WEXNER CENTER FOR THE ARTS | THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY | 1871 NORTH HIGH STREET | COLUMBUS, OHIO 43210-1393
01+02 2015
NON-PROFIT ORG U S POSTAGE P A I D COLUMBUS OHIO PERMIT NO 711
J A N U A RY + F E B R U A RY 2 0 1 5 E V E N T S
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festival pass Join us for a five-day celebration of film restoration that features recently revitalized classics from such directors as Alfred Hitchcock, Alain Resnais, and Howard Hawks; a presentation by acclaimed animator Suzan Pitt; and talks by notable industry experts who will speak to the ever-increasing role of digital tools in their practice. The Wexner Center has regularly presented newly restored films from all corners of the world and across traditions, eras, and genres. This spotlight on restoration offers the perfect occasion to showcase the work being done by those who preserve our cinematic treasures.
Jamaica Inn
(Alfred Hitchcock, 1939)
introduced by
Tim Lanza, Vice President and Archivist, Cohen Film Collection THU, FEB 26 | 7 pm
Suzan Pitt: New Restorations
introduced by the director
WED, FEB 25 | 7 pm Suzan Pitt is one of the most lauded and influential independent animators of the last 40 years. Best known for her landmark short Asparagus, Pitt has created an astonishing body of dreamlike, handmade films that have been screened across the globe. This program presents a selection of recently restored prints that includes Bowl, Theatre, Garden, Marble Game (1970), Crocus (1971), Whitney Commercial (1973), Jefferson Circus Songs (1975), Asparagus (1978), and Joy Street (1995). (Program approx. 120 mins., 16 & 35mm) Films restored by and prints courtesy of the Academy Film Archive.
The last film Hitchcock made in Britain before moving to the US, Jamaica Inn stars Maureen O’Hara as a young woman who learns that her uncle heads a gang of shipwreckers and murderers under the patronage of local squire Charles Laughton. The film is also the first of three Daphne du Maurier works (along with Rebecca and The Birds) that Hitchcock adapted for cinema. (99 mins., 4K DCP) Restored by Cohen Film Collection in conjunction with the British Film Institute and released by Cohen Film Collection.
Burroughs: The Movie (Howard Brookner, 1983)
THU, FEB 26 | 9:15 pm Once thought a lost film, Burroughs is a revealing portrait of the iconic American Beat writer that’s comprised of lengthy interviews with the author and such contemporaries as Allen Ginsberg and Terry Southern. Brookner began work on the film as his senior thesis project at NYU (and it features friends Jim Jarmusch and Tom DiCillo on the crew). Brookner died tragically young of AIDS at the age of 34. (86 mins., DCP). Restored by Pinball London Ltd from a Museum of Modern Art print and released by Janus Films.
SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS FOR FILM/VIDEO
ROHAUER COLLECTION FOUNDATION
SUPPORT FOR RETROSPECTIVE: MARIO MONICELLI
Restoring Satyajit Ray’s Apu Trilogy
presented by
Lee Kline, Technical Director, Criterion Collection FRI, FEB 27 | 5 pm FREE for all audiences (no tickets required) Satyajit Ray’s Apu Trilogy is one of the highest achievements in the history of cinema. But when the Criterion Collection set out to remaster the three films—Pather Panchali (1955), Aparajito (1956), and Apur Sansar (1959)—they had no idea how difficult the task would be. Criterion’s Lee Kline takes us behind the scenes of this unbelievable (and ongoing) restoration odyssey that began with Ray’s lifetime achievement Academy Award in 1992 and has involved archives on three continents, a tragic fire, and efforts to pull these landmark films from the ashes—in some cases, quite literally. (Program approx. 60 mins.)
Hollywood Studio Restoration: Sony Pictures
presented by
Grover Crisp, Executive Vice President of Asset Management, Film Restoration and Digital Mastering, Sony Pictures FRI, FEB 27 | 7 pm
Ticket includes admission to Sandra One of the true giants in film restoration, Grover Crisp discusses the challenges faced by contemporary archivists and the growing role of digital tools in film restoration. Crisp presents before-and-after examples of such Sony Pictures titles as David Lean’s Lawrence of Arabia, Luchino Visconti’s Sandra, and Howard Hawks’s Only Angels Have Wings, followed by a Q&A. Stay with us after the talk: your ticket grants you admission to our screening of Sandra at 8:30 pm. (Program approx. 75 mins.)
$35 general public $30 members, students, seniors includes admission for all talks and screenings Planning your visit Visit wexarts.org/overnight for information on accomodations in Columbus, including special rates with festival hotel partners Crowne Plaza and The Blackwell.
Sandra
(Luchino Visconti, 1965)
FRI, FEB 27 | 8:30 pm Claudia Cardinale stars as Sandra, a woman who returns to her childhood home, a decaying mansion in Tuscany, to pay respects to her father who died in Auschwitz. Leaving behind the visual splendor of The Leopard (1963), Visconti uses a grittier palette in this take on the Electra myth. (105 mins., DCP) Restored and released by Sony Pictures.
The King and the Mockingbird (Paul Grimault, 1952/80)
SAT, FEB 28 | 11:30 am Based on a Hans Christian Andersen story and an inspiration to such animators as Hayao Miyazaki, The King and the Mockingbird follows a chimney sweep and a shepherdess on the run from a tyrannical king. Cowritten by director Grimault and legendary poet and screenwriter Jacques Prévert, the film was first released by the producer in 1952 in a truncated version, and it took Grimault nearly 30 years to reclaim the rights and finish the film as originally envisioned. (82 mins., DCP) Restored by Studio Canal and released by Rialto Pictures. THIS PAGE FROM LEFT SANDRA Image courtesy of Sony Pictures ASPARAGUS Image courtesy of Suzan Pitt BURROUGHS: THE MOVIE Image courtesy of Janus Films THE KING AND THE MOCKINGBIRD Image courtesy of Rialto Pictures
Syncopation
(William Dieterle, 1942)
preceded by
Hiroshima mon amour preceded by
SAT, FEB 28 | 1:30 pm
introduced by
Featuring such musical talents as Benny Goodman, Todd Duncan, and Gene Krupa, Syncopation is a musical extravaganza that traces the evolution of jazz from the early sounds of New Orleans Dixieland through the swing era. The film is also notable for its relatively progressive portrayal (for its era) of African Americans. (89 mins., DCP) Preceded by the short Symphony in Black, which features Duke Ellington’s A Rhapsody of Negro Life and the first screen appearance of Billie Holiday. (9 mins., DCP)
SAT, FEB 28 | 7 pm
(Fred Waller, 1935)
Syncopation restored by Cohen Film Collection at Modern VideoFilm and released by Cohen Film Collection.
