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Objects found on daily walks from artist Chris Schanck's home to his studio during COVID lockdown resulted in a breathtaking new work commissioned by the Dallas Museum of Art, Curbed Vanity. Inspired by an iconic work in the DMA's permanent collection — the Martelé dressing table and stool fashioned from silver, glass, ivory, and fabric by Gorham Manufacturing— Schanck coated his work with resin and aluminum foil, referencing his father's work at a Dallas aluminum factory and how his mother wrapped Christmas gifts in foil. Schanck, who now resides in Detroit, attended Dallas' Booker T. Washington High. Brobdingnagian descriptions suit this decorative-arts masterpiece: Baroque, enchanting, Tim Burton-esque … and, given that it was designed as a response to another work of art, thoughtful. The two works eloquently face off in an intimate, scarlet gallery of the museum. Curbed Vanity: A Contemporary Foil by Chris Schanck, on view through August 29 at the Dallas Museum of Art, dma.org. Billy Fong OIL ED! PHOTOGRAPHY CLARE GATTO Chris Schanck's Curbed Vanity, 2020, mixed media, aluminum foil and resin OBSESSION 44