New Monuments for a Future Las Vegas
Curated by Wendy Kveck
New Monuments for a Future Las Vegas presents the collaborative work of artist teams who consider Las Vegas in the past and present, emphasizing community and relationships while aspiring to collectively built futures. This multi-media exhibition is shaped by questions about what and whom we choose to memorialize, what imagery and objects represent our values and history, whose stories are told, and who creates a monument? Even as everything around us is changing, these artists have responded to this historical moment with a call to purpose of imagining for a better tomorrow.
Featured Nevada writers and artists teams include: Emily Budd and Laurence Myers Reese; Darren Johnson and Toshie McSwain; Holly Lay, Mary Sabo, and Lilia Todd; Yasmina Chavez and Julian Tanaka; Brent Holmes and Ashanti McGee; Nanda Sharif Pour and Ali Fathollahi; Sapira Cheuk and JK Russ; GULCH: Mikayla Whitmore, Justin Favela, Krystal Ramirez, Lance L. Smith; Jennifer Kleven and Quindo Miller; Tiffany Lin, Clarice Tara Cuda and Karla Lagunas; Heidi Rider and Adriana Chavez; Alisha Kerlin and Emmanuel Muñoz; Erin K. Drew and Kristin Hough; John McVay and Aaron Cowan; Jung Min, Marc Luu and Dulce Maravilla; Chase McCurdy and Erica Vital-Lazare; Claire Vaye Watkins and Brent Holmes; and working independently Bertha Gutierrez, Denise Duarte, Fawn Douglas, and D.K. Sole.
Curator and Artist Talk
Featuring Wendy Kveck and participating artists Brent Holmes, Ashanti McGee, Mikayla Whitmore, Justin Favela, Emily Budd, Laurence Myers Reese, Tiffany Lin, Heidi Rider, and Adriana Chavez.
Interested in learning more? Read What Futures Will We Build Together? by curator Wendy Kveck on the Double Down Blog.
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Drawing Out a Path for Queerness (Monument), Cast aluminum, steel, wood, closet door, pigments, wishbone, love letters from an ex.
Emily Budd and Laurence Myers Reese, with Iulia Filipov-Serediuc, Christina Uran, Micah Haji-Sheikh, Tiffany Lin, and Keeva Danielle Lough.
Goddess, Acrylic Airbrush and Mixed Media, Size: 42"x80.”
Jung Min, Marc Luu, Dulce Maravilla.
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Reunion: Monument to a Colorful Future (pictured at Lloyd D. George Federal Courthouse), Photograph and a Maquette Foam Board, Plastic
Darren Johnson and Toshie McSwain.
In Recognition of Memory, Sculpture Assemblage.
Ashanti McGee and Brent Holmes.
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So, You Want to Buy a Monument, Video Still Photograph
Adriana Chavez and Heidi Rider
Banality of Privilege, Video Installation, Chair, Table, Silverware, Video Screen
Yasmina Chavez and Julian Tanaka
Re: Monuments A Crucible for Recasting Monuments, Zine
Aaron Cowan and John McVay
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Living Black Pillar IIII, Acrylic On Paper
Chase R. McCurdy
P.S. I Hope You are Well, Postcard Front and Back
Alisha Kerlin and Emmanuel Muñoz
Nine Commemorative Plaques, Photographic Installation
Erin K. Drew and Kristin Hough
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Sundown at Matchpoint- A Monument to Structured Leisure, Tennis Racquet, Deflated Backetball, Athletic Glove, Flowers Video
GULCH (Justin Favela, Jennifer Kleven, Quindo Miller, Lance L. Smith, Krystal Ramirez, Mikayla Whitmore)
Distance Displays, Mixed Media
Holly Lay, Lilia Todd, Mary Sabo
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Alien View, Mixed Media
Sapira Cheuk and JK Russ
CODES, Clarice Tara Cuda, Karla Lagunas and Tiffany Lin
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Essays
Living Monuments by Bertha Gutierrez
Make a List of Everything You Have Lost by Claire Vaye Watkins
Transformation by Denise Duarte
Pedestrian Monuments by D.K. Sole
Future Selves Are Stone by Erica Vital-Lazare
Breathe by Fawn Douglas