Only Angels Have Wings (Howard Hawks, 1939)
SAT, FEB 28 | 4 pm Considered by many to be Hawks’s best film, Only Angels Have Wings stars Cary Grant as the manager of a bare-bones air service that carries mail through a treacherous pass in the Andes Mountains. Things heat up when entertainer Jean Arthur arrives in town and falls for Grant, and ostracized pilot Richard Barthelmess shows up with his mantrap wife Rita Hayworth (in her first significant role). The film’s dazzling flying sequences have made it a favorite among aviation enthusiasts. (121 mins., 4K DCP) Restored by Sony Pictures.
CLASSICS
(Alain Resnais, 1959)
Symphony in Black
Last Reel
(Steven Bognar, 2014)
Steven Bognar
PUBLIC AFTERPARTY AT SEVENTH SON BREWING CO. Long unavailable in the US, Hiroshima mon amour is Resnais’s powerful exploration of memory and guilt through a brief relationship between a Japanese architect (Eiji Okada) and a French actress (Emmanuelle Riva) in Japan to make a film about the bombing of Hiroshima. Featuring the first screenplay by Marguerite Duras, the film remains one of the most beautiful and influential ever made. (90 mins., 4K DCP) Preceded by Last Reel, a bittersweet short about the last film screened at the Little Art Theatre in Yellow Springs, Ohio, before it converted to digital projection. Filmmaker Steven Bognar introduces the screening. (8 mins., HDCAM) Please join us for an afterparty at Seventh Son Brewing Co. (1101 North 4th Street) immediately after tonight’s screening. All are welcome! Hiroshima mon amour restored by Argos Films, Fondation Gan pour le Cinéma, Fondation Technicolor pour le Patrimoine de Cinéma, and Cineteca di Bologna, with support from the CNC.
Milestones in Disney Animation SUN, MAR 1 | 11:30 am This program of beloved classic cartoons from the Disney Archive features a number of firsts and other examples of the studio’s early dedication to advancing the art form of animation. Among the titles screening are Flowers and Trees (1932, the first Technicolor cartoon), The Wise Little Hen (1934, the first appearance of Donald Duck), and Toot, Whistle, Plunk, and Boom (1953, the studio’s first film in CinemaScope). (Program approx. 95 mins., DCP) Visit wexarts.org for a complete list of films. Films restored by the Walt Disney Studio.
Why Be Good? (William A. Seiter, 1929)
SUN, MAR 1 | 1:30 pm Why Be Good? stars silent film starlet Colleen Moore as a freespirited flapper who becomes romantically involved with her boss’s son, much to the displeasure of his family. The film was thought to be lost, but two film historians finally (and heroically) tracked down a print in Italy, the original Vitaphone disc soundtrack in the US, and married the two for the first time since the film’s original release! (90 mins., DCP) Restored by Warner Bros. at L’Immagine Ritrovata, Bologna, and released by Warner Bros. THIS PAGE FROM TOP HIROSHIMA MON AMOUR Image courtesy of Rialto Pictures WHY BE GOOD? Image courtesy of Warner Bros. TWICE A MAN Image courtesy of the Temenos Association ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS Image courtesy of Sony Pictures SATYAJIT RAY AT THE CAMERA Image courtesy of Janus Films
Gregory Markopoulos: Film as Film FRI, JAN 30 | 7 pm Acknowledged as one of the pioneers of independent filmmaking, the Ohio-born Gregory J. Markopoulos (b. 1928) became a key figure in the New York avant-garde film scene of the 1950s and 1960s before leaving for Europe and withdrawing his work from public screenings until after his death in 1992. This program of short films ranges from the precious early psychodramas that he made in Cleveland to his acclaimed 1964 film Twice a Man, starring Olympia Dukakis in a radical, modernist reworking of the Greek myth of Hippolytus. (approx. 90 mins., 16mm). The screening accompanies Film as Film: The Collected Writings of Gregory J. Markopoulos. Visit thevisiblepress. com for more on the book; pick up your copy at the Wexner Center Store.
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MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS:
MASTERPIECES OF POLISH CINEMA Innocent Sorcerers
Blind Chance
Black Cross
Ashes and Diamonds
A Short Film about Killing
SUN, JAN 25 | 2 pm
(Niewinni czarodzieje, Andrzej Wajda, 1960)
(Popiół i diament, Andrzej Wajda, 1958)
THU, JAN 8 | 7 pm 2nd film 8:40 pm
“This is a cinema of personal vision, social commitment, and poetic responsibility from which we’ve all learned. I hope that you will enjoy these great films as much as I do.”—MARTIN SCORSESE Organized by Propaganda Foundation, DI Factory, and Cyfrowe Repozytorium Filmowe, Warsaw, and The Film Foundation, New York and Los Angeles; in cooperation with Milestone Film and Video, New Jersey, and Studio Filmowe Tor, Zebra Studio Filmowe, and Studio Filmowe KADR, Warsaw; and with the support of The Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland, Polish Film Institute, and National Audiovisual Institute, Warsaw. Cosponsored by Ohio State’s Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures and its Polish Studies Initiative, the Polish American Club, and the Ohio State Polish Club. THIS PAGE FROM TOP INNOCENT SORCERERS Image courtesy of Milestone Films MARTIN SCORSESE Photo: Brigitte Lacombe Courtesy of the Film Foundation ©2013 Sikelia Productions BLIND CHANCE Image courtesy of Milestone Films
Curated by Martin Scorsese, this touring retrospective spanning the period 1957–87 features films from some of Poland’s most accomplished and lauded filmmakers. Each work has been digitally remastered and restored, offering a rare opportunity to discover or revisit classic films from one of the world’s richest national cinemas.
