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Photos to Feast On
Artist’s Mandwich portraits capture personality within eroticism
May 17th, 2012
What happens when porn actors, performance artists, models, a photographer/filmmaker and Mother Loosy from Sin City Sisters get together in one cozy, master-bedroom-size space in Las Vegas? You get the opening night of Mandwich Redux at Sin City Gallery. Read more »
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The Illustrated Men
La Dubla arts collective celebrates the female form and male bonding
May 10th, 2012
What happens when you fuse zine culture with an art show? Read more »
Faces of First Friday
Into the ‘Bellmouth’ of Madness
Brent Sommerhauser installs a crazy sinkhole in MCQ Fine Art
May 3rd, 2012
The last time I saw Las Vegas artist and professor Brent Sommerhauser was four years ago in a gallery on the UNLV campus. His installation—an eerie, audio-enhanced, man-size tower of paper reams—had collapsed moments before I’d entered the space. The impact was so loud I thought a car had struck the building. On hands and knees, he retrieved sheets, struggling to re-create the original structure. Read more »
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Hip Hip, Monet
A 20-piece collection focuses on the French impressionist’s masterful use of light
April 19th, 2012
Acclaimed—but negligent. Forgive our scolding of legendary landscape artist Claude Monet, but his inviting, indelible landscapes lack one vital element: a magic doorway. You can’t step inside his wondrous compositions. Serious gyp. Read more »
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Paddle Up for Gallery’s First Vegas Art Auction
April 19th, 2012
If you haven’t yet checked out Martin Lawrence Galleries, the 8-month-old, 26,000-square-foot colossus in the Forum Shops at Caesars, we have your reason to mobilize. Read more »
Faces of First Friday
No Empty Calories
There is substance behind these pop sculptures
April 5th, 2012
Miguel Rodriguez returns with an appetizing—and deeply satisfying—vengeance. The artist’s new show at Trifecta Gallery is So Sincere, a genuine effort to heighten his work’s already-delicious appeal. Read more »
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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 »
