The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth is presenting 'David-Jeremiah: The Fire This Time,' a solo exhibition featuring the Oak Cliff-based multidisciplinary conceptual artist David-Jeremiah. The show, on view from August 16 to November 2, includes new polychromatic paintings from his EE (Emma Esse) series and works from his I Drive Thee tondo series, which explore themes of transcendence, ritual, and the dichotomy of beauty and violence through the motif of fire and the Lamborghini automobile. The exhibition is guest-curated by Christopher Blay, a Liberian-born American artist and curator who serves as Director of Public Programs at the National Juneteenth Museum in Fort Worth.
This exhibition matters because it highlights an emerging artist from the local Oak Cliff community at a major Texas museum, signaling institutional support for regional talent. David-Jeremiah’s conceptually rich practice—centered on cycles of self-reflection and contradiction, rendered through the unexpected medium of the Lamborghini—offers a fresh, provocative voice in contemporary art. The show also underscores the growing curatorial influence of Christopher Blay, whose recent work includes the Citywide African American Artist Exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and reflects broader efforts to amplify diverse perspectives in Texas art institutions.