One of Poland’s greatest filmmakers, Andrzej Wajda received an honorary Oscar in 2000 and was the subject of a Wexner Center retrospective in 2009. This double feature opens with Innocent Sorcerers, a love story and portrait of young Poles in the 1950s. (87 mins., DCP) Called “arguably one of the greatest films ever made” by Martin Scorsese, Ashes and Diamonds is set on the last day of World War II and follows a young Polish resistance soldier (international heartthrob Zbigniew Cybulski) who comes to realize his Nazi oppressors are being replaced by Soviet ones. (103 mins., DCP)
The Illumination (Iluminacja, Krzysztof Zanussi, 1972)
TUE, JAN 13 | 7 pm
(Przypadek, Krzysztof Kieślowski, 1981)
(Krótki film o zabijaniu, Krzysztof Kieślowski, 1987)
THU, JAN 15 | 7 pm 2nd film 9:15 pm Brilliantly fusing social realities and metaphysical questions, Blind Chance offers the first mature explorations of the themes and motifs that made Krzysztof Kieślowski one of the world’s foremost filmmakers. The film follows a young medical student who has to return home after his father’s death. Arriving late at the station, he runs to catch his train, at which point, the film offers three different outcomes. (122 mins., DCP) A feature-length version of an episode from Kieślowski’s landmark TV series The Decalogue, the masterfully crafted A Short Film about Killing is a gripping psychological and ethical study of murder. (85 mins., DCP)
Jump
(Salto, Tadeusz Konwicki, 1965)
The Illumination follows a young man who moves from a provincial town to the city in order to study physics, hoping that science can answer his questions. With adventurous filmmaking and unusually incisive content, the film grounds the biggest questions of life within a specific social and political context. With the success of this masterpiece, Zanussi’s career blossomed into one of international renown. (93 mins., DCP)
introduced by Daniel W. Pratt THU, JAN 22 | 7 pm A hallucinatory, allegorical western set in 1960s Poland, Jump sees a man on the lam jump off a train. Hiding out in a scarcely populated settlement, he encounters a ghostland set halfway between dream and reality and inhabited by people in distress and haunted by war. To some this mystery man (played by the Polish superstar Zbigniew Cybulski) is a prophet; to others he’s a martyr or a liar. Daniel W. Pratt, visiting assistant professor in Ohio State’s Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures, will introduce the film and lead a Q&A session after the screening. (104 mins., DCP)
(Krzyżacy, Aleksander Ford, 1960)
The first Polish historical blockbuster and still the most-viewed Polish film of all time, Black Cross is a widescreen medieval epic overflowing with sumptuous pageantry, thunderous action, and glorious Eastmancolor. With faithful historical detail, the film depicts the heroic Polish campaign against the Order of the Teutonic Knights, which offers vicarious redemptive allegories for the horrors and humiliations that the Poles suffered from the Nazis during a much more recent war. (165 mins., DCP)
To Kill This Love
(Trzeba zabić tę miłość, Janusz Morgenstern, 1972)
Mother Joan of the Angels
(Matka Joanna od Aniołów, Jerzy Kawalerowicz, 1961)
THU, JAN 29 | 7 pm 2nd film 8:45 pm A scrappy, bitterly funny, and ultimately heartbreaking love story set against the harsh backdrop of the communist regime, To Kill This Love follows a young couple as they discover life and love in Poland at the turn of the 1970s. (96 mins., DCP) In Mother Joan of the Angels, a strikingly designed and feverishly intense spiritual drama, a devout father arrives in a remote 17th century Polish town to investigate a case of demonic possession in the local convent. (110 mins., DCP)
FILM/VIDEO TICKET INFO
$6 members, students, senior citizens $8 general public $3 children under 12 Film/Video tickets are on sale at tickets.wexarts.org and the Patron Services Desk on the entrance level of the building. In-person ticket sales continue until a half-hour after show times or until the start of the second film of double features. SCREENINGS
All events are in the Film/Video Theater, unless otherwise indicated. Non-English language films have English subtitles, unless otherwise indicated. All programs are subject to change.
VISITING FILMMAKERS
RETROSPECTIVE
Mario Monicelli
Brett Kashmere
introduces
One of the most beloved of all Italian directors, Mario Monicelli (1915–2010) is identified with the commedia all’italiana (comedy in the Italian style) tradition and called by many the father of the genre. His 1958 masterpiece Big Deal on Madonna Street, screening as part of this series, is often pointed to as the beginning of the movement and features a “who’s who” of Italian cinema. With a successful career that spanned a string of socially conscious comedies and numerous collaborations with the celebrated screenwriting duo Age and Scarpelli, Monicelli was nominated for an Academy Award six times as a director and screenwriter.
From Deep (2014)
TUE, JAN 20 | 7 pm
Presented in association with Istituto Luce Cinecittà, Rome.
The Organizer (1963) THU, FEB 5 | 7 pm Set in Turin at the end of the 19th century, The Organizer stars Marcello Mastroianni as a professor who becomes the advocate for and instigator of a group of striking textile workers who walk off the job after an accident at their factory. (130 mins., 35mm)
The Great War (1959) TUE, FEB 10 | 7 pm In The Great War, Monicelli masterfully blends comedy with depictions of brutal trench warfare during World War I. Iconic actors Alberto Sordi and Vittorio Gassman star as two soldiers who value survival above duty and loyalty to country as the war progresses. (134 mins., 35mm)
Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958) The Passionate Thief (1960)
FRI, FEB 13 | 7 pm 2nd film 9 pm Featuring an all-star cast including Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Totò, and Vittorio Gassman, Big Deal on Madonna Street follows a group of bumbling thieves trying to keep it together long enough to pull off the perfect heist. (106 mins., 35mm) In The Passionate Thief, Anna Magnani stars as a struggling actress who finds herself hooked up with dapper thief Ben Gazzara and his accomplice Totò as they move from one ritzy New Year’s Eve party to another preying on the well-to-do guests. (105 mins., 4K DCP)
For Love and Gold (1966)
TUE, FEB 17 | 7 pm
Brett Kashmere’s experimental documentary From Deep traces the distinct role basketball plays in our sociocultural landscape. The Canadian-born, Pittsburgh-based filmmaker examines the evolution of the game from its indoor New England roots, placing a particular emphasis on basketball’s merger with hip-hop in the 1980s and the rise of international stars such as Michael Jordan and LeBron James. (88 mins., HDCAM)
In For Love and Gold, Monicelli skewers just about every possible stereotypical Hollywood portrayal of the Middle Ages. The film unfolds in a series of hilarious episodes that follow a clueless knight (Vittorio Gassman) who is being manipulated by a band of peasants aiming to take control of an Apulian village in southern Italy. (119 mins., 35mm)
Dear Michael (1976) THU, FEB 19 | 7 pm Winner in the Best Director category at the Berlin Film Festival, Dear Michael depicts the upheaval brought to a bourgeois family when one of the sons is killed while engaged in revolutionary activities. The untimely death leaves his free-spirited (and pregnant) wife to cope with her in-laws. With Mariangela Melato, Delphine Seyrig, and Lou Castel. (108 mins., 35mm) ABOVE BIG DEAL ON MADONNA STREET Image courtesy of Rialto Pictures LEFT DEAR MICHAEL Image courtesy of Intramovies
