EXHIBITION RELATED EVENTS
Cecily Brown


Gallery Talk
Jeff Fleming, director, and Vibeke (Vibs) Rützou Petersen, associate professor of women’s studies, Drake University
Thursday, August 17, 7 pm
Free admission

As organizer of the exhibition, Fleming will discuss the genesis of the show and comment on Brown’s contributions to contemporary painting while Petersen will offer her interpretations of the work with respect to the way Brown depicts the feminine point of view.

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Cecily Brown with Linda Nochlin
Thursday, September 14, 6:30 pm
Levitt Auditorium
Free admission; reservations required*

Pioneering art historian Linda Nochlin will lead an interview with artist Cecily Brown in celebration of her exhibition. Brown is one of the key figures in the strong resurgence of painting at the end of the 1990s. Her work is infused with references to art history, including French classical painting, British landscape painting, and Abstract Expressionism.

One of the founders of feminist art criticism, Nochlin is currently the Lila Acheson Wallace Professor of Modern Art at New York University’s Institute of Fine Arts. Among Nochlin’s significant contributions to the field is her 1971 essay, “Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?,” which viewed creativity as a function of social conditions, dispelled the myth of the male artist as a self-created genius, and addressed the representation (or lack of representation) of female artists.

*Reservations for this FREE lecture are required and limited.

Reservations are available exclusively through IowaTix beginning
Monday, August 28, 2006. Orders are processed on a first-come,
first-served basis. Order online at www.iowatix.com or by phone
at 515.277.3727 (9 am – 5 pm, Monday – Friday).
Leaving a message will not guarantee a reservation.

Reservations placed with IowaTix will be checked at the Art Center (with photo ID) the evening of the event beginning at 5:30 pm. The Art Center reserves the right to release seats for any unclaimed reservations at the start of the lecture.


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Artist’s Choice Film Series and Discussion Group

Led by Jeffrey Bruner, Des Moines arts critic
Free Films; Class Tuition $25 ($20 members) for four sessions
Levitt Auditorium

Everyone has a list of favorite films, right? The Art Center was curious about artist Cecily Brown’s top picks, so we asked her to share some of them with us. From an assortment of nearly 50 titles, we invited Des Moines arts critic Jeffrey Bruner to select four movies to screen and discuss.

All films are free and open to the public; tuition fees apply to the discussion group that follows each film. Contact Janet Weeden at 515.271.0306 to register. (Discussion group will be limited to 30 people.)

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Sunday, August 6, 1 pm
All That Heaven Allows, 1955
Douglas Sirk, director
89 minutes, not rated

This film tells the story of a wealthy, middle-aged widow (Jane Wyman) who falls for her younger, free-spirited gardener (Rock Hudson) and becomes the target for gossip amongst her friends and family. Despite the couple’s desire to be together, social pressures plague the relationship and the well-placed widow must choose between love and convention in this hopeful Sirk romance.

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Sunday, August 13, 1 pm
Rear Window, 1954
Alfred Hitchcock, director
112 minutes, rated PG

This Hitchcock classic follows L.B. “Jeff” Jeffries (played by James Stewart), a newspaper photographer with a broken leg, who passes the time by observing his neighbors from his apartment window. When he sees what he believes to be a murder, he decides to solve the crime himself by enlisting the help of Lisa, his beautiful girlfriend (played by Grace Kelly), and his nurse Stella.

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Sunday, August 20, 1 pm
The Searchers, 1956
John Ford, director
119 minutes, not rated

Considered by some as the best Western of all times, The Searchers is about Ethan (played by John Wayne), an ex-Confederate soldier who returns from war to find that his home has been raided by Comanche Indians, his family massacred, and his niece kidnapped. Ethan and his half-Indian nephew Martin commence on what becomes a five-year-long journey to rescue the girl.

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Sunday, August 27, 1 pm
Taxi Driver, 1976
Martin Scorsese, director
113 minutes, rated R

Taxi Driver tells the story of Travis Bickle (played by
Robert De Niro), a mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran who obsesses about the sleaze of New York City’s streets. When he fails to save a child prostitute (played by Jodie Foster) and sours a first date with a political campaigner,
he is driven to the edge and embarks on a violent rampage fueled by his sense of powerlessness and alienation.

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Guided Tours
Learn something new and have fun, too! Take a tour of any exhibition or the Art Center’s renowned permanent collections. We can accommodate groups from two to 100 people. It’s a perfect activity for a family, work team, or social group. Please schedule at least three weeks in advance. Contact Jennifer Cooley at 515.271.0328 or jcooley@desmoinesartcenter.org.

Adult Group Tours: $2 per person/$20 minimum fee
Student Tours: Free