volume XXVIII, issue VI
Feb-Mar 2020
volume XXVIII, issue V
Dec '19-Jan '20
Jan 28
12 New Mexico Artists to Know Now 2020: c marquez
FeatureNew Mexico Artists to Know Now
“The intention of this work is to honor vulnerability, impermanence, and cycles of life on our planet,” c marquez says of their work, which includes two-dimensional pieces, sculpture, installation, and the results of a daily sketchbook practice.
Jan 28
12 New Mexico Artists to Know Now 2020: Raphael Begay
FeatureNew Mexico Artists to Know Now
Intensely thoughtful, Raphael Begay sees significance in objects and quotidian scenes and is able to begin a conversation with the viewer through his lens. With installations and discussions about his work, he adds a further dimension of storytelling that engages community...
Jan 28
[sponsored] León De la Rosa-Carrillo’s The Remix Room
This spring, UNM Art Museum hosts new-media artist León De la Rosa-Carrillo’s The Remix Room, which will offer visitors “six different stations in which remix can be explored as a viable strategy to conduct research and produce remixed content.”
Jan 28
12 New Mexico Artists to Know Now 2020: MK
FeatureNew Mexico Artists to Know Now
Currently residing in Albuquerque where they are pursuing an MFA in photography, MK began the recent series The Pain Is Just an Annoyance Now as members of their family began to pass away and they witnessed the grief of their mother. These losses spurred an exploration of the complications of family relationships, as well as obscured histories through the physical remnants of the past that shore up the present—family photo albums.
Jan 28
New Mexico Women: Eugenia Parry
Parry is well regarded in the world of photography. She taught one of the first official history of photography classes at Wellesley in the early ’70s, creating the curriculum from scratch. She’s published over one hundred pieces during her lifetime, including essays for exhibition catalogues and periodicals and several books...
Jan 28
12 New Mexico Artists to Know Now 2020: Cedra Wood
FeatureNew Mexico Artists to Know Now
Looking at Cedra Wood’s paintings feels a little like finding a secret door to enchanted lands. Wood understands a connection between the outer wild terrains and the inward ones. Her art celebrates both realms as essential and beautiful, linked by mythos. The worlds she depicts evoke something of the hero’s journey.
Jan 28
[sponsored] The Two Money Mistakes that We All Make
[Sponsored] Have you ever found yourself splurging on items while on vacation or around the holidays you would not typically buy or pay a premium for? Despite knowing those purchases are likely a poor use of funds or perhaps overpriced, you may find yourself justifying those purchases as being acceptable because it is the holidays or because you are on vacation. In the field of behavioral finance, the re-valuing of expenses because of special circumstances is considered a form of mental accounting...
Jan 28
Robyn O’Neil: We, The Masses
We, The Masses: Here, the men—drawn in mind-blowing detail on palimpsest-free surfaces—engage in unhinged activity, ranging from gnawing on tree bark to fighting with one another. Some men hug en masse: they seem to know that O’Neil is about to hit the go button on the apocalypse...
Jan 28
Fish in Persian Gardens
Zahra Marwan’s exhibition at the Sanitary Tortilla Factory in Albuquerque pairs exquisite poetry with her illustrations, paintings on paper.
Jan 28
In A Modern Rendering – The Color Woodcuts of Gustave Baumann
Born in Germany in 1881, Baumann’s parents moved to Chicago when he was ten, and the budding artist began attending the School of the Art Institute in his teens, at one of its most fecund and influential periods. Baumann wasn’t the first of his Chicago peers to discover New Mexico, but he planted deeper roots than most. Fellow master printmaker and Baumann’s soul-heir Tom Leech contributes a heartfelt reflection on decades spent working with the artist’s materials, upholding his legacy at Santa Fe’s Palace of the Governors...
Jan 28
12 New Mexico Artists to Know Now 2020: Eric-Paul Riege
FeatureNew Mexico Artists to Know Now
Eric-Paul Riege’s (Diné) elaborate and beautiful fiber works not only connect him with his ancestral and artistic centers, but also envelop viewers in an everyday Navajo worldview, one that the artist believes should be communal.
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(N): L. Marta Andersson, Nate Massé, and Chase Stafford
A Thousand Thoughts—A Live Documentary with Kronos Quartet
Gris Gris Mojo Boogaloo: New Paintings by Larry D. Blissett
Rosemary Breehl and Geri Verble: Tokens of Affection: From the Heart
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