Michael Frank Blair's 'Safety in Numbers' at Conduit Gallery, Dallas

Michael Frank Blair's exhibition 'Safety in Numbers' at Conduit Gallery in Dallas features 14 abstract paintings, each 60 by 35 inches, hung vertically. The works employ a systematic yet awkward mark-making approach, with noodley lines, dashes, and scribbles clustered in partitioned segments that loosely reference sports fields, parking lots, and anatomical charts. Blair's canvases are described as a 'logic of line,' where marks cut, bridge, scatter, and congeal, appearing spontaneous but sharing a common logic. The exhibition references Raphael Rubinstein's 2009 essay 'Provisional Painting,' aligning with qualities of casual, unfinished, and awkward works that preserve hesitation as part of the process. The show runs through July 25, 2026.