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'Bikers' with bite: Dobermen exhibit gets at the soul of the rider; Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010; For the fantasy riders of the Dobermen Motorcycle Club, the moto-spirit is more about the man and his tribe than the man and his ride.
Angela Kallus’ Trifecta exhibit will have you seeing circles: Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010; The circle is the most seductive of geometries. Which is one reason why so many artists love them.
Desert delight: Chromaticity brings the warmth of the southwest to heart of the Springs Preserve; Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010; Chromaticity brings the warmth of the southwest to heart of the Springs Preserve
Art can be fun: That’s the big takeaway from the small Dennis Oppenheim show; Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010; True, a chance encounter with a 6-foot-tall concrete beaver might not appeal to everyone, but these beguiling diversions can make a bad day better and a good day great.
'Phenomenal' beginnings for new Vegas gallery: New gallery gains momentum with worthwhile photo exhibit; Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2009; As an exhibition title, A Phenomenal Photography Show is less than modest.
Wicked games with a 'Flick of the Wrist': Even non-players should find Baker’s Flick of the Wrist artful and fresh; Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009; Defying the ultra-violent or fantasy-driven standard of most popular games, Baker offers titles like “Pro Yolk: Create the Perfect Egg” and “The Implosionist: Every Building Is a Puzzle.”
Trifecta's "minUMENTAL" showcases mini art, small pricetags: Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009; Chestnuts are roasting and Trifecta Gallery's minUMENTAL Invitational is bringing small art at small prices.
Art so perfect, it's painful: At its best, Ronk’s advanced technique achieves drawn-up perfection; Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009; Grayson Ronk's graphite drawings are so exacting in their faint precision, to look at them is almost painful.
Drink in "Drunk" art: Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009; Drunk is the perfect pit-stop for boozy tortured artists.
Turning the page: Altered States takes an age-old object—the book—in bold new directions; Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009; Altered States takes an age-old object—the book—in bold new directions
Landscape exhibit pairs perfectly with Springs Preserve: Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009; Everything about Robert Beckmann: Elemental Landscape dovetails beautifully: luminous landscape paintings, the Big Springs gallery at the Springs Preserve, a breezy October morning.
Camp Rodriguez Dead or Alive: sci-fi, elephant tusks and ... John McCain?!: Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009; Ominously lit and oddly campy, Dead or Alive, You're Coming With Me has a darkness that gives way to a playful sense of humor, sharp sociopolitical interest and a cool ’80s reverence.
Beautiful integration: 12 + 7 demonstrates CityCenter’s synthesis of art and architecture; Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009; 12 + 7 doesn’t reveal much—the exhibition plays its cards close to its chest, although we appear to be getting one helluva public art collection.
Anniversary present: CAC, UNLV’s MFA program team for flawed and fun twentytwenty; Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009; How might a nonprofit contemporary art center kick off its 20th anniversary season? How about sharing the love, embracing the edge and inviting young artists to put on a show.
Drawn in?: Moszkowicz’s New Work succeeds at root but feels haphazardly presented; Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009; Emanuele Sferruzza Moszkowicz. With so many consonants and so little time, the name says it all. That beautiful collection of letters is redolent of the artist’s pen-and-ink drawings, a multitude of exploding shapes and patterns that fill the eye and tickle the imagination.
Murals and more: Hispanic Museum’s Mix It Up serves up sweet street flavors; Thursday, July 30, 2009; Hispanic Museum’s Mix It Up serves up sweet street flavors.
Digital integration: Anfinson applies software to her work, with mixed results; Thursday, July 16, 2009; Now, with swift manipulation, not only can Sarah Palin’s face be seamlessly Photoshopped onto the body of Ted Nugent, but a photograph can also be shifted to look like a painting. This is all rudimentary Photoshop, but where does it leave a painter of images?
Neonopolis Art Center: Gone, but maybe not forever: Thursday, June 11, 2009; Amid rumors of poor ventilation, no air conditioning and canceled leases, the once-promising Art Center at Neonopolis is officially closing.
Time of the Preacher: Pep Rally offers an early look at an arriving local artist; Thursday, June 11, 2009; As the Biscuit Street Preacher, Las Vegan Robbie Martin is a self-appointed, Southern-bred missionary casting a working man’s eye to the streets. In Pep Rally at Trifecta Gallery, the Preacher uses large-scale paintings to evangelize the everyday, sometimes with quite fantastical results.
Vegas was built for this: Off the Strip brings performance and video art right where it belongs; Thursday, April 16, 2009; It has always surprised me that there isn’t more performance and video art being made in the Valley—it seems such a perfect fit.
