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Installation View, Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art

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From UNLV Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art

  1. You don't know what you've got til it's gone, but I did. No. 2 (Rocky) by Dan45 Hernandez, Image 1.

    Dan45 Hernandez

    You don't know what you've got til it's gone, but I did. No. 2 (Rocky), 2020

    Vintage lunchbox, Posca acrylic pen, vintage Band-aid container, polyester fiberfill.

    16 x 8 in

  2. Security by Maureen Halligan, Image 1.

    Maureen Halligan

    Security, 2015

    Acrylic and Flashe on linen on panel

    16 x 16 x 1.5 in

  3. BEAUTIFUL NOTHING #19 by Audrey Barcio, Image 2.

    Audrey Barcio

    BEAUTIFUL NOTHING #19, 2014

    Polystyrene foam, Hydrocal, spray paint and faux fur

    8 x 4.5 x 4.25 in

  4. Lucille Ball by Martin Kreloff, Image 1.

    Martin Kreloff

    Lucille Ball, 2009

    Acrylic on canvas

    48 x 36 in

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

    Michael Reafsnyder

    My Buddies 2, 2008

    Watercolor, monoprint on paper

    39.5 x 30 in

  6. The Romantic by Carrie Jenkins, Image 1.

    Carrie Jenkins

    The Romantic, 2005

    Acrylic and Graphite on paper

    36.25 x 19 in

  7. Hugs 'End of the Rainbow' Series VI by Michael Ogilvie, Image 1.

    Michael Ogilvie

    Hugs 'End of the Rainbow' Series VI, 2005

    Pencil, ink, acrylic

    30 x 20 in

  8. Untitled by Richard Francisco, Image 1.

    Richard Francisco

    Untitled, 1974

    Mixed media

    10 x 9 x 3 in

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About the artist

Eric LoPresti

b. 1971

LoPresti’s oil paintings and watercolors include epic views of gigantic nuclear test sites and the scarred desert landscapes of the American west, counterbalanced by intimate depictions of cacti and desert flowers, symbols of ecology and resilience. The pairing invokes a yin-yang of beauty and destruction, trauma and aesthetics.
LoPresti grew up near the Hanford site, where the US manufactured plutonium for the Nagasaki atomic bomb. This personal history imbues his artworks with a nuanced perspective on blistered landscapes. Avoiding overt politicization, LoPresti’s work focuses instead on observed reality filtered through the eyes of a landscape painter. LoPresti is also a practitioner of aikido, a Japanese martial art founded in the ashes of WWII Japan. Aikido espouses a martial philosophy of non-confrontation, an appropriate strategy for facing all-powerful weapons to which there is no real defense.
https://uam.nmsu.edu/eric-loprestisuperbloom/
LoPresti holds a BA in Cognitive Science from the University of Rochester and an MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art. He is currently working on Center-Surround, a multi-channel video partially funded by a grant via the Carnegie Corporation, to be shown in 2020 at Koki Arts, Tokyo, Japan.
LoPresti lives in Brooklyn and practices aikido at the New York Aikikai
http://www.ericlopresti.com/about