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SUMMARY:Thais Mather: Miss Universe
DESCRIPTION:The work featured in her upcoming show taps into that sense of infinite space conjured by grief and the strength of imagination in a series of watercolor paintings depicting female forms through which viewers can catch a glimpse of the expanse of the cosmos. Its title — Miss Universe — plays a dual role\, evoking the hyper-feminine performance of pageant queens and hinting at the feminine connection to the eternal. \nMather’s paintings bring the viewer along on this journey\, offering a window into the illimitable and inviting her audience to probe what may lie in the deepest voids within themselves. “To anyone who feels broken\, let yourself break all the way open — for the light\, the space\, the person who emerges is who you truly are\,” Mather says. “Being at the edge of yourself\, you see there is an entire other horizon you would have never otherwise found.”
URL:https://southwestcontemporary.com/event/thais-mather-miss-universe/
LOCATION:Hecho a Mano\, 129 W. Palace Ave\, Santa Fe\, 87501
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SUMMARY:Max Lehman: Ancestral Androids
DESCRIPTION:For Max Lehman\, each sculpture begins with a story — some originate in dreams\, others in memories of childhood toys\, comics\, science fiction\, and machines that captured his imagination long before he understood how they worked. Those memories become intertwined with imagined histories until each piece feels less like something invented than something uncovered. “I resist providing complete explanations because archaeology rarely offers certainty\,” Lehman notes. “We reconstruct civilizations from fragments\, projecting ourselves into the spaces left empty by time.” These sculptures function in the same way — each viewer brings their own memories\, experiences\, and questions to the work\, completing stories that remain intentionally unfinished. “Ultimately\, Ancestral Androids is less about predicting the future than imagining its past\,” Lehman says. “The sculptures ask us to consider what happens when artificial beings become old enough to have ancestors\, old enough to leave ruins\, and old enough for their own history to become myth.”
URL:https://southwestcontemporary.com/event/max-lehman-ancestral-androids/
LOCATION:Hecho a Mano\, 129 W. Palace Ave\, Santa Fe\, 87501
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SUMMARY:Opening: b. Brown: Borrowed Stardust
DESCRIPTION:B. brown’s studio practice has always been one that explores the charged tension between paired opposites: discipline and rule-breaking\, methodology and abandon\, refinement and elaboration. Her formal explorations are a constant cycle of searching\, questioning\, and learning\, spurred on by a fascination with the limits and possibilities of the medium of clay. \nThis exhibition expands on brown’s larger thematic explorations of the concepts of constriction\, contortion\, and destabilization. In creating this body of work\, the artist says that she set out to loosen up\, get more gestural\, and be open to more spontaneity in her process — yet she notes that\, ironically\, “the resultant pieces are\, perhaps\, the most constructed works I’ve ever produced; requiring cognition and planning within the confines of the exploration that didn’t allow for much deviation once begun.” \nThis series of hand-built pieces was created with low-temperature\, white sculpture bodies\, and represent a departure from brown’s typical practice in their hyper-constructed and less organic presentation. And though the works were built simultaneously\, they evolved into two distinct patterns. \nThough the pieces featured in this show stemmed from a material and technique-driven curiosity\, during the process of creation\, they took on a life of their own. brown’s works often develop in dialogue with one another\, and this show is no exception. “An awareness emerged halfway through their production of a subconscious conversation undergirding the juxtaposition of the A-B thematics – that of loss and grief\,” brown explains. “I very much see the pieces as partnered\, and find it interesting that they asked to be born at the same time rather than showing up as separate shows.”
URL:https://southwestcontemporary.com/event/opening-b-brown-borrowed-stardust/
LOCATION:Hecho a Mano\, 129 W. Palace Ave\, Santa Fe\, 87501
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SUMMARY:Eliza Lutz: All the Lives Alive Inside Me
DESCRIPTION:For printmaker and fiber artist Eliza Lutz\, the work of caregiving is a legacy made visible through the material traces it leaves behind – a quilt\, an apron\, a handwritten note. Merging printmaking and fiber art\, their upcoming show traces the shape and texture of carework as it has unfolded across the artist’s lifetime. Through embroidered prints on paper and quilted portraits assembled from loved ones’ clothes\, these works chronicle the giving and receiving of care in all its many forms\, from child rearing to elder care\, from domestic arts to community organizing. \nThis body of work was conceived of and created during a period of immense transition in the artist’s life – after years of caretaking for three aging family matriarchs\, all unexpectedly passed away within five months of each other. Over the following year\, as Lutz and their partner navigated grief and sorted through the physical remnants of their lives\, they found themselves at a crossroads – and\, with more time and capacity at their disposal\, they decided to enter a new chapter of caregiving by becoming parents themselves. “Now pregnant with our first child\, I have become more deeply rooted in this lineage of carework than ever before\, an embodiment of the lives\, care\, and labor\, I carry within me\,” Lutz says.
