Activation/Transformation at the Wheelwright
Multidisciplinary artist Nathan Young newly activates the Wheelwright Museum’s collection of silverwork and jewelry with a site-specific installation Activation/Transformation.
November 02, 2021
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Southwest Art News: November 2021
Catch up on recent art news headlines in the Southwest region, including people on the move, grants, and more.
November 01, 2021
Studio VisitColoradoVol. 4 Winter 2021
Studio Visit: Suchitra Mattai
Denver artist Suchitra Mattai challenges Western traditions of painting through her use of culturally specific materials that are informed by the South Asian diaspora.
October 29, 2021
From the EditorVol. 4 Winter 2021
From the Editor: Vol. 4
Southwest Contemporary Vol. 4 travels across the region to meet artists, brewers, climate-change activists, and DIY-ers to have in-depth conversations about significant and inspiring issues.
October 29, 2021
FeatureTexasVol. 4 Winter 2021
With Climate Emergency a Certainty, Gulf Coast Creatives Reflect on Art’s Value in Crisis
Houston creatives and artists discuss the influence of climate change on their individual practices and possibilities for creative responses to climate crisis.
October 29, 2021
Patricia Marroquin Norby: The First Indigenous Curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Patricia Norby, the first Indigenous curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, talks about the representation of Indigenous art in institutional gallery spaces.
October 29, 2021
FeatureColoradoVol. 4 Winter 2021
Life is a Cumulative Exercise: Devon Dikeou’s Mid-Career Smear
Devon Dikeou’s Mid-Career Smear in downtown Denver is a retrospective that examines "in-between" spaces with keen observation and irreverent humor.
October 29, 2021
Studio VisitUtahVol. 4 Winter 2021
Studio Visit: Jaclyn Wright
New work by Jaclyn Wright explores the contentious space of the Utah desert and how the ideology of ‘rugged individualism’ has visually manifested itself.
October 29, 2021
ReviewArizonaVol. 4 Winter 2021
Review: Undoing Time: Art and Histories of Incarceration
The artists in Undoing Time: Art and Histories of Incarceration explore the relationship between visual culture and imprisonment at the Arizona State University Art Museum.
October 29, 2021
Repetition
Steve Jansen rummages through the concept of repetition—from hashtag-self-care rituals to daily pandemic infection counts—in this short-form musing essay.
October 29, 2021
FeatureTexasVol. 4 Winter 2021
The Artist in Exile: Emerging Choreographer Alexandra Honchell
Emerging choreographer Alexandra Honchell’s journey from company dancer to independent artist is reuniting her mind with her body.
October 29, 2021
Review: Michael Menchaca: The 1836 Project at Artpace, San Antonio
San Antonio artist Michael Menchaca’s Artpace exhibition, The 1836 Project, is an immersive video installation employing poppy animation to take aim at “the colonial fantasies of the Texas creation myth.”
October 29, 2021
Food + DrinkNew MexicoVol. 4 Winter 2021
Hops in the Desert: Bow & Arrow Brewing Co.
Bow & Arrow Brewing Co. has created a genuinely Southwest-centric beer brand based on connections to the landscape, people, and magic of the region.
October 29, 2021
Studio VisitArizonaVol. 4 Winter 2021
Studio Visit: Diana Calderón
Raised in the borderlands, Phoenix-based artist Diana Calderón uses materials from Mexico and the U.S. to investigate her ancestral roots and immigrant experience while exploring both physical and spiritual borders.
October 29, 2021
ReviewArizonaVol. 4 Winter 2021
Review: Freedom Must Be Lived: Marion Palfi’s America, 1940-1978
A retrospective of German-American female photographer Marion Palfi at the Phoenix Art Museum, the first major exhibition since her 1978 death, places her towards the top of social research photographers.
October 29, 2021
PhotographyArizonaVol. 4 Winter 2021
Jimmy Fike: Edible Plants
Jimmy Fike, a Phoenix-based photographer and plant enthusiast, has embarked on a ten-year project to document edible plants of the North American continent.
October 29, 2021
Review: Source Material at the Colorado Photographic Arts Center
Source Material, an exhibition at the Colorado Photographic Arts Center in Denver, features eight photographic projects that engage with archival imagery.
October 29, 2021
FeatureSouthwestVol. 4 Winter 2021
Expanding Cinema: A Guide to Art Film in Five Southwest Cities
A guide to arthouse film, festival one-offs, and screening series across the Southwest in Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Dallas, Oklahoma City, and Denver.
October 29, 2021
Vol. 4 Winter 2021New MexicoReview
Review: Maja Ruznic: In the Sliver of the Sun
Maja Ruznic’s exhibition In the Sliver of the Sun at the Harwood Museum of Art in Taos was reminiscent of a dream state, a loose and subdued world of imagination, distant memories, and notions of home and family.
October 29, 2021
FeatureSouthwestVol. 4 Winter 2021
DIY, Together: A Look at Artist-Led Efforts Across the Southwest
A handful of DIY, artist-led endeavors in the Southwest demonstrate how artists don’t just DIY—they do it for and with each other.
October 29, 2021
ReviewColoradoVol. 4 Winter 2021
Review: Armor at Center for Visual Art
Armor, a group exhibition at the Center for Visual Art in Denver, explored physical and metaphorical barriers in the art-making process.
October 29, 2021
The Color of an Avocado
d. ward contemplates the color of an avocado, brought forth by The Modern Lovers, whether it’s the Brogden variety or a greater reflection on the Artworld-Industrial Complex.
October 29, 2021
ReviewNew MexicoVol. 4 Winter 2021
Review: Hung Liu: Sanctuary at Turner Carroll Gallery
Hung Liu’s Sanctuary at Turner Carroll Gallery in Santa Fe illuminated and paid respect to the renowned artist and her moving works.
October 29, 2021
On Theft and Mesh
Briana Olson mourns the theft of a King Tut death mask replica and confronts loss in a personal essay about mesh.
October 29, 2021
InterviewUtahVol. 4 Winter 2021
On Typography with Douglas Thomas
Marcus Civin interviews Douglas Thomas, a Utah-based graphic designer, professor, and author of Never Use Futura, an entertaining deep dive into the typeface of modern design.
October 29, 2021
Field Report: Joshua Tree and the High Desert
Maggie Grimason's guide to Joshua Tree and other High Desert towns, a deeply weird region where art, energies, and aliens are as commonplace as tie-dye and scrub oak.
October 28, 2021
The Artisans Behind the Bells at Cosanti Originals
Cosanti Originals Windbells are handmade by artisans in Arizona. Using time-honored crafting traditions, their embellished surfaces echo Paolo Soleri's architecture.
November 17, 2021
Discover Cosanti Originals Windbells
Cosanti Originals Windbells are handmade by artisans in Arizona. Using time-honored crafting traditions, their embellished surfaces echo Paolo Soleri's architecture.
October 27, 2021
Art in the Arid Landscape: The Bullfrog Biennial in Beatty, Nevada
The Bullfrog Biennial contrasts contemporary art with the landscape of the desert in rural Beatty, Nevada, about 120 miles from Las Vegas.
October 27, 2021
Work in Progress with Oswaldo Maciá
Oswaldo Maciá, a Santa Fe- and London-based artist, utilizes the unconventional media of smells and sound to provoke questions about coexistence, human borders, and migration.
October 26, 2021
