Explore the dream-like and visionary artworks of Luchita Hurtado at the Harwood Museum in Taos, running from July 27, 2024, to February 23, 2025.
Luchita Hurtado: Earth & Sky Interjected
July 27, 2024–February 23, 2025
Harwood Museum of Art, Taos
Harwood Museum of Art announces Luchita Hurtado: Earth & Sky Interjected, a solo exhibition featuring the artist’s most important bodies of work alongside those directly inspired by her time in Taos. Luchita Hurtado (1920-2020) began to visit Taos in the 1960s. Though she studied art as a young woman and made work throughout the duration of her long life, Hurtado’s practice was relatively unknown until 2015. It is a distinct honor for the Harwood to present Hurtado’s work through the lens of her connection to the land and people of Taos. Harwood Museum’s Luchita Hurtado: Earth & Sky Interjected exhibition takes place from July 27, 2024, to February 23, 2025.
Hurtado’s artwork explores themes related to identity, nature, and the interconnectedness of human beings to their surroundings. Her work spans several decades and encompasses various art movements, including Surrealism and Magical Realism. Hurtado’s works often feature vibrant colors, organic forms, and dreamlike imagery, inviting viewers to contemplate the complexities of existence and the natural world. Through her art, she challenges conventional perceptions of the self and society, offering a profound exploration of human consciousness and our place within the universe. Additionally, her feminist perspective is evident in many of her works, which often depict the female body as a powerful and enigmatic force. Hurtado’s oeuvre reflects a lifelong commitment to exploring the mysteries of existence and celebrating the beauty of life in all its forms.
Luchita Hurtado: Earth & Sky Interjected highlights the influence Taos had upon the artist. Exhibited works include paintings in oil, watercolor, and acrylic and drawings in charcoal, ink, graphite, and crayon. Collectively, these works span the late 1960s to the early 1990s.
“This exhibit unearths an important part of Taos’s art history that has been uncelebrated,” says Harwood Museum’s curator of exhibitions and collections, Nicole Dial-Kay. “Taos is part of Luchita Hurtado’s history, which is now internationally known. She will be remembered in the art history canon.”
In 2019, Hurtado received a lifetime achievement award from Americans for the Arts and was acknowledged as one of the year’s most influential figures by Time 100. Hurtado’s work has been exhibited in solo exhibitions at Serpentine in London and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
A lifelong traveler, Hurtado lived in the Dominican Republic, Mexico City, Rome, and Chile, as well as in the U.S. cities New York, Mill Valley, and Santa Monica. In the 1970s, after visiting Taos for many years, she and her family bought land and built a house in the nearby village of Arroyo Seco.
Harwood Museum of Art invites the public to join them in honoring and celebrating Luchita Hurtado with an opening reception on Friday, July 26, 6:30-8 pm. Prior to the public reception, Harwood members and the Director’s Circle are invited to the museum’s preview reception from 5 to 6:30 pm, where light refreshments will be served.
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