THE GALLERY & THE ARCHIVE

CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS WORK WITH THE MAGNES COLLECTION

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2018

5:30PM-7:00PM
THE MAGNES
2121 ALLSTON WAY, BERKELEY, CA 94720
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 

JOIN THREE CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS WHO, IN RECENT

YEARS, HAVE INTERACTED WITH THE MAGNES COLLECTION IN
A CONVERSATION ABOUT ART, CREATIVITY, ARCHIVES, AND
MEMORY, MODERATED BY FRANCESCO SPAGNOLO.

DAVID WILSON
Oakland based artist who worked for several months in the deep storage of The Magnes,
exploring, researching, looking at, and drawing objects from the four corners of the world.

GREG NIEMEYER
Professor of New Media in Art Practice at UC Berkeley, created Night Vision for the exhibition,
The Power of Attention, presented at The Magnes in 2017. 

NICKI GREEN
A Graduate Student in the UC Berkeley Department of Art Practice, created Ritual Buttons in
response to the new exhibition, The Karaite Canon, currently at The Magnes.

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The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life

2121 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 94720-6300
magnes.berkeley.edu