Tom Hayes
introduces
Two Blue Lines (2014)
TUE, JAN 27 | 7 pm Shot over a period of 25 years, Two Blue Lines examines the human and political situation of Palestinian people from the years prior to the creation of Israel to the present day. By primarily featuring the narratives of Israelis whose positions run counter to their country’s official policy, Ohio-based filmmaker Tom Hayes provides a portrait of the ongoing conflict not often depicted in our mainstream media. (98 mins., video)
Karim Aïnouz
introduces
Futuro Beach (2014)
SAT, FEB 21 | 7 pm
The Box is back and better than ever! In honor of our 25th anniversary, we're dedicating the entire year to work generated with the support of the Wexner Center’s Film/Video Studio Program. See works from the early 1990s, the past year, and everything in between! PERFECT CONDITIONS Image courtesy of the artist MODEL WORKERS Image courtesy of the artist and David Kordansky Gallery, LA
JANUARY 12–23 Julia Scher
FEBRUARY 1–28 William E. Jones
Julia Scher reinaugurates The Box, just as she inaugurated the Wexner Center building 25 years ago with Occupational Placement. Utilizing surveillance cameras and monitors installed throughout the structure, this video installation transformed the center’s newly opened and unadorned galleries into places to see and be seen. The work on view features footage recorded during the 1989 installation. (120 mins., video)
Images of paper currency from around the world are presented in stunning detail in this newest video by Ohio-born, LA-based artist William E. Jones. Presented in succession, these simple, massproduced objects offer an alternative perspective on labor, capitalism, and commerce. See related work by Jones in the exhibition In We Trust: Art and Money, on view at the Columbus Museum of Art through March 1, 2015. (12 mins., video)
Perfect Conditions (1989/2014)
Model Workers (2014)
Screenings of Karim Aïnouz’s seductive and sensual works closed out our tribute to Brazilian contemporary art and film in early 2014, but unfortunately the director had to cancel his visit at the last minute. This year we’re thrilled to finally welcome Aïnouz to Columbus for a special advance screening of his new film, Futuro Beach, before it opens in New York. Set in Germany and Brazil, the film is a stunning, emotionally resonant tale about three men struggling across oceans of love, loss, and heartache. (106 mins., DCP) FROM DEEP Image courtesy of Brett Kashmere TWO BLUE LINES Photo: Jimmy Hall, © Tom Hayes 2004 FUTURO BEACH Image courtesy of Strand Releasing
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Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity (Catherine Gund, 2014)
introduced by the director FRI, JAN 23 | 7 pm Born to Fly is a mesmerizing portrait of experimental choreographer and dancer Elizabeth Streb. Recipient of the 1995–96 Wexner Center Artist Residency Award in performing arts, Streb continues to astonish with her radical marriages of dance, performance art, acrobatics, and theater. Of the numerous performances featured in the film, perhaps none dazzles more than her dancers bungee-jumping off London’s Millennium Bridge. (82 mins., DCP) BORN TO FLY: ELIZABETH STREB VS. GRAVITY Above: Jaclyn Carlson in FORCES Inset: Elizabeth Streb Stills courtesy of Aubin Pictures
National Gallery (Frederick Wiseman, 2014)
(Petter Ringbom, 2014)
Shield and Spear
Dance@30FPS
SAT, JAN 24 | 2 & 7 pm
introduced by
THU, FEB 12 | 7 pm 2nd film 8:30 pm
In this portrait of London’s National Gallery of Art, we follow documentary great Frederick Wiseman as he listens raptly to docents decoding masterworks, visits with restorers, and witnesses administrative battles over pushing the museum to become less stodgy. But most of all, we experience the great joy of spending time with Leonardo da Vinci, Rembrandt, Vermeer, Caravaggio, and Turner at one of the world’s foremost arts institutions. (181 mins., DCP)
Executive Producer Marquise Stillwell
FREE for all audiences (no tickets required)
SAT, JAN 31 | 7 pm A revolution is taking place in the changing climate of South Africa as artists, musicians, and designers tackle issues of politics, race, and history. This new documentary by Petter Ringbom intimately follows some of the country’s most recognized artists and explores what it means to live and work in the relatively new, 20-year-old democracy. (88 mins., DCP) Shield and Spear executive producer and Ohio State alum Marquise Stillwell joins us to introduce the screening.
NATIONAL GALLERY Image courtesy of Zipporah Films SHIELD AND SPEAR Photo: Petter Ringbom, courtesy of Journeyman Pictures WELL CONTESTED SITES Image courtesy of choreographer Amie Dowling and filmmaker Austin Forbord
Organized by Ohio State Department of Dance professor Mitchell Rose, Dance@30FPS is a vibrant, two-part program featuring exciting new examples of the marriage between dance and filmmaking. The first is a selection of award-winning shorts from around the world, and the second is UPAJ: Improvise (Hoku Uchiyama, 2013), a riveting, behind-the-scenes documentary about the collaboration between African American tap superstar Jason Samuels Smith and Indian classical dance icon Chitresh Das. (56 mins., video) Cosponsored by Ohio State’s Department of Dance. Visit dance.osu.edu for more information.
CONTEMPORARY SCREEN Force Majeure
Timbuktu
FRI–SAT, JAN 16–17 | 7 pm
SAT, FEB 7 | 7 pm SUN, FEB 8 | 12:30 pm
(Ruben Östlund, 2014)
“An ice-cold knockout. Brilliantly perceptive and frostily funny.” —AARON HILLIS, VILLAGE VOICE
A critical favorite at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, this wickedly funny and precisely observed drama tells the story of a model Swedish family on a skiing holiday in the Swiss Alps. When an avalanche interrupts the outing, the husband makes a decision that will shake his marriage to its core and leave him struggling to reclaim his role as the family patriarch. Force Majeure announces Swedish director Ruben Östlund as one of the finest peers of Michael Haneke by offering a sophisticated film full of psychological tension. (118 mins., DCP)
(Abderrahmane Sissako, 2014)
“Sissako can no longer be called one of the greatest African directors of our time; he has become, simply, one of the greatest directors of our time.” —PETER LABUZA, FILM STAGE
One of last year’s most critically acclaimed films, Abderrahmane Sissako’s latest work looks at the terror and humiliation of occupation with an uncommonly serene eye. The film takes place in the ancient Malian city of Timbuktu, where foreign jihadists are enforcing bans against sports, music, loafing, and bareheaded women. Visually, Timbuktu is a series of wonders not easily forgotten. Sissako’s becalmed and sensitive eye for beauty only intensifies the film’s quietly unfolding tragedy—and shows without doubt that he is one of contemporary cinema’s greatest humanists. (97 mins., DCP)
Ohio Shorts Call for Entries DEADLINE: MONDAY, MARCH 30 The call for entries for the 2015 Ohio Shorts program is officially open! Now in its 20th year, the Wex’s annual festival showcases the talent of Ohio artists working in film and video. Look online for details about additional events and programs to celebrate our big anniversary. The deadline for submissions is Monday, March 30, and the showcase takes place Saturday, April 25. Artists 18 and under can enter the Ohio Shorts: Youth Division. No fee is charged for entries. Find complete submission details and entry forms at wexarts.org/ohioshorts.
