Mike Henderson's experimental short film The Shape of Things (1981) will be on view in Out of Line: Art at the Edge, a new exhibition opening this August at the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at UC Davis. Henderson joined the UC Davis art faculty in 1970, and taught at the school for over four decades. Co-curated by Ginny Duncan and Grace Xiao, the exhibition marks the museum's 10th anniversary. What happens when the artist’s studio spills out into the world? And when the world necessarily makes its way into the studio? In the 1960s, ’70s, and ’80s, as political and cultural upheavals reverberated across the country, artists at UC Davis navigated these questions. Artists engaged with film, print and performance — cheap, accessible mediums that allowed for experimentation, iteration and easy dissemination. Through these frameworks, Out of Line challenges the arbitrary line that declares certain practices “artistic” and others “political.”
Learn more at manettishremmuseum.ucdavis.edu.
