UNLV Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art
Las Vegas, Nevada
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MessageIn Relation
- April 19, 2024 - November 23, 2024
The Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art is pleased to present In Relation, an exhibition that touches on ideas around motherhood. Aware that no presentation of this subject can ever be definitive, the curation pushes back against restrictive interpretations and emphasizes the unexpected—from motherhood as a gigantic pan-species experience, to the deeply personal notion of “my mother” as represented by the details of an individual face.
In Relation features art from the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art’s permanent collection along with sculpture, painting, fiber art, and multimedia work from seven Las Vegas artists. Here, Ailene Pasco insists on softness by transforming the stone surface of the iconic Venus of Willendorf into crochet; Martin Kreloff honors the mother who encouraged him to make art; and Lolita Develay presents a Black reimagining of L'Origine du mond (The Origin of the World), a famously controversial painting by the French Realist artist Gustave Courbet (1819–1877).
On that note, please be advised that this exhibition contains nudity.
In Relation includes artworks by Diane Bush and Steve Baskin, Adriana Chavez, Hue and Hong Chen, Lolita Develay, Kyla Hansen, Martin Kreloff, Michael Ogilvie, Lyssa Park, Ailene Pasco, and Lance L. Smith.
