Artist's Talk - Alan Ruiz: Ambient Conditions of Everyday Life
Alan Ruiz, Chinati Artist in Residence, shares new perspectives on Dan Flavin’s untitled (Marfa project).
Schedule
Friday, October 8
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Open Studio – Alan Ruiz, Chinati Artist in Residence
Locker Plant, downtown
Made in Marfa will be hosted around town on Friday evening and on Chinati’s website throughout the weekend
Saturday, October 9
10:00 am – 2:00 pm
New Exhibitions
• Plywood wall works by Donald Judd
• Paintings by Hyong-Keun Yun
• Dan Flavin’s untitled (in memory of my father, D. Nicholas Flavin), 1974
Open House Viewing of works in the permanent collection
Performance – A site-specific ensemble performance by trombonist David Dove, composed in response to the acoustical spaces of Dan Flavin’s untitled (Marfa project).
Commissioned by Chinati with special permission from the Estate of Dan Flavin.
3:00 pm
Ambient Conditions of Everyday Life — Alan Ruiz, Chinati Artist in Residence, on Dan Flavin’s untitled (Marfa project)
This artist’s talk is one of four commissions occasioned by the recent conservation of Flavin’s permanent installation at Chinati with 336 new fluorescent lamps.
Marfa Visitor Center
6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Open House Dinner
Ranch fare in the Arena with mariachi and tequila
Sunday, October 10
7:30 am – 9:00 am
Sunrise viewing of Donald Judd’s 15 untitled works in concrete and 100 untitled works in mill aluminum
9:00 am – 1:00 pm
New Exhibitions
• Plywood wall works by Donald Judd
• Paintings by Hyong-Keun Yun
• Dan Flavin’s untitled (in memory of my father, D. Nicholas Flavin), 1974
Open House Viewing of works in the permanent collection
Chinati Weekend 2021 is generously supported by Valerie and Robert Arber, Art Blocks, Ben E. Keith Co., Mark and Carolyn Blackburn, William Bondy, Suzanne Cadden, Lee and Mike Cohn, Wendy and Joe Davis, Joseph DiCristina, Laura and Walter Elcock, Douglas Friedman, Mack and Cece Fowler, Matthew Goudeau, Anthony Grant, Sarah Harte and John Gutzler, Crystal Hansen, Robert Holleyman and Bill J. Keller, Natasha Kamrani, Lorri Kershner, Rosy Keyser, Lannan Foundation, Kathleen and Christopher Loughlin, McGinnis Family Fund of Communities Foundation of Texas, Anthony and Celeste Meier, Jaqueline Northcut, Rebecca and Christian Patry, Dan and Ashlyn Perry, Pilgrim Building Company, Josh Pollock, Brenda R. Potter, Matt Powell, Noelle and Eric Reed, Liz Rogers, Lawyer, Mr. and Mrs. Rod Sanders, Haley Schultheis and Sean Richardson, Nicolas Shake, JLH Simonds, Neil and Carla Subin, studio CAK, Land Arts of the American West at Texas Tech, Natalie and Terry Tocker, Patricia Villareal and Tom Leatherbury, Erin and Larry Waks, Summer Wilson, and WinWin Creative LLC (list in formation).
Chinati is grateful for the in-kind sponsorship of Tequila Casa Dragones, The Marfa Spirit Co., Rambler Sparkling Water, Troop Beverage Co., and Twisted X Brewing Co.
Chinati Weekend programming is made possible in part with a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Texas Commission on the Arts.
