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Kleven Contemporary to close
Art Comments Feb 20, 2013 5:25pmCall it beginner’s luck — or a stroke of genius. Either way, it took only a year after completing her BFA at UNLV for artist/photographer Jennifer Kleven to open her own gallery — and in the process...
Artist creates giant inflatable sculptures of himself
Art Comments Updated: Feb 20, 2013 4:33pmTo say one has a big ego is usually just a metaphor, but artist Benjamin Entner has managed to literalize the term with enormous inflatable sculptures, using himself as the model. For his exhibit Ego...
Warhol’s screen test
Art Comments Updated: Feb 14, 2013 11:32amUsing his Polaroid “Big Shot” camera, Andy Warhol took photographs of everything from bananas to such celebrities as Dolly Parton, Mick Jagger, Joan Collins and so many more. Among the works on...
UNLV architecture students dream up alternatives for The Roadhouse casino
Art Comments Feb 06, 2013 4:58pmWe see a lot of we-heart-locals on billboard advertising, but have we fully explored the role of casino resorts in the community? Is their purpose to provide jobs and movie theaters? What about a...
First Friday Roundup
Art Comments Updated: Feb 06, 2013 2:59pmSam DavisModern LoveWe can all elate to looking for love in the wrong places. With Sam Davis’ blend of vintage technology, mod aesthetics and romantic trials, we all root for the little red robot as...
First Friday Calendar, 1.31.13
Art Comments Jan 30, 2013 4:19pmHours: 5-10p. Shuttle service: 5-11p, with stops and parking at El Cortez, Golden Nugget, Arts District hub (Colorado and Main) and the Clark County Government Center. Additional $5 parking lots can...
Shadow play: Artist Eva Steil’s light and dark
Art Comments Updated: Jan 24, 2013 3:00pmRemember playing with shadows when you were a kid? A sunny afternoon making you 12-feet tall, or a beam of light coming in from the hall at bedtime providing a stage for bunny ears, dogs and more?...
Damien Hirst exhibit to go downtown
Art Comments Updated: Jan 24, 2013 3:01pmIn his typical, over-the-top style, iconocalstic British artist Damien Hirst unleashed a barrage of colored spots upon the world a couple of years ago, exhibiting more than 300 spot paintings...
Warm geometries: New work by Jose Bellver
Art Comments Updated: Jan 24, 2013 3:01pm“Geometry is something I always avoided,” artist Jose Bellver says. “I thought it was too cold.” Glance at the art above — clearly he’s gotten over it. There’s no chill coming off of the paintings in...
Poster design appeals to Joseph Woolfolk’s midcentury sensibilities and political beliefs
Art Comments Jan 16, 2013 6:02pmThe first thing that strikes you upon entering artist Joseph’s Woolfolk’s live-in studio are the enormous glowing bulbs beaming down from the gray metal shell of a full-size streetlamp top, ensconced...