FORCE MAJEURE Image courtesy of Magnolia Pictures
inSight SUPER SUNDAY: FIBERFULL SUN, MAR 1 | NOON–5 pm EVERYWHERE AT THE WEXNER CENTER FREE activites and gallery admission Super Sundays offer a range of fun activities and special events for the entire community, plus free gallery admission all day. Come out of the cold and explore our winter exhibitions, Fiber: Sculpture 1960–present and Hassan Hajjaj: My Rock Stars Experimental, Volume I through a variety of interactive experiences for all ages, including felting, weaving, and knitting activities and a demonstration of spinning yarn.
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The Magic of the Children’s Book
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SAT, FEB 7 | 2–4 pm FILM/VIDEO THEATER FREE Please join us for an afternoon of magic and reading at this special event for all ages. Authors Michelle Herman and Joshua Jay will read from their recent books for children, A Girl’s Guide to Life (Herman) and Big Magic for Little Hands (Jay), and sign copies for the audience. Jay will also put on a magic show! Michelle Herman is a professor in Ohio State’s Department of English, where she directs the MFA Program in Creative Writing and the Graduate Interdisciplinary Specialization in Fine Arts, as well as a summer program for teenage writers, the Young Writers Workshop. Joshua Jay is an Ohio State alum and has been a gifted professional magician since his teens.
12 GIRLS: Un-Selfie Video with Liz Roberts SUN, FEB 15 | 11 am–4 pm PERFORMANCE SPACE FREE (registration required at tickets.wexarts.org) Calling young women ages 13–18! Join us for a one-day intensive video workshop with one of the region’s top contemporary video artists, Liz Roberts. Amateurs and aspiring artists alike are invited to explore the digital medium and get tips from a pro—all in a friendly, supportive atmosphere. We’ll discuss the upcoming Ohio Shorts: Youth Division showcase and view winning entries from previous years. We’ll also screen our own video at the end of class and post it to the Wex blog.
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Class size is limited to 12, and registration is required at tickets.wexarts.org. Pizza lunch included. Questions? Please contact the education department at (614) 292-6493 or edweb@wexarts.org.
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TUE, FEB 17 | 4:30–5:30 pm FREE (register at tickets.wexarts.org) All educators and administrators are warmly invited to explore our galleries and discover ways of connecting the works of Fiber: Sculpture 1960– present and Hassan Hajjaj: My Rock Stars Experimental, Volume 1 to their students and curriculum. RSVPs are appreciated; register at tickets.wexarts.org to let us know that you’ll be there. See the onView pages for more about our winter exhibitions.
THIS PAGE FROM TOP SUPER SUNDAY: OLÁ BRASIL! Photo: Brooke LaValley MICHELLE HERMAN Photo: Lily Glass LIZ ROBERTS Photo: Michael Goroff HASSAN HAJJAJ My Rock Stars Experimental, Volume I, 2012 Three-channel video Courtesy of Taymour Grahne Gallery, New York Pictured in still: Mandisa Dumezweni
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Inaugurated in 1989 as a bold experiment in presenting and supporting the creation of contemporary art in a university setting, the Wexner Center celebrates its 25th Anniversary Season this year. Our incredible programming continues this winter/ spring, so browse the pages of this calendar and wexarts.org, and don’t delay in purchasing your tickets for this season’s signature events.
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The Illumination Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
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From Deep introduced by Brett Kashmere
Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
onView IN THE GALLERIES FEBRUARY 7–APRIL 12
13 FV MASTERPIECES OF POLISH CINEMA
25 FV MASTERPIECES OF POLISH CINEMA
Black Cross
Fiber: Sculpture 1960–present Hassan Hajjaj: My Rock Stars Experimental, Volume I
Film/Video Theater | 2 pm
27 FV VISITING FILMMAKER
Two Blue Lines introduced by Tom Hayes Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
The Box JANUARY 12–31
Julia Scher Perfect Conditions FEBRUARY 1–28
William E. Jones Model Workers
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Find something one-of-a-kind for that special someone this Valentine’s Day at the Wexner Center Store. Check out our selection—which features jewelry, housewares, books, and gifts you won’t find anywhere else in the region—both in store or online at store.wexarts.org.
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Timbuktu
Film/Video Theater | 12:30 pm
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The Great War Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
The Cardinals Black Box on Mershon Stage 2 pm
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WexLab 12 GIRLS: Un-Selfie Video with Liz Roberts Performance Space | 11 am–4 pm
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Teacher Tour Night Galleries | 4:30–5:30 pm
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For Love and Gold Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
Heirloom Café Warm up at Heirloom this winter with freshly made soups, hearty entrées, or sandwiches with a side of seasonally changing “grainy” salad. We’re open until 8 pm on Thursdays and Fridays, so join us for dinner or happy hour. Heirloom closes December 24–January 11 for holiday break but is open noon–4 pm for Super Sunday on March 1.
Find out more at wexarts.org Read complete event descriptions and updates, buy tickets, and view trailers.
