Tue, Jan 23, 2007
January 23, 2007
SHELDON MEMORIAL ART GALLERY GALLERY
'Expressing Identity, American Prints Since 1980' Continues at Sheldon
More that 20 prints from Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery's collections will compose "Expressing Identity, American Prints Since 1980," an intimate yet diverse exhibition, running through Jan. 28.
Referencing personal experiences and cultural influences, these works reveal the creative power of printmaking. Among the artists included are: Rupert Garcia, Keith Jacobshagen, Ed Ruscha, Martin Puryear, Judith Shea, Tanya Softic and Roger Shimomura. more...
SHELDON GALLERY
RUNS THROUGH MARCH 31
Ceramics from China, Japan, Korea' Continues at Lentz Center
"Ceramics from China, Japan and Korea" will be the 2007 spring show at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Lentz Center for Asian Culture. "The center has been celebrating its 20th anniversary since September. For this reason, and because china is the traditional (albeit a western tradition) 20th anniversary gift, it seemed a good time to pair the two and extend our celebration into 2007," said Barbara Banks, curator/director of the Lentz Center.
The show, which will run through March 31, will include the Lentz Center's extensive collections of Chinese and Japanese ceramics, and also feature Korean ceramics dating from the 14th through the 19th centuries that are on loan from the University of Nebraska State Museum. more...
LENTZ CENTER
MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
The Last King of Scotland Shows at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents The Last King of Scotland. It will play through February 1.
In The Last King of Scotland, a Scottish doctor (James McAvoy) on a Ugandan medical mission becomes irreversibly entangled with one of the world's most barbaric figures: Idi Amin (Forest Whitaker). Impressed by Dr. Garrigan's brazen attitude in a moment of crisis, the newly self-appointed Ugandan President Amin hand picks him as his personal physician and closest confidante. Though Garrigan is at first flattered and fascinated by his new position, he soon awakens to Amin's savagery - and his own complicity in it. Horror and betrayal ensue as Garrigan tries to right his wrongs and escape Uganda alive.
MacDonald, director of the acclaimed documentaries One Day In September and Touching The Void, makes a startlingly assured transition into fictional filmmaking with The Last King of Scotland. Working with cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle (The Celebration) and editor Justine Wright, MacDonald brings 1970s Uganda to pulsating life, perfectly recreating that tumultuous era. But ultimately the film belongs to Whitaker: as he shifts from charming to maniacal in the space of a short, unexpected breath, he infuses Amin with startling humanity.
More information is available at the Ross website.
