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The New Faces of Fremont
January 31st, 2013
They’d like for you to think of it as a welcome sign for Fremont East. On January 26, Laura Berk and Josh Levine, the organizers of the Inside Out—Las Vegas, installed a mural on 107 Las Vegas Blvd. North. It covers the exterior wall of what was an abandoned 7-Eleven (and is now under construction as part of the Downtown Project). Read more »
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‘Spot’ On
Don’t try to connect Damien Hirst’s dots—the joy is in their inscrutable detachment
January 31st, 2013
Damien Hirst. Every mention of the blockbuster British artist is preceded or followed by a reference to his level of artistic merit (or lack of), his personal ethics (or lack of), his wealth (no lack of), notoriety (no lack of) and the art market conditions of the last several decades that drove fine art prices sky high (of which he was a major beneficiary). Love him or hate him, Hirst is one of the world’s most famous living artists. Read more »
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Last Chance to See a Genius
January 24th, 2013
The Imagine Exhibitions Space, in The Venetian, is bidding arrivaderci to Da Vinci—The Genius exhibit this weekend. Slated to end in September, the exhibit was held over by popular demand with good reason. Read more »
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Inflatable Boy
Artist Benjamin Entner blows himself up with Ego Sum
January 17th, 2013
Giving new meaning to the term “pole dancer,” Benjamin Entner’s giant inflatable self-portrait wraps itself around a load-bearing support beam inside the Contemporary Arts Center. In this exhibited artwork, Entner is nude save for tube socks. Read more »
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On the artScene
January 17th, 2013
On January 11, Vegas PBS launched a weekly series called artScene, which focuses on local artists and arts-related stories. The series is part of a 28-station collaboration that, according to a PBS press release, “allows large-market PBS stations to share arts features with one another.” In other words, these Vegas stories are going national, translating into a much bigger audience for our local artists and performers. Read more »
Showstopper
Drama of male-stripping is stripped from Stripped The Play
January 17th, 2013
Expect to find a “play” at Stripped the Play? You’d have better odds shopping for a G-string at a Disney store. Read more »
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Born Again (and Again)
5th Wall lets artists reimagine its dimensions with site-specific works
January 3rd, 2013
Upon entering a cool little gallery in Emergency Arts, I anticipate a range of sensations. One thing I do not expect, however, is to feel panic grip my spine when my entrance triggers a motion detector and a whirring, mechanical, three-headed hellhound suddenly springs to life. Fashioned from Frankensteinian, bargain-bin fright masks and a reverse-engineered, wire-strewn, robotic frame, Shannon Eakins’ “Cerberus” combines nature with technology. If you’re not ready, you’ll flinch (or yelp) when the animatronic chimera activates. Read more »
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An Artistic Convergence
December 20th, 2012
On Dec. 20-22, contemporary sculptors and painters such as H.R. Giger and Nelson Shanks leave their studios and descend upon Las Vegas to exhibit for-sale original masterworks at the World of Art Showcase in Wynn Las Vegas. Read more »
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Survival of the Wittiest
Artist Jevijoe Vitug cleverly portrays the struggle of immigrants caught in the teeth of the Great Recession
December 20th, 2012
“The sky is the limit when you get here,” says Filipino-born artist Jevijoe Vitug, who arrived stateside in 2007, purchased a home in Las Vegas in 2008 and lost it to a short sale this year. “The recession hit when I came here, but you cannot see that because you’re really happy. But then it changes. It shifted my perspective to just survival of everyday life.” Read more »
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If Crass Sells, Who’s Buying?
No one needs to tell Brent Holmes that his art has currency
December 13th, 2012
You can say this about Brent Holmes’ third solo exhibit, Crass Doesn’t Sell: The collaged multimedia images sure catch your attention. Each piece focuses on a particular currency, combining sexualized photos with polemic phrases and socioeconomic aspects of the currency’s culture. Read more »
