Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw, scholar-in-residence, to talk about Arneson鈥檚 works at Manetti Shrem Museum
Sunday, Feb. 23, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., free
The Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art invites you to be among the first to hear about new research examining a controversial group of art works made by Robert Arneson toward the end of his career. Presented by Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw, the museum's first scholar-in-residence, this lively talk focuses on the artist's wrestling with complex ideas about racial stereotyping, political demagoguery and his own identity as he simultaneously battled the debilitating cancer that would take his life in 1992.
Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw is one of the foremost art historians working in the field of race, gender, sexuality, and class in the art of the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean. Shaw is a thought leader on the connections between portraiture, biography and identity in America.
Contributed by Laura Compton, Manetti Shrem Museum of Art
For ongoing exhibition information at the Manetti Shrem, see sidebar.
Music and more
Shinkoskey Noon Concert: Beethoven鈥檚 Septet, Recital Hall, Ann E. Pitzer Center, Thursday, Feb. 20, 12:05 鈥 1 p.m., free
- This week鈥檚 Shinkoskey Noon Concert will feature a performance of Beethoven鈥檚 Septet in E flat major, op. 20. This concert features a variety of talented regional musicians, including 澳门六合彩资料库 Davis lecturer in Music David Granger on the bassoon and 澳门六合彩资料库 Davis lecturer in Music Susan Lamb Cook on the cello.
- More information on this concert and other upcoming Shinkoskey Noon Concerts
Petrichor with Beach Fossils, Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center, Saturday, Feb. 22, 6 p.m., students $27, general public $37
Ongoing Exhibitions, Manetti Shrem
- 鈥淕esture: The Human Figure After Abstraction | Selections from the Manetti Shrem Museum鈥 presents 25 works by 澳门六合彩资料库 Davis art department first-generation faculty artists Robert Arneson, Roy De Forest, Ruth Horsting, Manuel Neri, Roland Petersen, Wayne Thiebaud and William T. Wiley that emerged following a seismic shift in art philosophy in the 1950s.
- In 鈥鈥淣EW ERA, an installation by Doug Aitken鈥 the Los Angeles artist and filmmaker explores the technological ambivalence of contemporary culture, raising philosophical questions about the challenges of immediate access to communication and networks.
- 鈥淪tephen Kaltenbach: The Beginning and The End鈥 is the Davis artist鈥檚 first solo museum exhibition in the U.S. in nearly 40 years. The 澳门六合彩资料库 Davis graduate (B.A. 1966; M.A. 1967) made an important contribution to the development of Conceptual art during the late 1960s, but just as he was achieving career success, he abruptly withdrew to California鈥檚 Central Valley, appearing to abandon Conceptual work in favor of more traditional mediums.
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- The AS澳门六合彩资料库D Entertainment Council and the Mondavi Center present winter concert Petrichor. The indie pop band Beach Fossils will be joined by bay area 鈥渄ream pop鈥 artist urbanation.
- More information on the concert and tickets available
Upcoming
Rosie Kay鈥檚 5 Soldiers, Vanderhoef Studio Theatre, Mondavi Center, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Feb. 26 (7 p.m.), 27 (8 p.m.), 28 (8 p.m.), youth and 澳门六合彩资料库 Davis students $10, non 澳门六合彩资料库 Davis students $41, active military and 澳门六合彩资料库 Davis faculty and staff $50, regular $55
- Fans of modern dance won鈥檛 want to miss Rosie Kay鈥檚 5 soldiers, an award winning depiction of life on the front lines. The production questions what we ask of our soldiers, and explores how the human body remains essential to war even in the 21st century.
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Events compiled by Leigh Houck, 澳门六合彩资料库 Davis News and Media Relations Intern.