UNLV Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art

UNLV Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art

Las Vegas, Nevada

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Perception

West Gallery - On Site Exhibition
Lucky Star by Thomas Burke Image: Courtesy of Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art
Courtesy of Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art
Lucky Star by Thomas Burke Image: Installation view, Courtesy of Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art (Photography by Krystal Ramirez)
Lucky Star by Thomas Burke Image: Courtesy of Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art (Photography by Krystal Ramirez)
Lucky Star by Thomas Burke Image: Courtesy of Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art (Photography by Krystal Ramirez)

Lucky Star

Thomas Burke
Lucky Star, 2005
Acrylic on metal
Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art Collection
Gift of Eliane Gans
2005.03.001

Item description: Painted on a large rectangular metal sheet, painted cubic shapes in reds, blues, greens, tan, and black form an illusion of a bulging sphere extending past the bounds of the canvas.

  • Created: 2005
  • Inventory Number: 2025.03.001
  • Collections: Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art Collection
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