“A Performance Trigger: Radicals of Irvine” exhibition at UCI
Artist and UC Irvine graduate Robert Wilhite demonstrates how his 1976 artwork, “Buckaroo,” is actually a handmade record case with a real vinyl record inside. His work is on view in the University Art Gallery through Dec. 12. (Richard Chang / Daily Pilot)
A body cast of Dick Kilgore’s broken collar bone, created by Barbara T. Smith. Her work and creations by several of her colleagues are featured in “A Performative Trigger: Radicals of Irvine,” on view at UCI’s University Art Gallery through Dec. 12. (Richard Chang / Daily Pilot)
UC Irvine art graduate Alexis Smith dressed in Middle Eastern attire as she performed in “Scheherazade the Storyteller” in Los Angeles in 1976. Jeffrey Gubbins took the photo of Smith, which is part of “A Performative Trigger: Radicals of Irvine.” (Richard Chang / Daily Pilot)
A screen shot from one of Chris Burden’s “TV Commercials 1973-1977.” Burden, a UC Irvine art school graduate, purchased broadcast time and aired his own “ads” in New York and Los Angeles, promoting himself as an artist and disclosing his income. On view at UCI’s University Art Gallery through Dec. 12. (Richard Chang / Daily Pilot)
A screen shot from one of Chris Burden’s “TV Commercials 1973-1977.” Burden, a UC Irvine art school graduate, purchased broadcast time and aired his own “ads” in New York and Los Angeles, promoting himself as an artist and disclosing his income. On view at UCI’s University Art Gallery through Dec. 12. (Richard Chang / Daily Pilot)