UNLV Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art
Las Vegas, Nevada
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Adriana Chavez
"Desert Bonding", 2021
Video length: Approximately 3 min.
Cinematography: Collaboration with Brent Holmes
Courtesy the artist
A Common Thread
April 2, 2021 - August 2, 2021
Curated by Ashanti McGee
In partnership with the Las Vegas Womxn of Color Arts Festival.
Support for this exhibition is provided by the WESTAF Regional Arts Resilience Fund, a relief grant developed in partnership with The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support arts organizations in the 13-state western region during the COVID-19 pandemic. Additional programs are funded in part with support from Nevada Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Image description: Desert Bonding by Adriana Chavez
A film still of a female-presenting figure with bare feet and a face-covering headdress standing in the desert. Mountains are visible in the background.
Film still of a female-presenting figure wearing a headdress made of sticks. She is bound in cords that extend out of the frame. Mountains and a desert landscape are visible behind her.
Film still of a female-presenting figure in a face-covering headdress standing behind sword-like yucca leaves. Mountains and a desert landscape are visible behind her.
- Created: 2021
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