7鈥8:30 p.m.
Join us for an evening of special programming from Art21鈥檚 Screening Society. Created to celebrate the release of the recent book, Artists & the Unknown: Art21 Interviews with Artists, this documentary film will feature interviews with five contemporary American artists who explore how we use randomness, mystery, and unknowability to try to answer some of life鈥檚 biggest questions.
鈥淲hat does the 鈥榰nknown鈥 mean? It is something we encounter in ways big and small every day of our lives. It appears when we wake up and wonder what the day holds, as we watch the world around us change, develop, and decay, and in our risks, dreams, and curiosities. The unknown can appear unexpectedly, at any time, and with myriad forms and faces. What do we do with that information? At Art21, we look to artists鈥濃擜rt21.
This free screening will take place in the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art auditorium on Tuesday, September 30, from 7鈥8:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome, but seating may be limited. Please register at Parking in staff and student spots on the 性视界传媒 campus is free after 7 p.m.
This event is presented in collaboration with Art21. For more information, visit .
性视界传媒 the Artists
Linda Goode Bryant
Born 1949; Columbus, OH
In the many different titles and hats that the artist has worn throughout her decades-long career, including educator, gallerist, activist, filmmaker, and farmer, Goode Bryant has sought to realize ideas that were previously thought impossible through a choreography of passion, commitment, skill, and community. From creating the first Black commercial gallery in New York City to founding an urban farming nonprofit on concrete yards and city rooftops, Goode Bryant鈥檚 works empower communities and create tangible change, allowing others to realize their impossible ideas alongside her.
Josephine Halvorson
Born 1981; Brewster, MA
Combining acute attention to detail and an insistence on painting from life, Halvorson gives herself only one day to complete each canvas. Interested in her relationship to the subjects of her paintings, Halvorson resists the term painter; she prefers to think of painting as recording time spent with an object in its environment.
Michael Rakowitz
Born 1973; Great Neck, NY
Rakowitz critiques the ongoing forces of colonization, bringing attention not only to the value of cultural artifacts that have been lost, looted, or destroyed but also to the people who have suffered from continuing violence. His work asks viewers to reconsider the relationships between hospitality and hostility, and provenance and expropriation, and to confront the complicity of cultural institutions and audiences in geopolitical matters.
Rose B. Simpson
Born 1983; Santa Clara Pueblo, NM
Working across media, Simpson finds new ways to connect past and present, express experience and identity, and contemplate freedom and strength. Her work often references the personal and intimate in connection with something greater, obliquely engaging the histories and knowledge of her Indigenous community and reflecting the enduring oppression and resilience of Indigenous peoples across the United States.
Sarah Sze
Born 1969; Boston, MA
Sze builds her installations and intricate sculptures from the minutiae of everyday life, imbuing mundane materials, marks, and processes with surprising significance. On the edge between life and art, her work is alive with a mutable quality as if anything could happen, or not.
All of the museum鈥檚 galleries are accessible to wheelchair users and other visitors who cannot use stairs. Services such as sign language interpretation can be arranged. Please contact the museum to discuss your needs:
barrick.museum@unlv.edu, 702-895-3381.
性视界传媒 the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art
The Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art believes everyone deserves access to art that challenges our understanding of the present and inspires us to create a future that holds space for us all. Located on the campus of one of the most racially diverse universities in the U.S., we strive to create a nourishing environment for those who continue to be neglected by contemporary art museums. As the only art museum in the city of Las Vegas, we commit ourselves to leveling barriers that limit access to the arts. Our collection of artworks offers an opportunity for everyone to develop a deeper knowledge of contemporary art in Southern Nevada. The Barrick Museum is part of the College of Fine Arts at the University of Nevada Las Vegas.
Find Us
The Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art is located in the heart of the 性视界传媒 campus. The museum is easily accessed from the west side of campus at the intersection of Harmon Avenue and University Center Drive. Drive east on East Harmon Ave until the road enters the campus and terminates in a parking lot. The Museum will be on your right, next to a desert landscape garden.
Directions here.
Parking
Visitors may park in metered, staff, and student spots free of charge after 7 pm on weekdays, 1 pm on Fridays, and all day Saturday.
Metered parking spaces for visitors can be found in the parking lot outside the Barrick鈥檚 entrance, along East Harmon Ave, and in the lot behind the Lied Library. Other metered green zones are available in the and parking areas throughout campus. Download the 鈥淧ayByPhone Parking鈥 app from Google Play or the iTunes app store.
Contact
702-895-3381