This week at the OKCMOA - April 27, 2011

This Week at the OKCMOA April 27, 2011

Jill Downen: COUNTERPARTS closes Sunday

The third exhibition in the NEW FRONTIERS: Series for Contemporary Art is coming to a close this Sunday. Pictured right is Threshold, 2011. Downen's medium is plaster, or gypsum, and here she has deliberately poured nearly 800 pounds of it onto the floor. Additionally, she has evenly flooded the 60-foot-long wall with light to create an area she describes as a void, a boundary line, or drop off-a place "where the material crosses into the immaterial; physical crosses into void." In this place, time slows down, giving the work a softness, quietness, and meditative quality. Museum staff has never seen a wall transformed like this.

Jill Downen: COUNTERPARTS closes Sunday, May 1
Amy Blakemore: Photographs 1988 - 2008 opens Thursday, May 5
George Nelson:Architect, Writer, Designer, Teacher closes Sunday, May 8. LAST CALL is Thursday, May 5
Passages opens Monday, May 16
Members' Preview Sunday, May 15
1934: A New Deal for Artists opens May 26
Members' Preview Wednesday, May 25

FILM

"The Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami's delicious brain tickler, Certified Copy is an endless hall of mirrors whose reflections multiply as its story of a middle-aged couple driving through Tuscany carries them into a metaphysical labyrinth." - New York Times

Certified Copy

Thursday, April 28, 7:30pm; Friday, April 29, 5:30pm & 8pm; Saturday, April 30, 5:30pm ONLY; Sunday, May 1, 2pm

Juliette Binoche won the Best Actress prize in Cannes for her performance in this playful and provocative romantic drama from legendary auteur Abbas Kiarostami, his first feature made outside of Iran. Binoche plays a gallery owner living in a Tuscan village who attends a lecture by a British author (opera star William Shimell) on authenticity and fakery in art. Afterward, she invites him on a tour of the countryside, during which he is mistaken for her husband. They keep up the pretense and continue on their afternoon out, discussing love, life and art, and increasingly behaving like a long-married couple. But are they play-acting on a whim or is there more to their seemingly new relationship than meets the eye? In French, Italian and English with English subtitles. Director: Abbas Kiarostami 2010 France/Italy/Iran 106min. NR digital HD Website

SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT, ONE NIGHT ONLY!

Saturday, 8pm

The Promise: The Making of
Darkness On the Edge of Town

The Promise combines never-before-seen footage of Springsteen and the E Street Band shot between 1976 and 1978 (including home rehearsals and studio sessions) with new interviews with Springsteen, E Street Band members, manager Jon Landau, former-manager Mike Appel, and others closely involved in the making of the record. Director: Thom Zimny 2011 USA NR 85min. digital HD Trailer

ALL SEATS $10; proceeds benefit the Thatcher Hoffman Smith Film Endowment!

Stella Artois Intermission, 7 - 8pm
Free beer for ticket holders 21 & over.

Buy advanced tickets online!
Dinner & A Movie is $28 per person and includes movie ticket. Reservations recommended. Call (405) 235-6262
Film Schedule

NEXT WEEK

New Jewish Cinema! Copresented by
the Jewish Federation of Greater OKC

Ahead of Time Thurs, May 5, 7:30pm; Sun, May 8, 2pm
A Film Unfinished Friday & Saturday, May 6 & 7, 5:30pm
Barney's Version Friday & Saturday, May 6 & 7, 8:00pm

LAST CALL EVENT gn2

George Nelson: Architect, Writer, Designer, Teacher closes on Sunday, May 8. Celebrate the final days with our LAST CALL event on Thursday, May 5, 5-9 pm. Activities include:

Opening Night of Cocktails on the Skyline on the Roof Terrace, 5-10:30 pm
Born in November performs, 6-10 pm
Gallery Talk by Associate Curator Jennifer L. Klos, 7 pm
"Check-in" at the OKCMOA on Facebook for a chance to win prizes
Gallery Scavenger Hunt
Hands-on Activity, "Join the Conversation"
Hands-on Activity, "Furniture Design"
Herman Miller Lounge in Lobby

ROOF TERRACE dead center roof

Only two more Thursdays until we re-open our roof terrace for Cocktails on the Skyline. Born in November is our opening band. Drew & Kaci from KISS-FM will be there. Last Call for the George Nelson exhibition and also the opening of the Amy Blakemore exhibition. Sign-up to be on our roof terrace alert list; e-mail lspears@okcmoa.com.

