PICTURE
YOURSELF AT THE BARRICK - Tag your photos on Instagram- #UNLVMUSEUM
Become
one of "The New Irascibles" in the iconic group portrait and 1985
drawing by Mark Kostabi- on display now.
THE
HISTORY BEHIND THE WORK: The original Irascibles were an art-protest group of
Abstract Expressionist artist who wrote an open letter to the president of The
Metropolitan Museum of Art, against the museum’s exhibition, American Painting
Today 1950. They believed the curators were “hostile to advanced art,”
particularly Abstract Expressionism. Life magazine photographed part of the
group and named its picture, The Irascibles. Visit the Barrick to learn more
about the history leading up to Mark Kostabi’s, The New Irascibles, 1985.
UNLV
Marjorie Barrick Museum
4505
Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, Nevada 89154
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