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Leaving Home
April 5th, 2012
Longtime Las Vegas artist and UNLV prof Mary Warner may be moving to Sacramento, Calif., but she’s leaving with a serious bang. Read more »
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Bumbling Before the Bumbys
Our writer’s elucidating encounter with the perceptive performance art at P3 Studio
March 29th, 2012
The art made me nervous. The art had me rethink my outfit. The art was staring at me. The art was critiquing me. Now, that’s a whole new level of provocative. Read more »
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Hallmarks of Hall Art
The local artwork at our new City Hall gives you a reason to do your civic duty
March 22nd, 2012
Hey, as long as you’re there… Such casual sentiment does not a cultural destination make. Still, whether you’re at our shiny-nickel-new Las Vegas City Hall to apply for a business license (mazel tov!) or register for traffic school (condolences), peeking in on the art installations at our civic nexus is, if not appointment viewing, an interesting diversion. Read more »
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Salon de Henderson
March 22nd, 2012
With Saturday’s closing reception, it’s time to bring the curtain down on the Pop-Up Art House’s first group exhibition, Salon Show, in its PUAH Gallery. Featuring a retro twist, Salon Show asked 24 artists—from students to established pros—to submit contemporary takes on landscapes, portraiture, still life and other traditional subject matter. Read more »
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First Fry-day
Meet the designer of Lucky Lady Lucy, a giant, sizzling showgirl who will go up in flames at the First Vegas Burn!
March 1st, 2012
Merritt Pelkey always knew something about setting shit on fire in the Nevada desert, having attended Burning Man, the annual weeklong art event in Black Rock City, for the last 10 years. Pelkey, whose day job is keyboard technician for Huey Lewis and the News, has always taken photos, but never considered himself a bona fide artist. Read more »
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The Art of Upcycling
From Can-Can Dolls to doll-part installations, two friends animate their creativity by giving life to found objects
February 23rd, 2012
Joy Snyder jokes that she and her partner-in-art, Kathryn Gilbert, are the “old ladies” of Emergency Arts. The 63- and 67-year-old, respectively, are one of the building’s original tenants, where they co-run a tiny gallery called Sporadica Designs. “It’s a great vibe,” Snyder says of being immersed in the youthful downtown art scene. “It’s been creatively pushing—there are so many young people around, it rubs off on you.” Read more »
7 Sins, Redrawn
Lowbrow artist Luke Chueh travels down The Primrose Path
February 9th, 2012
Artists Luke Chueh and Juan Muniz are doing just that in The Primrose Path, their joint show at Brett Wesley Gallery, which depicts the seven deadly sins. Taking their cue from a very old saying, the two have created a “path” marked by temptation and overindulgence. In Chueh’s work, this often means moments when luck turns to greed and pride. To illustrate jealousy, for example, the two have swiped each other’s well-known characters, Chueh’s bear and Muniz’s child in a bunny suit. Read more »
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Behind the Rabbit Suit
A chat with artist Juan Muniz about his new show, his artistic collaborations and that captivating bunny character
February 9th, 2012
Las Vegas-based Juan Muniz is a creative triple threat. He’s a tattoo artist, animator and fine artist. But you might not know it by just hanging around Las Vegas. Muniz rarely shows his work in local galleries; he enjoys more success selling it in Los Angeles. Despite his California focus, Muniz, 28, still manages to touch every cultural corner of Las Vegas—from the murals on the outside of Artifice to Slidin’ Thru’s T-shirt designs to InsertCoin(s)’ interior art. Vegas Seven sat down with Muniz at the Brett Wesley Gallery, where he shares wall space with renowned L.A. pop surrealist Luke Chueh for a two-man show called The Primrose Path. Read more »
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Big Website Now
Demecina Gray promotes local and regional artists the virtual way
February 2nd, 2012
Demecina Gray is an artist-turned-entrepreneur with a new website that brings a virtual gallery to your laptop. BigArtistNow.com offers smart contemporary art, a meet-the-artist component and exclusive artist-designed T-shirts. Now she’s getting ready to host “The Seriously Artsy Big Artist Now Launch Party” at the Commerce Street Studios. Read more »
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Scaling the Green Felt Jungle Gym
January 26th, 2012
The 1963 book The Green Felt Jungle, written by Ed Reid and Ovid Demaris, exposed the graft, corruption and organized crime that made Las Vegas a glittering desert oasis. The latest exhibition at the Clark County Government Center’s Rotunda Gallery (500 S. Grand Central Parkway), Green Felt Jungle Gym, repeats none of the book’s dirty work, and instead soars blithely into the multistory rotunda with no more than a passing glance at the sins of the past. Read more »
