Alden Pinnell, skin product magnate and art collector, owns a historic Dallas Power and Light building on Commerce St. near Fair Park and for years, as this article in the New York Times points out way back in 2007, he has been wanting to use the building as a venue for art. Now it looks like his plan is coming to fruition. The website for The Power Station is up, and this week they will launch their first with work by artist Oscar Tuazon. Here’s a profile of Tuazon from the Independent last year, and for more on the show click here.
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When I read about this, I had a strange sensation that I knew this place. Pulled what is below from the archive. Like Kutner, I remember the opening as very exciting and fun. It was only supposed to be open three hours but carloads of people kept showing up. Beautiful space for art and people.
“One of the most exciting events on Dallas Gallery Night was something called ‘The Really Big Show,’ a three-hours-only exhibition that stretched to five, featuring monumental works by Frank X. Tolbert, Ann Stautberg, Terri Lenoir, Laray Polk and Janice Freeman. Staged in a handsome old power station across from 500X near Fair Park, it generated its own form of energy.
The show was put together on a whim by Terri Lenoir and husband Russell, owners of Paper Routes, an art supply company. They hope to transform the vintage 1909 powerhouse into studios and exhibition spaces. That this is even a possibility suggests the positive mood of the moment.”
Janet Kutner, “Season of Plenty: Gallery openings invigorate art scene,” Dallas Morning News, Oct. 1, 1995