UNLV Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art
Las Vegas, Nevada
We believe everyone deserves access to art that challenges our understanding of the present and inspires us to create a future that makes space for us all.
MessageMikayla Whitmore: Between a Rock and a Cliff
- January 13, 2020 - February 08, 2020
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Mikayla Whitmore
"In Case of Emergency," 2019
Archival Metallic Print
In the Direction of Searchlight, Nevada, USA
Three circular mirrors stand on a hillside in the desert. Stuck in the dirt, they nonetheless suggest a rolling movement. Whitmore imagines them as portals that offer divergent views of the future. Choosing one option over the other two can alter your life forever.
The artist suggests that her childhood memories of gamblers playing slot machines in Las Vegas grocery stores might have influenced the way she visualizes the idea of choice. On the other hand, it could have been the more universal experience of watching The Price is Right with her mom. Thinking of the firing range near the slope where she took the photograph, she sees a connection between her arrangement of mirrors and the rows of glass bottles that people at the firing range like to use as targets.