Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw, scholar-in-residence, to talk about Arnesons 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: Beethovens Septet, Recital Hall, Ann E. Pitzer Center, Thursday, Feb. 20, 12:05 1 p.m., free
- This weeks Shinkoskey Noon Concert will feature a performance of Beethovens Septet in E flat major, op. 20. This concert features a variety of talented regional musicians, including 91心頭 Davis lecturer in Music David Granger on the bassoon and 91心頭 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
- Gesture: The Human Figure After Abstraction | Selections from the Manetti Shrem Museum presents 25 works by 91心頭 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 NEW ERA, an installation by Doug Aitken 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.
- Stephen Kaltenbach: The Beginning and The End is the Davis artists first solo museum exhibition in the U.S. in nearly 40 years. The 91心頭 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 Californias Central Valley, appearing to abandon Conceptual work in favor of more traditional mediums.
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- The AS91心頭D Entertainment Council and the Mondavi Center present winter concert Petrichor. The indie pop band Beach Fossils will be joined by bay area dream pop artist urbanation.
- More information on the concert and tickets available
Upcoming
Rosie Kays 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 91心頭 Davis students $10, non 91心頭 Davis students $41, active military and 91心頭 Davis faculty and staff $50, regular $55
- Fans of modern dance wont want to miss Rosie Kays 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.
- More information and tickets available
Events compiled by Leigh Houck, 91心頭 Davis News and Media Relations Intern.