Art materials are always personal. We make them personal. But they are often also connected to something else. In my case, it’s community. Mark Bradford, in Michael Auping, “Working Papers,” Mark Bradford: End Papers
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If I look to these specific works and see what’s happening, I think it relates easily to the United States because there is contentious politics, war, different kinds of public executions, and tragedies caused by natural disasters. We share history, and we share problems as well. And we are all human in the end. Hrair Sarkissian, “Making History: Hrair Sarkissian and Omar Kholeif in Conversation,” for FOCUS: Hrair Sarkissian
Hrair Sarkissian: Syria, Belonging Not Longing
Presented by the G. William Jones Film and Video Collection, part of the Hamon Arts Library at SMU
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As he prepares to embark on an overseas tour, star actor Garry Essendine’s colorful life is in danger of spiraling out of control. Engulfed by an escalating identity crisis as his many and various relationships compete for his attention, Garry’s few remaining days at home are a chaotic whirlwind of love, sex, panic, and soul-searching. Andrew Scott (BBC’s Sherlock, Fleabag) stars in this provocative comedy.
Presented by Amphibian Stage in partnership with the Modern
A powerful retelling of Anne Frank’s life through the pages of her extraordinary diary guided by actress Helen Mirren and through the lives of five women who, as young girls, were also deported to concentration camps but survived the Holocaust.
From The Old Vic in London, Academy Award-winner Sally Field and Bill Pullman star in this blistering drama set in America, 1947. Despite hard choices and even harder knocks, Joe and Kate Keller are a success story. They have built a home, raised two sons and established a thriving business. But nothing lasts forever and their contented lives, already shadowed by the loss of their eldest boy to war, are about to shatter. With the return of a figure from the past, long buried truths are forced to the surface and the price of their American dream is laid bare.
A two-handed play performed by theatre legends Alex Jennings and Lindsay Duncan, full of witty banter and stinging one-liners. Set against the political landscape of 1980’s Thatcher Britain, what starts out as personal digs between a married couple after work on a Friday night crashes into political judgements that bring secrets from the past spilling out of the closet.
Presented by Amphibian Stage in partnership with the Modern
