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For the past five decades, artist, musician, and composer Stephen Prina has developed a singular and irreverent approach to installations, films, and musical performances. Prina frequently brings together networks of cultural materials鈥攁 Joni Mitchell song, Robert Bresson films, Glenn Gould recordings, the paintings of 脡douard Manet鈥攔ecombining them in different contexts to surface new meanings and associations.

Stephen Prina: A Lick and a Promise will be the first in-depth survey to focus on the artist鈥檚 long engagement with music and performance, bringing new perspectives to a central factor in Prina鈥檚 wider oeuvre: how cultural artifacts find new lives in different contexts. Unfolding across multiple locations in the Museum, including the Kravis Studio, the exhibition presents the world premiere of A Lick and a Promise (2025), an orchestral commission for 16 instruments, alongside restagings of works such as Sonic Dan (1994鈥�2001). The survey highlights Prina鈥檚 wide-ranging collaborations, including a performance of Beat of the Traps (1992), created with Mike Kelley and Anita Pace. The series culminates with A Push Comes to Love Fest, an all-day concert on December 13, 2025, featuring a range of artists including David Grubbs, Ken Okiishi and Emily Sundblad, Ursula Oppens, Marina Rosenfeld, TILT Brass, and White People Killed Them (Raven Chacon, John Dieterich, and Marshall Trammell). This exhibition offers an opportunity to celebrate Prina鈥檚 innovative approach to appropriation鈥攐ne uniquely focused on sound and music鈥攁nd the rare warmth and intellectualism that mark him as a prescient and still-evolving artist.