MUSEUM STORE

NEW: Sketchbook With Voices

A gem brought back into print, Sketchbook with Voices sketch book

puts a postmodern spin on the classic artist's journal. Gleaned from a series of interviews between the authors and artists, this sketchbook is packed with assignments and points of entry that encourage exploration. Art and design enthusiasts will be enamored of the roster of 60 of today's leading voices in contemporary art-including John Baldessari, Chuck Close, Barbara Kruger, Richard Serra, and Cindy Sherman. While the stars of postmodern practice provide the inspiration, the empty space inside these pages invites the user to draft ideas in whatever form they may take! Prompts and Inspiration from Contemporary Artists. Edited by Eric Fischl with Jerry Saltz. $19.95

Final Week of Book Sale

This is the last week of the Museum Store Book Sale! Stop by before Sunday, May 1st to take advantage of 30% off your favorite titles!

Contact the Museum Store staff for assistance, (405) 278-8233. Open Mondays, 10am-3pm. Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-5pm. Sunday, noon-5pm. Shop online!

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Photo taken by Chris Steves of the Myriad Gardens during the Arts Festival.

DOWNTOWN
THIS WEEK

Wed., April 27

Festival of the Arts, Hudson between Sheridan & Reno.

Live music by No Justice. Budweiser Beer Garden. Family activities, Thunder Alley, OKC Thunder, 4:30pm

OKC Thunder vs. Denver Nuggets, OKC Arena, 8:30 p.m.

Thurs., April 28
Festival of the Arts, Hudson between Sheridan & Reno.

Certified Copy, OKCMOA, 7:30pm

New Voices: FAMILY FUNERAL, CitySpace, Civic Center, OKC Theatre Company, 8pm

Fri., April 29
Festival of the Arts, Hudson between Sheridan & Reno.

OKC Memorial Marathon Health Expo, Cox Convention Center, noon-8pm

Certified Copy, OKCMOA, 5:30pm & 8pm

UCO Capstone Exhibition Opening Reception, IAO Gallery, 6-9pm

New Voices: FAMILY FUNERAL, CitySpace, Civic Center, OKC Theatre Company, 8pm

Sat., April 30
OKC Memorial Marathon Health Expo, Cox Convention Center, 9am-6pm

Festival of the Arts, Hudson between Sheridan & Reno.

Drop-In Art, Colorful Cities, OKCMOA, 1-4pm

Live Banjo Performance @ the American Banjo Museum, 3pm

Certified Copy, OKCMOA, 5:30pm

The Promise: The Making of the Darkness on the Edge of Town, 8pm. Stella Intermission, 7-8pm

New Voices: FAMILY FUNERAL, CitySpace, Civic Center, OKC Theatre Company, 8pm

Sun., May 1
Festival of the Arts, Hudson between Sheridan & Reno.

OKC Memorial Marathon, beginning at 5th & Harvey, 6:30am

Certified Copy, OKCMOA, 2pm

Mon., May 2
Museum Cafe is open 11am-3pm. Lunch specials posted by Monday.

Museum Store open 10am-3pm

OKC RedHawks vs. Nashville Sounds, RedHawks Ballpark, 7:05 p.m

Tues., May 3
Welcome FFA State Convention!

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Members' Preview is Sunday, May 15, 5-8pm. Preview tickets are required for the exhibition.
$15 per members, $25 nonmember guests. Call (405) 236-3100, ext. 237