MADI Museum and Gallery Building

3109 Carlisle, Dallas, Texas 75204 USA
Built in 1974, renovated in 2002-03
Inaugurated February 22 , 2003

Original Architects: Olds/Udstuen/Thompson, Inc.
Renovation Team Building Concept: Volf Roitman, MADI Artist

MADI Museum and Gallery Building at dusk
Copyright © Volf Roitman

Bill and Dorothy Masterson, lifelong supporters of the arts, were fascinated when artist Volf Roitman introduced them to the colorful and exuberant MADI movement. The Mastersons became avid collectors of MADI art works and spent time with the movement's founder, Carmelo Arden Quin. When Mr. Masterson's law firm moved to a 1970s storefront building, the Mastersons decided to convert the first floor into an art museum and gallery devoted to MADI art. The building façade, designed by Volf Roitman, became a celebration of MADI with geometric forms laser-cut out of galvanized, cold-rolled steel and powder coated in bright colors. The colorful panels are permanently bolted to the existing building.

Roitman's convex-concave shapes and playful designs created a luscious, almost baroque skin for the once plain, two-story building. The landscape, furnishings, and lighting also reflect Roitman's MADI-ist ideas.

Learn more:

• The MADI Movement in Architecture
• 20th Century Trends in Architecture
• Volf Roitman
• MADI Museum Home Page

MADI Museum and Gallery Building - Interior View
Copyright © Volf Roitman