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Milestones in Disney Animation | 11:30 am Why Be Good? | 1:30 pm Film/Video Theater
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STREB/RINGSIDE Still from Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity Photo: Lois Greenfield, courtesy of Lois Greenfield Photography
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Innocent Sorcerers Ashes and Diamonds Film/Video Theater 7 pm | 2nd film 8:40 pm
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Blind Chance A Short Film about Killing
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Force Majeure
Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
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Force Majeure
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Film/Video Theater 7 pm | 2nd film 9:15 pm
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Jump introduced by Daniel W. Pratt
Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity introduced by Catherine Gund
Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
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Film/Video Theater | 2 & 7 pm PA RICHARD MAXWELL/ NEW YORK CITY PLAYERS
Isolde Thurber Theatre at Drake Center | 8 pm
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To Kill This Love Mother Joan of the Angels
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Gregory Markopoulos: Film as Film
Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
5 The Organizer Film/Video Theater | 7 pm PA STAN’S CAFE
The Cardinals
Shield and Spear introduced by Marquise Stillwell
Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
Film/Video Theater 7 pm | 2nd film 8:45 pm
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Galleries and Café | 6–9 pm PA STAN’S CAFE
The Cardinals Black Box on Mershon Stage 8 pm
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The Magic of the Children’s Book Film/Video Theater | 2–4 pm
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Timbuktu
Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
Black Box on Mershon Stage 8 pm
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The Cardinals Black Box on Mershon Stage 8 pm
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Dance@30FPS
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Big Deal on Madonna Street The Passionate Thief
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Futuro Beach introduced by Karim Aïnouz
Dear Michael Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
25 Suzan Pitt: New Restorations introduced by Suzan Pitt Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
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Anne Wilson and Josh Faught Film/Video Theater | 4:30 pm
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Jamaica Inn introduced by Tim Lanza | 7 pm Burroughs: The Movie | 9:15 pm Film/Video Theater
Melissa Aldana & Crash Trio Performance Space | 8 pm
Film/Video Theater 7 pm | 2nd film 9 pm
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Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
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Restoring Satyajit Ray's Apu Trilogy | 5 pm presented by Lee Kline Hollywood Studio Restoration: Sony Pictures 7 pm
presented by Grover Crisp Sandra | 8:30 pm Film/Video Theater PA ERIK FRIEDLANDER AND MITCH EPSTEIN
American Power Performance Space | 8 pm
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Syncopation preceded by Symphony in Black | 1:30 pm Only Angels Have Wings | 4 pm Hiroshima mon amour preceded by Last Reel | 7 pm Film/Video Theater
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FEBRUARY 7–APRIL 12, 2015
Fiber: Sculpture 1960–present “Splendid, viscerally engaging…[a] groundbreaking exhibition.” —BOSTON GLOBE The first exhibition in four decades to broadly examine the development and diversity of fiber-based work in contemporary art, Fiber: Sculpture 1960–present features 33 artists whose boundary-pushing works explore abstraction, materiality, and the blurred lines between art and craft. Following the shift in fiber art from wall hanging to sculpture that began in the 1960s (and was informed by the cultural and social movements of that era), the exhibition revels in both the diversity of fiber itself and its application in a dizzying variety of scales. You’ll encounter colorful and immersive works that range from the intimate to the architectural and that incorporate other media such as video and sound.
Historically gendered feminine, compositions involving fiber have carried connotations of domesticity and often been relegated to the realm of craft. Fiber: Sculpture 1960–present traces the evolution of fiber-based artwork as artists and curators have engaged with and boldly abandoned these outdated confines. With works by early innovators, such as the Ohio-born Lenore Tawney, and notable contemporary artists such as Alexandre da Cunha, Ernesto Neto, and Haegue Yang, the exhibition affirms the limitless potential of fiber art and firmly situates fiber composition within the broad framework of art-making in the 20th and 21st centuries. Fiber: Sculpture 1960–present is organized by the Institute of Contemporary Art/ Boston and curated by Jenelle Porter, Mannion Family Senior Curator. Major support for the exhibition is provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Additional support is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts; The Coby Foundation, Ltd.; Kate and Chuck Brizius; Robert and Jane Burke; Paul and Catherine Buttenwieser; Karen and Brian Conway; Bridgitt and Bruce Evans; Jim and Audrey Foster; Allison and Edward Johnson; Barbara Lee; Tristin and Martin Mannion; Mark and Marie Schwartz; and Anonymous.
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ELSI GIAUQUE Élément spatial (Spatial Element), 1979 (detail) Linen, silk, wool, and metal 20 frames, each 35 3/8 x 37 3/8 x 1/4 inches Mudac–Musée de design et d’arts appliqués contemporains, Lausanne, Switzerland Photo: AN–Arnaud Conne
HASSAN HAJJAJ My Rock Stars Experimental, Volume I, 2012 Three-channel video Courtesy of Taymour Grahne Gallery, New York Pictured in still: Boubacar Kafando
PIOTR UKLAŃSKI Untitled (Femmage), 2012 Jute, linen, sisal, wool, aluminum, and steel 124 x 82 1/2 x 36 in. Private collection Photo: Robert McKeever JEAN STAMSTA Orange Twist, c. 1970 Wool, synthetic yarn, and wood 43 x 103 x 43 in. Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend, Wisconsin Gift of the Kohler Foundation, Inc. ©The Estate of Jean Stamsta
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Hassan Hajjaj: My Rock Stars Experimental, Volume I Moroccan-born artist Hassan Hajjaj (b. 1961) blends photography, performance, and fashion in colorful portraits that offer insightful commentary on global capitalism. Hassan Hajjaj: My Rock Stars Experimental, Volume I, a three-channel video installation on view in our galleries this winter, invites you into his realm, rife with startling visual and cultural juxtapositions. The installation comprises nine separately filmed performances by an international array of musicians: the Londonbased Moroccan musician Simo Lagnawi; percussionist and singer Helen Parker-Jayne Isibor of The Venus Bushfires, and Paris-based kora player Boubacar Kafando (pictured below), among others. Each performer plays in turn, creating a dynamic theater in the round. The performers you’ll encounter—Hajjaj’s personal “rock stars”—are bedecked in outfits designed by the artist that mix traditional Moroccan fabrics and luxury brand clothing and shoes. This interweaving of old and new creates a powerful dialogue between high fashion and vernacular style, local craftsmanship and contemporary art. Organized by the Wexner Center for the Arts with help from Taymour Grahne Gallery, New York. The production of the work was generously supported by Rose Issa.
RELATED EVENTS Exhibitions Preview FRI, FEB 6 | 6–9 pm WEXNER CENTER GALLERIES AND CAFÉ FREE Be among the first to see the visually vibrant work on view in our galleries this winter. DJ Trueskillz spins tunes 6–9 pm in the café, where you can enjoy complimentary snacks and a cash bar. The event is free and open to the public. RSVP at wexarts.org/rsvp or by emailing rsvp@wexarts.org.
ARTISTS’ TALK
Anne Wilson and Josh Faught THU, FEB 26 | 4:30 pm FILM/VIDEO THEATER FREE Two artists featured in Fiber: Sculpture 1960– present discuss their work and student-mentor relationship (Faught studied with Wilson at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago) in this free talk.
Super Sunday: FiberFull SUN, MAR 1 | NOON–5 pm EVERYWHERE AT THE WEXNER CENTER FREE Come out of the cold and explore our winter exhibitions with free admission to the galleries, exhibition tours, and a variety of interactive experiences for all ages, including weaving and knitting activities. Heirloom Café will be open noon–4 pm to fuel your explorations with their all-day breakfast fare, sandwiches, baked goods, and more.
