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    Dallas Gallery News

    Design District newcomer Zhulong Gallery lights up art scene with new media

    Kendall Morgan
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    Mar 24, 2014 | 9:43 am

    In the beginning, they said, “Let there be light.” In this instance, “they” are Zhulong Gallery owner Chris Lattanzio and director Aja Martin.

    On April 3, the duo unveils a multilevel space that provides a high-tech platform for contemporary new media works — conceptual, sculptural and virtual — in the Dallas Design District. The gallery was designed with an ambient sound system, LED theater lighting and a 17-by-10-foot facade for projecting images, text and video.

    “Right now in Dallas, you couldn’t pick a better time to get into new media,” says owner Chris Lattanzio.

    Named after the Chinese dragon of light, Zhulong is the brainchild of Lattanzio, a self-taught artist who often found himself the odd man out in the gallery scene. A former economics major and film student, Lattanzio decided to devote himself full time to creating his highly saturated works in the late ’80s after being encouraged to pursue art by his NYU grad school professor.

    “There was no artist in my family, and I didn’t go to museums until I was in college,” he says. “Looking back at the things I made, I was really good at it, I just didn’t know it was possible.”

    Upon returning to Dallas, he made T-shirts for the likes of Tripping Daisy before opening his own studio in Deep Ellum. Despite shows in Dallas, Houston and Santa Fe and a plum position as one of 10 artists to represent the 2006 Olympic Winter Games, his “unique, new media style” still had difficulties translating into a commercial career.

    The solution, of course, was to open his own space.

    “Right now in Dallas, you couldn’t pick a better time to get into new media,” Lattanzio says. “SMU is developing a whole arts and technology department with engineering and computing all in one building. At UTD you’re cross-training [in different methodologies]. Instead of us following what the coasts are doing, we are planting the flag.”

    Lattanzio calls partner Martin “super-sharp with a great eye,” and together they have aspirations to make their mark on the international art landscape, both in their programming and the technology of the space itself.

    “We have the budget to get Aja to Tokyo or Singapore or Beijing,” Lattanzio says. “She’s really bringing work that I would say is right on the verge of breaking big. It’s similar to what it was like to look at a Kandinsky for the first time; it’s so electric and vibrant. It’s digital, but it’s otherworldly.”

    Zhulong kicks off with its premiere show, “Satellite,” featuring 11 artists interpreting data, culture, travel and time in works relating to space exploration and an abstract notion of the satellite. The opening reception is April 3, 6-9 pm, and the exhibit continues through May 10.

    Lily and Honglei, Moon, 2012. Chinese ink painting on rice paper with digital animation by artists. 3 x 2 ft.

    Lily Honglei Chinese ink painting on rice paper
      
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    Lily and Honglei, Moon, 2012. Chinese ink painting on rice paper with digital animation by artists. 3 x 2 ft.
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    PDNB Gallery leaves Dallas Design District for new location

    Teresa Gubbins
    May 30, 2025 | 4:00 pm
    Livermore, California, 1972, Suburbia series by Bill Owens
    Bill Owens
    Livermore, California, 1972, Suburbia series by Bill Owens

    An iconic Dallas Design District gallery is leaving the Design District after 30 years: Photographs Do Not Bend, aka PDNB Gallery, is leaving its location at 150 Manufacturing St. and relocating to Denton.

    The gallery is moving to downtown Denton on the historic County Courthouse Square. The new location is at 101 S. Locust St., #B07, inside the Wells Fargo Bank Building, in the basement suite.

    The move to Denton represents a return of sorts: In the early 1990’s, PDNB owners Burt & Missy Finger were private art and antique watch dealers, based in an office building on the Square. In 1995 they opened their photo-based art gallery in Dallas, the big city with a strong museum presence and a thriving art community.

    For 30 years PDNB flourished in the local, regional, national, and international art community. But the owners were still living in Denton.

    PDNB GalleryPDNB Gallery owners Burt and Missy Finger packing up. PDNB

    The Wells Fargo building is a 9-floor structure, a modest tan rectangle that was built in 1960. The building started out as First State Bank of Texas, which was based in Denton. Wells Fargo acquired the company in 2001. It was originally three stories tall, but five more floors were added in 1971. It currently has apartments and an event space on the 8th floor.

    According to a release, the new location will not only be more convenient for the couple's commute, it acknowledges that Denton has grown in recent years, with restaurants, wine bars, food trucks, music concerts, and art events.

    Denton is also home to two major universities — Texas Woman's University and the University of North Texas — which both have strong Fine Arts schools. During the tenure of Dean Robert Milnes, the couple opened a satellite art gallery on the Square, which continues to operate in their new location a block off of the Square.

    Denton also has the Greater Denton Arts Council’s Center for Visual Art, now the Patterson-Appleton Arts Center. PDNB looks forward to collaborating with all these institutions, as well as meeting local artists and art collectors.

    PDNB Gallery will host a group exhibition at the new space in June, followed by a special opening celebrating its 30th anniversary in September. Gallery hours will be announced once the move has completed.

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