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From UNLV Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art

  1. I AM / I AM NOT by Ashley Hairston Doughty, Image 2.

    Ashley Hairston Doughty

    I AM / I AM NOT, 2020

    Vinyl and acrylic paint

  2. Companions of Fear by Branden Koch, Image 1.

    Branden Koch

    Companions of Fear, 2018

    Seven color silkscreen print on Strathmore 140# polar white paper

    28 x 22 in

  3. My Buddies 2 by Michael Reafsnyder, Image 1.

    Michael Reafsnyder

    My Buddies 2, 2008

    Watercolor, monoprint on paper

    39.5 x 30 in

  4. The Romantic by Carrie Jenkins, Image 1.

    Carrie Jenkins

    The Romantic, 2005

    Acrylic and Graphite on paper

    36.25 x 19 in

  5. Upload Ghost by Stephen Hendee, Image 1.

    Stephen Hendee

    Upload Ghost, 2000

    Transparency in light box

    24.5 x 20.5 x 5 in

  6. Untitled Travel Collage, Athens, May 17, 1991 D by Stephen Antonakos, Image 2.

    Stephen Antonakos

    Untitled Travel Collage, Athens, May 17, 1991 D, 1991

    Mixed media collage

    7.25 x 6.375 in

  7. Untitled by Jean Giguet, Image 1.

    Jean Giguet

    Untitled, 1990

    Wood, metal, cans

    96 x 5 x 19 in

  8. Untitled by Gary Stephan, Image 1.

    Gary Stephan

    Untitled, 1988

    Acrylic on linen

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About the artist

Max Finkelstein

1915-2016

Born in New York, Max Finkelstein graduated from trade school as a qualified machinist during the Depression and went on to hold positions "in machine shops in all categories of the industry, with many type of metals and plastics." By 1954 he had moved to Los Angeles and there, he says, he began building sculptures in his garage. Over the next six years he studied at a number of art schools: UCLA, the California School of Art, the Kahn Art Institute, Los Angeles City College, and the Sculpture Center in New York. "I first started carving in wood, then welding," he writes. "The created works were based on biblical themes, fossil forms and images from nature. I began utilizing twenty five years of machine shop experience in 1963, the next phase of my art … I looked for a pure image that is derived from modern materials. To me, machined aluminum reflects the spirit of our times, the computer, the automated product, and the poetry of space." He envisions the viewer as "the kinetic force activating the elements of color and dynamics in the composition of the works."
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