A love story of old and new
Eli Ruhala’s ‘Queer Narcissus’ is on display through July 20 JAMES RUSSELL | Contributing Writer james.journo@gmail.com Eli Ruhala — It sounds like “E-lie Roo-ha-la.” Remember this incoming third-year MFA student at TCU, because he is one of the most talented emerging artists in the region.
That’s clear in his show Queer Narcissus currently on display through July 20 at Arts Fort Worth, formerly the Fort Worth Community Arts Center, at 1300 Gendy in the city’s Cultural District.
In the autobiographical show, Ruhala uses his core materials of wood and watercolor to create a site-specific work. That’s a catch-all term which arguably could be used to describe ancient engravings in palaces to the Meow Wolf mega experience.
Here, Ruhala invites us into his house and reveals — with a bit of trepidation, he admitted — a love story about his current partner and his ex.
