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Aug. 27, 2018 - Sep. 11, 2018
Art in Context
This pop-up exhibition gives Barrick visitors a chance to see some of the work being studied by Wendy Kveck’s UNLV Art in Context class. Choosing her examples from both the Barrick Collection and the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection held at the museum, Kveck asks her students to consider the increasingly interdisciplinary nature of artists’ practices, and the impact of personal and global... -
Jun. 2, 2018 - Sep. 15, 2018
Andrew Schoultz: In Process: Every Movement Counts
Fusing museum space with the dynamic energy of streets and skate parks, Andrew Schoultz makes art that asks questions about the reality of contemporary life and global power. His installations and murals juxtapose ideas from illuminated manuscripts, ancient cartography, and the flattened space of Persian miniatures. Images of beasts, bricks, trees, and eyes surge across the walls, bringing... -
Feb. 2, 2018 - May. 12, 2018
Exhibition: Plural
Plural features recently donated artworks from the UNLV Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art’s permanent collection that explore complex aspects of human identity through a range of traditional and unconventional media. Memory, passion, voice, excess, race, gender, and intersectionality are all brought into question as we search for ways in which a museum collection can reflect our own... -
Feb. 2, 2018 - May. 12, 2018
Exhibition: Identity Tapestry
Identity Tapestry is both a portrait of a community and each individual participant. Inviting visitors to weave aspects of themselves into a participatory artwork, artist Mary Corey March gives us new insights into both ourselves and the people we see around us every day, opening our minds to reflection and healing. The 20-foot long installation, made of hand-dyed yarn, and... -
Sep. 29, 2017 - Nov. 11, 2017
Peripheral Flood Control Structures of Las Vegas
The nation’s supreme desert city, Las Vegas lies in a riverless valley, baking in the sun. When it rains, storms can be sudden and strong, generating flash floods that threaten the city. Defense against this attack has grown with the expanding urban land itself, and there are now more than 100 detention basins in and around Las Vegas to absorb the shock of flood, and ... -
Sep. 29, 2017 - Jan. 20, 2018
Preservation
The UNLV Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, Las Vegas, will present "Preservation," a group exhibition that explores aspects of preservation–of land, legacies, histories, and the biological. The project will be on view at the Barrick Museum and Grant Hall Gallery from September 29, 2017 through January 20, 2018, in conjunction with the Museum’s 50th Anniversary and the ... -
Sep. 29, 2017 - Jan. 20, 2018
liminal
To be "liminal" means to be at the threshold or border of something-- a physical space, an ideology or concept, or even between categories of identity. The works in this exhibition invite viewers to ponder the ways in which they are "in between" and what this liminal state truly means. Curated by Shelly Volsche, Visiting Lecturer COLA 100E; Doctoral Student, Dept. of... -
May. 26, 2017 - Sep. 16, 2017
Casey Roberts
The Barrick is screening three of Robert's short films: I Think I Know What the Problem Is (2012), Sometimes I Dream of Myself as Two People (2015), and The Bird Sessions (2016). Screening times: Tuesdays (11 a.m.-12 p.m.), Fridays and Saturdays (1-4 p.m.) and also by appointment About the filmmaker: Working in video, painting, and... -
May. 26, 2017 - Sep. 16, 2017
Play On Gary, Play On
What does it mean to pick something up? How do we negotiate the interaction between ourselves and the universe? Play On, Gary, Play On is a meditation on the point in time between an action being anticipated and the moment when it is carried out. Imaginatively it reinterprets this delay through a series of objects: a wooden wall sculpture by the New York artist Richard... -
May. 26, 2017 - Jan. 20, 2018
Astronomy of the Asphalt Ecliptic
New York artist Katarina Jerinic responds to and intervenes in the built landscape with maps, photographs, and other imaginative ephemera that encourage unfamiliar explorations of everyday surroundings. Located in the Baepler Xeric Garden and the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art lobby, her Astronomy of the Asphalt Ecliptic charts constellations of visible and invisible phenomena in the... -
May. 26, 2017 - Sep. 16, 2017
Tested Ground
The UNLV Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art presents Tested Ground, a major artistic exploration of the ways in which our civilization uses the land around us for work, recreation, and waste disposal. Paying special attention to the region surrounding Las Vegas, five American and international artists use a variety of media to probe a relationship we sometimes take for granted. From the... -
Jan. 28, 2017 - May. 13, 2017
Josh Azzarella Screenings
The UNLV Marjorie Barrick Museum is pleased to present a semester-long video screening series featuring works by artist Josh Azzarella. Josh Azzarella Program 1 (January 28 - February 22, 2017) Subjecting three fragments of violent historical footage to an intense process of manipulation and slowing, video artist Josh Azzarella proposes questions about our... -
Jan. 27, 2017 - Dec. 30, 2017
Masking, curated by Karen Roop
This exhibition combines traditional Mexican masks with contemporary artwork to blur the lines between art and artifice, self and other, being and nonbeing. Far from static artifacts, masks point to shifting meanings and challenge us to question notions of identity. A native of Nevada, Karen Roop has taught courses in English ranging from Composition I to Early American Literature at UNLV, Austin... -
Jan. 27, 2017 - May. 13, 2017
Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Enter Here
Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Enter Here is an exhibition of two complete editions of Salvador Dali illustrated artist books: The Divine Comedy written by Dante Alighieri and The Decameron written by Giovanni Boccaccio. These books, completed in 1960 and 1972 respectively, together contain 110 prints authorized by the artist. A part of the Las Vegas Art Museum collection... -
Jan. 27, 2017 - May. 13, 2017
Process, curated by Matthew Gardocki
Featuring work by: John Bauer, Christopher Duncan, Kara Joslyn, Lester Monzon, Julie Oppermann, Kim Rugg, Christopher Russell, Heidi Schwegler, Meghan Smythe, and Ryan Wallace, Process is a showcase of ten contemporary American artists who are reshaping the Process Art tradition into a profound expression of twenty-first century studio practice. Visitors can expect to encounter a fresh and...
