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Perception

June 20, 2025 - December 20, 2025

West Gallery

Perception is essential to the visual arts—we know art because we can perceive it. But can we trust that perception? Presided over by a giant brain and a pair of weeping eyes, this exhibition confronts us with static paintings that seem to move, diagrams that teach us nothing, and impossibly flattened models of perspectival space.

All of the artworks in Perception have been chosen from the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art’s permanent collection. Several of the pieces are new acquisitions, including a painting on aluminum by Thomas Burke, a fabric sculpture by Denise R. Duarte, a ceramic work by Dirk Staschke, and a neon sculpture by Thomas Ray Willis.

The exhibition also features work by Deborah Aschheim, Chad Brown, Diane Bush, Tomoko Daido, Jack Endewelt, Ripper Jordan, Kara Joslyn, Julie Oppermann, Brian Porray, Harry Roseman, James Stanford, Laurens Tan, John Torreano, Mikayla Whitmore, and Cindy Wright.

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Perception

  1. Channel by Chad Brown, Image 2.

    Chad Brown

    Channel, 2007

    Oil on canvas

    18.25 x 27 x 1.75 in

  2. Curtain by Cindy Wright, Image 1.

    Cindy Wright

    Curtain, 2005

    Oil on linen

    67 x 51.25 x 1 in

  3. Elephantasmagoria by Kara Joslyn, Image 2.

    Kara Joslyn

    Elephantasmagoria, 2016

    Acrylic and polymer car paint on panel

    36 x 36 x 1.75 in

  4. Empty by Dirk Staschke, Image 1.

    Dirk Staschke

    Empty, 2020

    Ceramic

    23 x 19 x 2 in

  5. Find the Vowels by Jack Endewelt, Image 3.

    Jack Endewelt

    Find the Vowels, 1990

    Oil on linen

    50 x 60 x 1 in

  6. Gateway / Free Parking by James Stanford, Image 1.

    James Stanford

    Gateway / Free Parking, 2017

    Digital print on Fujichrome Pearl archival paper

    48 x 48 in

  7. Hoover by Tomoko Daido, Image 1.

    Tomoko Daido

    Hoover, 2013

    Black and white photograph

    7 x 7 in

  8. Lucky Star by Thomas Burke, Image 1.

    Thomas Burke

    Lucky Star, 2005

    Acrylic on metal

    36 x 96 in

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About the artist

Mikayla Whitmore

Whitmore was born in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1988. They received their Bachelor of Fine Arts in photography at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas where they graduated in 2010. They were selected as the Best Photographer in the city of Las Vegas by Desert Companion; they won a 3rd place distinction from Best of the West for a photo essay on the Mojave Desert. A Resident Artist at both the Cosmopolitan (2015) and the Neon Museum (2016), their work has appeared at Torrence Art Museum, CA, Humble Arts Foundation, NY, and in galleries across Las Vegas, including Donna Beam Gallery of Fine Art, Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, and the Contemporary Art Center. They currently live and work in Las Vegas, Nevada.
https://www.aint-bad.com/article/2019/04/12/mikayla-whitmore/