Walk-in Tours THU, FEB 19 | 6 pm THU, FEB 26 | 6 pm meet at the gallery entrance FREE with gallery admission Get the most out of your visit to the galleries with a Walk-in Tour. Tours are free with gallery admission, which is free on Thursday evenings. No registration is required. Extend your tour with a visit to the expanded Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum led by Wexner Center docents. Contact (614) 292-6493 or edweb@wexarts.org for details.
IN THE STORE Pick up your copy of the Fiber: Sculpture 1960–present exhibition catalogue.
EXHIBITIONS TICKET INFO
FREE members, college students (with valid ID), under 18 $8 general public $6 senior citizens (65 and older) Ohio State faculty and staff (with BuckID) FREE ADMISSION DAYS
Every Thursday 4–8 pm and on the first Sunday of each month
onStage Richard Maxwell/ New York City Players Isolde “Richard Maxwell looks at the world with X-ray eyes…[in] Isolde, his smashing new work.” —NEW YORK TIMES SAT, JAN 24 | 8 pm THURBER THEATRE AT DRAKE PERFORMANCE & EVENT CENTER $17 members $20 general public $10 students tickets available at ticketmaster student tickets available at thurber theatre box office only One of the foremost playwrights and directors of his generation, Richard Maxwell returns with Isolde, an innovative take on the drawing room drama that adds fresh dimensions to his trademark, stripped-to-the-bone essentialism. The play pivots around a romantic triangle between Isolde, a magnetic but neurotic actress; Patrick, her steadfast husband; and Massimo, the star architect hired to realize Isolde’s vacation home. Their passions play out with the grand proportions of Wagner's opera Tristan and Isolde, but through his dialogue of disconnection Maxwell reveals his characters’ fragile cores. Poised against an elegantly rendered skeletal set, their aching pauses signal the unfinished dimensions that haunt contemporary life. As Wex audiences know well, it’s an arena Maxwell expertly mines with nuance and dry wit. Isolde is a production of Theater Basel, developed during a residency with the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, in June 2013 and the support of the Alliance of Resident Theaters, New York. New York City Players is supported by New York State Council on the Arts, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation New York Theater Program. RICHARD MAXWELL/NEW YORK CITY PLAYERS Isolde Pictured: Tori Vasquez as Isolde Photo: Michael Schmelling
Stan’s Cafe The Cardinals “A thought-provoking, witty and hugely entertaining show.” —ROUNDHOUSE THU–SAT, FEB 5–7 | 8 pm SUN, FEB 8 | 2 pm BLACK BOX ON MERSHON STAGE $17 members $20 general public $10 students Fans of UK theater like Improbable and National Theatre of Scotland (The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart) won’t want to miss the Wex debut of Stan’s Cafe and their hilarious yet probing production The Cardinals. This play-within-a play depicts a touring puppet show devised by three crimson-robed cardinals on a mission of evangelism. When their puppets go missing, the cardinals step in to bring their abbreviated and extrapolated reading of the Bible to life. With the assistance of their stage manager—an evertolerant young Muslim woman—they enact scenes from biblical history, the Crusades, and the contemporary Middle East. Illuminating our views on faith as well as cultural differences, The Cardinals is testament to this company’s ability to spark further discussion while offering an evening of zany, all-out fun. The Cardinals was commissioned by domain d’O, Montpellier, France, and Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry, UK, with International Partnership Funding from Birmingham City Council, UK. STAN’S CAFE The Cardinals Photo: Graeme Braidwood
Melissa Aldana & Crash Trio SAT, FEB 14 | 8 pm
PERFORMANCE SPACE $17 members $20 general public $13 students
“It's not too soon to call her great….Melissa Aldana is brilliant, talented, skilled, innovative and a delight….She owns the future.” —JAZZTIMES
Rising 25-year-old sax star Melissa Aldana caught the jazz world’s attention when she became the first woman to win the instrumental category of the prestigious Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition in 2013. Inspired by Sonny Rollins’s trios of the 1950s, her virtuosic post-bop Crash Trio features fellow Chilean Pablo Menares on bass and the astonishing, Cuban-born Francisco Mela on drums. Already considered an old soul for her clear command of her horn, Melissa offers her own compositions as well as classics that she makes her own. To call them exciting is an understatement—be there when Melissa Aldana & Crash Trio light up the best room for jazz in town. MELISSA ALDANA Photo: Bill Douthart
Erik Friedlander and Mitch Epstein American Power
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“These pictures question the human conquest of nature at any cost.” —MITCH EPSTEIN ON AMERICAN POWER FRI–SAT, FEB 27–28 | 8 pm PERFORMANCE SPACE $16 members $18 general public $10 students Cellist and composer Erik Friedlander returns in a collaboration with photographer Mitch Epstein that examines how we coexist with our diverse sources of energy. Performed live, Friedlander’s haunting score illuminates a series of images drawn from Epstein’s acclaimed volume American Power. To shape American Power for the stage, Epstein shares anecdotes from his cross-country tour photographing where citizens live next door to their sources of power, including towns along the Ohio River Valley. You’ll hear telling details about his encounters with the Department of Homeland Security, corporate impenetrability, and our culture of excess. Together, the artists avoid easy polemic, preferring to lay bare notions of power—whether electrical or political. They ask: who has it, what do they do with it, and how does that affect other people? ERIK FRIEDLANDER AND MITCH EPSTEIN Photo: Lee Satkowski ERIK FRIEDLANDER AND MITCH EPSTEIN American Power Carson Refinery, California, 2007 (detail) Photo: Mitch Epstein
Tickets for Isolde are available through Ticketmaster.com (members watch your e-mail for a code to purchase your tickets at the member price) and Ticketmaster outlets. Member tickets are also available at the Wexner Center Patron Services Desk. Student tickets are available only at the Thurber Theatre box office beginning January 14 (1849 Cannon Drive, 2nd Floor, 614-292-2295; please bring valid ID). TICKET OFFER FOR MEMBERS
Wexner Center members at the Patron ($250) level or above are eligible for two free tickets to Isolde while supplies last. To reserve your tickets, call (614) 292-3535 or stop by the Patron Services Desk at the Wex. Please have your member card or number handy. Not a member? Visit wexarts.org/join today. TICKETS.WEXARTS.ORG
The Wex’s online ticketing platform is easy and convenient to use, and you can even print your tickets at home whenever you like. Member and student tickets are available, too, for most events. ACCESSIBILITY
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25 Years. 25 Stories. Share Yours. Inaugurated in 1989 as a bold experiment in presenting and supporting the creation of contemporary art in a university setting, the Wexner Center celebrates its 25th Anniversary Season this year. To help commemorate the occasion, we asked a few of our most stalwart members, supporters, and fans (some quoted here) to sit in front of a camera and talk about what the Wex means to them—and to reminisce about their favorite moments at the center. We hope the short, lively videos (created with local studio Kinopicz American) trigger a few memories of your own. Watch the videos at wexarts.org/25th Share your own stories at wexarts.org/yourstory
“What really got me excited about being back in Columbus ... was the Andy Warhol exhibit. All of your senses were stimulated. And to me that was just so intoxicating.”