URL:https://southwestcontemporary.com/event/eliza-lutz-all-the-lives-alive-inside-me/
LOCATION:Hecho a Mano\, 129 W. Palace Ave\, Santa Fe\, 87501
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SUMMARY:Sunday Donut Artist Talk
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for Donuts\, Coffee\, Tea\, Music and Art from 12-1:30pm \nMusic with Johnny Bell will start at 12 pm \nArtist talks with Daniel McCoy\, Terran Last Gun\, Nancy Ariza\,\nIan Kuali’i and Lehuauakea will start at 12:30pm
URL:https://southwestcontemporary.com/event/sunday-donut-artist-talk-2/
LOCATION:Hecho a Mano\, 129 W. Palace Ave\, Santa Fe\, 87501
CATEGORIES:Talks/Lectures
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SUMMARY:Opening: Geometry of Culture
DESCRIPTION:At first glance\, geometry might not seem like a narrative form — but through these artists’ eyes\, shape and color unspool into stories far-reaching and intimate\, from cultural histories to personal lore. Show curator and gallery owner Frank Rose chose artists whose work appears as geometric abstraction\, but upon closer look\, reveals layers of personal\, cultural and historical meaning. From Santa Fe-based Piikani artist Terran Last Gun’s work integrating forms derived from Blackfoot-painted lodges\, hides\, and war shirts to Eastern Band of Cherokee and Santa Clara Pueblo artist Skye Tafoya’s paper weavings manifesting her dual tribal heritages\, cultures\, and lineages\, each artist offers a unique lens through which to explore the show’s theme. \nFor many of the artists\, there is a strong tie to cultural history in the very media they work with. Native Hawaiian artist Lehuauakea is known for their perpetuation of and innovations in kapa (traditional Native Hawaiian barkcloth). Kanaka Maoli/Native Hawaiian artist Ian Kūali’i is also working with kapa\, creating eight hand-cut works that expand on the artist’s transition from milled paper to the use of more sustainable and culturally-relevant materials. The show also welcomes gallery newcomer Nancy Ariza\, whose printmaking draws from her Mexican heritage and family lineage as a descendent of a saddlemaker and piteado artisan — crafts she works to revive\, reclaim\, and reinterpret through traditional and alternative printmaking processes including woodcut\, screenprinting\, and dry pigment screenprinting\, combined with natural pigments. \nTogether\, these artists present distinctive geometries grounded in cultural identity. Their offerings invite viewers to look beyond two-dimensional geometry and explore the layers of beauty\, wisdom\, and history that unfold.
URL:https://southwestcontemporary.com/event/opening-geometry-of-culture/
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SUMMARY:Daniel McCoy: We Can Only Go Up From Here
DESCRIPTION:McCoy is typically known for his distinctive\, high-energy style\, blending elements of pop art\, cartooning\, and sign painting to illustrate the landscape and culture of Northern New Mexico\, where he now lives and works. While his upcoming show brims with McCoy’s characteristic vibrancy\, it also brings something new: a focus on reflection\, presence\, and inner work. In this body of work\, the artist takes a step back from the high-saturation world of cartooning in favor of a realism that demands attention to the present moment. Having stepped away from his position as exhibitions manager at the Poeh Cultural Center and Museum in Pojoaque\, New Mexico to focus on family life\, the artist now finds himself slowing down and taking the time to appreciate the rhythms of home\, land\, and sky. \nMcCoy’s studio has become a meditative space\, offering an opportunity to turn inwards and practice self-work. The shift in his process has also brought about a foray into cloudscapes\, which\, for McCoy\, encapsulate the theme of reflection. While clouds have previously remained in the background of his paintings\, now they take center stage.
URL:https://southwestcontemporary.com/event/daniel-mccoy-we-can-only-go-up-from-here/
LOCATION:Hecho a Mano\, 129 W. Palace Ave\, Santa Fe\, 87501
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