Center yourself: Spend some time with Allred’s sculptures—and their surroundings; Thursday, April 2, 2009; You might be tempted to drive by Left of Center Art Gallery & Studio—it doesn’t look quite like your typical Las Vegas gallery (whatever that is).
Housing new hope: Ambient Art launches new exhibition site with Pairs; Thursday, March 19, 2009; When one door closes, so they say, another door opens. In this case, the door opening is that of Ambient Art Projects.
Stripmuse: For some artist transplants, Las Vegas provides as much inspiration as it does frustration; Thursday, March 12, 2009; Just when you think you know all there is to know about Las Vegas, you turn a corner and find something—or someone—new. In our deceptively tiny but ambitious art scene, fresh faces and ideas are a curious thrill, especially those that are hard to read.
Step into "Yo Mama": Pepe invites Las Vegas to be part of her latest feminist exhibit; Thursday, March 5, 2009; Yo Mama is a thought-provoking bear hug of a show enveloping us in its big, beautiful vagina.
A love-in with Friends: Bellagio’s latest exhibit reminds why the masters are just that; Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009; Let’s be honest: All of my boyfriends are in the Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art’s Lichtenstein, Warhol & Friends exhibit.
"Seeing" is believing: Donna Beam exhibit serves up West Coast funk flavors; Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009; The individuals assembled for You See are Left Coast art gods, key players in one of the many cultural shifts that erupted in California during the 1960s and ’70s: West Coast funk.
R.I.P. Water Street Gallery: Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009; A not-so-gentle reminder to support your local arts institutions: Adding to the recent list of shifting tides in the Valley’s art community is the closure of Henderson’s Water Street Gallery.
"Pleasures" in paint: Britton packs meaning into seemingly guilty pop; Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009; Jeff Britton’s collection of paintings at Trifecta Gallery, Guilty Pleasures, is funny, saucy, irreverent and pop-y—sort of.
Flexible methodology: Pagel’s lecture reveals his thoughts on LA Now, future artistic trends; Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008; David Pagel’s December 11 lecture, timed in conjunction with the opening of LA Now—his newly minted curatorial effort at the Las Vegas Art Museum—was everything his writing portrays him to be: democratic, conversational and genuinely in love with art.
Now we're talkin'!: Pagel brings the best of LA to town with magnificent results; Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008; As if on cue for the holiday season, the Valley just got the best present ever: the Las Vegas Art Museum’s LA Now.
Home work: Vegas product Tiberti returns with exhibit that looks good enough to eat; Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008; Visiting Tarissa Tiberti’s 3% exhibition at the Fallout Gallery, the phrase “you can’t go home again” is hard to shake. Especially considering home is a landscape in constant flux.
Won over by sparkly things: A critical analysis of the Liberace Museum; Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008; I cried at the Liberace Museum today. It was the story of Liberace’s final performance at Radio City Music Hall that did it.
Capital ideas: Jewelers exhibit contemplates ‘sex appeal’ of the political moment; Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008; Artforum writer and California College of the Arts instructor Glen Helfand recognizes the whiff of desperation and the spit-shine of nostalgia in our declining empire.
Scotland and a guy from Cleveland: Guess which show didn’t disappoint? (Hint: the one that has nothing to do with haggis); Thursday, Oct. 16, 2008; I have a nostalgic soft spot in my heart for two things: Scotland and Derek Hess.
In vacuum: Catherine Borg explores the terror of empty space; Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008; Catherine Borg’s new exhibition at the Contemporary Arts Collective is scary. It’s called Untitled, the perfect name for an exhibition that relentlessly tackles the immense terror of nothingness.
You have to keep making things happen: From gallery owners to administrators to artists, strong women are keeping the arts scene vital; Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008; In the seven years I have bounced around the Las Vegas art community, two things have remained consistent. One is that it is always “burgeoning.”
Fall A+E Guide: Visual Arts: Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008; Technically, it’s fall. While we may not experience the gentle turn of seasons, we are no exception to the “Hey, it’s fall! Let’s put on some fancy art shows!” vibe of most cities.
Badasses with heart: Local art handlers show off their own work; Thursday, July 3, 2008; The art handlers who work for MCQ Fine Art are badass—according to the postcard for their group show. The Difference Between Making a Living and Making a Killing is hardcore, and there’s even a skull and crossbones to prove it. Don’t let the act fool you, though.
More than Skin Deep: Cigarettes and guns trace the enigmas of masculinity; Thursday, June 19, 2008; In case you haven’t been paying attention, it’s cooking up to be a stellar summer for art in Vegas. The list of solid shows that are open or about to open around town keeps getting longer. Add to that list Thomas Lee Bakofsky’s “What It Is,” on view through June 27 at Trifecta Gallery.

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