“The Wexner to me is a gem in this city, it’s a treasure, and it’s one of the reasons I stay here.” —LORI GUM, PROGRAM & PRIDE COORDINATOR, STONEWALL COLUMBUS
“I think what the Wexner Center brought is this sense of creativity, this sense of enthusiasm, excitement, and what art means in people’s lives.”
“A highlight for me probably was the Julie Taymor exhibit…. It was a brilliantly handled show. I learned a lot about her and I’ve become a huge fan.” —CATHE KOBACKER, COMMUNITY ACTIVIST
—MAYOR MICHAEL B. COLEMAN
—MAREN ROTH, OWNER/BUYER, ROWE BOTIQUE Images courtesy of Kinopicz American
We’re Just Warming Up. Our 25th Anniversary Season continues in 2015. There’s still time to become a Wexner Center member and enjoy free admission to our winter and spring exhibitions (including solo shows by Hassan Hajjaj, Catherine Opie, and Jack Whitten), as well as priority access to and ticket savings on the fantastic performances and films yet to come. Members also save with year-round discounts in the Wexner Center Store and Heirloom Café. Head to wexarts.org/preview for program highlights and visit wexarts.org/ join to get on board. Online: wexarts.org/join On site: Visit the Patron Services Desk or Wexner Center Store By phone: Call (614) 292-1777 HASSAN HAJJAJ My Rock Stars Experimental, Volume I, 2012 Three-channel video Courtesy of Taymour Grahne Gallery, New York Pictured in still: Marques Toliver
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Wexner Center members at the Patron ($250) level or above are eligible to pick up two free tickets to Isolde, a new play by longtime Wex fave Richard Maxwell, while supplies last. His New York City Players perform this slightly skewed and decidedly modern take on the age-old romantic triangle January 24.
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To reserve your tickets, call (614) 292-3535 or stop by our Patron Services Desk and be sure to have your member card or number handy. See the onStage pages for more about the play.
Wexner Center and Heirloom Café gift cards are good for everyone on your list, at any time of the year. Wexner Center cards can be redeemed for store and event ticket purchases. Pick yours up at the store, café, or Patron Services Desk next time you're at the Wex.
Leave an artful legacy With thoughtful gift planning, you can make a greater impact at the Wex than you ever imagined. Create an enduring legacy through the Wexner Center for the Arts to ensure future generations have access to compelling exhibitions; vibrant dance, theater, and music performances; classic and contemporary films; and innovative educational programs that can’t be found anywhere else. Call or e-mail Christy Rosenthal to learn more. Phone: (614) 292-3096 E-mail: crosenthal@wexarts.org
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Information Visiting the Wexner Center L o c at i o n The Wexner Center for the Arts is located on the campus of Ohio State University at the corner of High Street and 15th Avenue. Off-site locations for other Wexner Center events are noted throughout this calendar/newsletter. Parking Parking is available in the Ohio Union Garages on campus and at the South Campus Gateway Garage, located one block east of North High Street between 9th and 11th Avenues. Very limited, shortterm parking is available at the parking meters in front of Mershon Auditorium. c h e c k f o r u p d at e s Check wexarts.org or call (614) 292-3535 for updates. All programs are subject to change. Galleries Please note that the Wexner Center galleries are closed Mondays and between exhibitions. See the exhibitions pages for a current schedule.
Ticketing services for sales and pickup of prepaid tickets are available at event locations one hour prior to showtimes. Film/Video tickets are available until a half-hour after showtimes or until the start of the second film of double features. (Sorry, no refunds or exchanges for Wexner Center tickets, unless an event is canceled.) osu students All Ohio State University students receive benefits including discounts in the Wexner Center Store and on films and performing arts events. Check out the schedules in the calendar and on the website! r e n ta l s Mershon Auditorium and selected Wexner Center spaces are available for corporate meetings or gatherings. See wexarts.org for details.
Tours group tours Prearranged group tours are available to school, youth, and college/university audiences, as well as adult community groups. These hour-long tours can be tailored to many different interests. Please make reservations for all group tours at least three weeks in advance. Call the education department at (614) 292-6493.
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Tickets Purchase tickets at tickets.wexarts.org or from the Patron Services Desk (614-292-3535) on the entrance level of the Wexner Center.
walk-in tours Walk-in Tours require no advance reservations. These tours feature highlights of the current exhibitions. See the current schedule inside this calendar.
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The Wexner Center for the Arts is part of The Ohio State University and receives major institutional support from the university. Major support is also provided through the Corporate Annual Fund of the Wexner Center Foundation and by Wexner Center members. The foundation is a private, nonprofit partner of the university’s Board of Trustees, established to provide trustee guidance and financial support for the Wexner Center. g e n e r a l O p e r at i n g S u p p o rt for the Wexner Center
James Lyski President Trustees Nicholas K. Akins David M. Aronowitz Jeni Britton Bauer Shelley Bird Michael J. Canter Adam Flatto Sherri Geldin Ann Gilbert Getty Michael Glimcher Elizabeth P. Kessler C. Robert Kidder Nancy Kramer James E. Kunk Mark D. Kvamme Bill Lambert Ronald A. Pizzuti Janet B. Reid, PhD Joyce Shenk Alex Shumate A. Alfred Taubman Abigail S. Wexner John F. Wolfe Ex Officio Mark Shanda Bruce A. Soll Joseph E. Steinmetz Mark E. Vannatta
Senior Programming Staff Sherri Geldin Director Jack Jackson Deputy Director Shelly Casto Director of Education Jill Davis Director of Exhibitions Management David Filipi Director of Film/Video Charles R. Helm Director of Performing Arts Bill Horrigan Curator at Large Jennifer Lange Curator of Film/Video Studio Program Calendar of Events Staff Ryan Shafer Editor Brandon Ballog Graphic Designer Barret Hoster Graphic Designer