Window Dressing LII

Barry Stone and Jason Reed: BOOM AND DUST

Exhibition Dates: March 30 - April 5, 2026

Artist Reception: Thursday, April 2, 2026, 7-9pm

ICOSA presents BOOM AND DUST, as a part of its Window Dressing Series which will activate a 58 ft accordion fold photobook by photographers Barry Stone and Jason Reed.

Artist Statement:

BOOM AND DUST depicts a 40-mile stretch of highway between Midland and Odessa, Texas. This roadway serves as the backbone of the oil industry in the Permian Basin, the most productive oil field in the world. Inspired by Ed Ruscha, Reed and Stone made hundreds of photographs from the back of a pickup truck of the unrelenting scroll of mancamps, pumpjacks, and oil outfitters collectively known as the "Petroplex." The work is accompanied by a soundscape of acoustic guitar improvisations made in the former company town of Texon in the shadow of the Santa Rita no.1 and layered with field recordings of gas flares, produced water lakes, and lap steel which will be heard during the duration of the exhibition.

Exhibitions are on view 24/7 through the gallery’s front glass, on view 24 hours a day in ICOSA’s storefront window:

916 Springdale Rd, Bldg 2, #102, Austin, TX 78702

www.icosacollective.com

Exhibition Dates: March 30 - April 5, 2026