/6GD3QE7KKVDDZCWIFYNPKGB6CM.jpg\" alt=\"Sean Landers' 2023 oil painting &quot;Sperm Whale Skeleton 1&quot; is part of the Texas-size \u201cNatural...\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Sean Landers&#8217; 2023 oil painting &#8220;Sperm Whale Skeleton 1&#8221; is part of the Texas-size \u201cNatural Mystics\u201d exhibition, which continues through Jan. 31 at The Warehouse.<\/p>\n<p>The Rachofsky Collection<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-subject-tag-list-with-images-list-with-images-module__P4zn3 inline-block pr-8 shrink-0 w-auto flex flex-col\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/arts-entertainment\/2025\/10\/13\/dallas-erin-cluley-gallery-joins-art-basel-miami\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:190 \/ 127\" class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-subject-tag-list-with-images-list-with-images-module__6H-hI dmnc_images-modern-image-module__QFaG- max-w-full h-auto text-white dmnc_images-modern-image-module__9Zlll bg-gray-light object-contain\" width=\"190\" height=\"127\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1760377878_293_J2VAZHCQQVGYLO2IV3XCWQYA2I.jpg\" alt=\"From Nic Nicosia's photo series &quot;Real Pictures,&quot; an archival print on photo paper.\"\/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/arts-entertainment\/2025\/10\/13\/dallas-erin-cluley-gallery-joins-art-basel-miami\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dallas\u2019 Erin Cluley Gallery joins this year\u2019s Art Basel Miami <\/a><\/p>\n<p>North Texas-based artist Nic Nicosia\u2019s photography series Real Pictures will be featured in the fair. <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-subject-tag-list-with-images-list-with-images-module__P4zn3 inline-block pr-8 shrink-0 w-auto flex flex-col\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/politics\/2025\/10\/10\/we-will-not-be-silenced-oak-lawn-residents-react-to-possible-rainbow-crosswalk-removal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:190 \/ 127\" class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-subject-tag-list-with-images-list-with-images-module__6H-hI dmnc_images-modern-image-module__QFaG- max-w-full h-auto text-white dmnc_images-modern-image-module__9Zlll bg-gray-light object-contain\" width=\"190\" height=\"127\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/M6KWSBUL35AI7JZ6R3BAF2A72M.jpg\" alt=\"A car drives past rainbow crosswalks at the intersection of Cedar Springs Road and...\"\/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/politics\/2025\/10\/10\/we-will-not-be-silenced-oak-lawn-residents-react-to-possible-rainbow-crosswalk-removal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018We will not be silenced\u2019: Oak Lawn residents react to possible rainbow crosswalk removal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The announcement has raised uncertainty about the fate of Oak Lawn\u2019s vibrant street crossings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chinese artist Xie Lei&#8217;s &#8220;Au-del\u00e1 I,&#8221; 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