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.
MessageSpirit of the Land
- March 25, 2022 - July 23, 2022
- Exhibition
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- Artwork
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- Artists
René West
"Lizard", 2020
From the series "Mojave: Ancient Lands and Animal Stories"
Digital composite of pinhole and digital photography
Courtesy the artist
Artist statement:
Alone in the desert, I was accompanied only by the ancient sound of silence. For me, this place was exotic, uncharted territory, a primordial forest of plants and wildlife. I would make photographs in the morning, and draw mandalas in the heat of the day as a form of meditation. At first the mandalas were abstractions, but rather quickly the desert animals started appearing, and I began thinking about how fables helped ancient cultures understand the world.
- Created: 2020