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Slices of Wonder

Santa Fe Contemporary

Jason Garcia
Vicente Telles
Luke Dorman
Jeff Drew

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Opening in the Railyard
Shade structure by the Farmers Market
Friday, August 28th, 5-7pm
Exhibition continues through Sep. 20th
find the mobile gallery
daily location online at
www.axleart.com

Commercial product packaging and logos hold potent meaning and memory for us all. In the 1970s, the truck that now houses our mobile gallery itself delivered one of America’s most iconic mid-century bakery products: Wonder Bread. We have repurposed this bread truck. It now delivers a new kind of wonder.

The artists in Slices of Wonder create works that engage packaging design, advertising, and contemporary culture as a springboard and often a critique of these times we live in.

Luke Dorman has shown a consistent interest in creating humorous works using an underground comix-inspired pen and ink style. His interest in vintage illustration and classical painting also guide his artistic production. Dorman states his “purpose of action is to create work that is innately personal, yet subjectively approachable and identifiable with the viewer.”

Jeff Drew is perhaps best known for his numerous magazine and journal covers. Notably, his imagery has graced many covers of Albuquerque’s Weekly Alibi. He has also won many awards for his animation work. His humor is evident in all his art production.

Jason Garcia transforms materials closely connected to the earth into a visually rich mix of Pueblo history and culture, comic book super heroes, video game characters, religious icons and all things pop culture. His love for storytelling, appreciation for the methods of his craft and ability to blend the ancient with the present both inspire and inform his work as an artist.

Vicente Telles combines vivid comic book inspired interpretations of Bible stories with traditional themes. People often see saints as religious. Telles likes to believe they transcend religion, that there is something bigger out there that connects the past to the present and the future.

We have images available for Press use.
You may preview them and download them here:
www.axleart.com/#!press/cjft
Axle Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
Matthew Chase-Daniel: (505) 670-5854
Jerry Wellman: (505) 670-7612
media@axleart.com
www.axleart.com
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Clockwork for Oracles | Willy Bo Richardson: Richard Levy Gallery

Clockwork for Oracles, oil on canvas

Clockwork for Oracles: Willy Bo Richardson
Richard Levy Gallery
August 7 – September 4, 2015
Artist reception: Saturday August 29, 6 – 8pm

Richard Levy gallery will exhibit the new series “Clockwork for Oracles” at the Seattle Art Fair, as well as the Richard Levy project room in Albuquerque. Also in the gallery: Altered States, an exhibition of selected editions by Gerhard Richter;and artist collective assume vivid astro focus (avaf).

Clockwork for Oracles is a series of paintings by Willy Bo Richardson that reaches for freshness. He states, “The paintings are made quickly and with as little editing and deliberation as possible. This doesn’t mean I’m not making esthetic and empirical decisions.  It simply means I’m aspiring to the essence”.

Richard Levy Gallery
Tuesday –Saturday, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
514 Central Avenue SW, Albuquerque, NM 87102
505.766.9888, info@levygallery.com

Press Release: Altered States • Gerhard Richter & assume vivid astro focus Clockwork for Oracles • Willy Bo Richardson

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Aftershock opens at James Kelly Contemporary

Aftershock opens at James Kelly Contemporary on Friday, Aug. 7, creates his works in full awareness of the properties, history, and legacy of iron, his chosen medium. A public reception in honor of the opening of a new show by the sculptor Tom Joyce. Show will run from August 7th through October 3rd.

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Aftershock: New work by Tom Joyce
Friday, August 7, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
James Kelly Contemporary
1611 Paseo De Peralta, Santa Fe NM 87501

Phone | (505) 982-4696

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Peters Projects | 3 Exhibitions

August 7, 2015 to October 3, 2015

Jason Middlebrook: Gold Rush

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Jason Middlebrook imbues natural forms and found objects with references to the foremost abstractionists of the 20th century. He is best known for the carved and hewn tree trunks he uses as canvases for geometric composition —a jarring yet elegant juxtaposition of natural unpredictability with rigidly calculated forms.

 

Trophies and Prey: A Contemporary Bestiary

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The exhibition, which opens August 7, is a group show of ceramics and other media featuring work by Jeff Irwin, Adelaide Paul, Beth Cavener, Undine Brod, Michelle Erickson, Alessandro Gallo, John Byrd, Jeremy Brooks, Jan Huling, Wookjae Maeng, and Kate MacDowell. It is curated by Mark Del Vecchio and Garth Clark.

Leonardo Drew: Paper

August 7, 2015 to October 3, 2015

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On view, beginning August 7th, at Peter Projects will be a selection of Leonardo Drew’s new prints. The forms within Drew’s compositions provide an experience of various textures and luminosities, enhancing and acknowledging the medium’s materiality, reminiscent of sculptural and painterly aesthetics.

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Make it professional: photographer

If you’re planning on selling a home soon, you might want to consider hiring a professional photographer or improving your photography skills. Doing so could be worth over $10,000.

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Brokerage firm Redfin Corp looked at listings to compare those with professional photos versus amateur ones. It found that for homes listed between $200,000 and $1 million, photos taken with a DSLR sold for $3,400 to $11,200 more relative to their list prices. They were also more likely to sell within six months and up to 3 weeks faster than the listings with amateur photos.

Although the analysis was done in 2013, it repeats a previous study the company had done in 2010 with similar results. It’s interesting to know just how much of a difference this one thing can make. Santa Fe real estate photographer Kim Richardson says her professional photography services are known to increase interest in a listing. “A professional photo dramatically increases the likelihood that a potential buyer will click through to view your listing”. Ultimately, the more people interested in your house, the better your chance of receiving an attractive offer. A photo really can be worth a thousand dollars.

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An Evening With Pussy Riot!

May 7, 2015, 6 pm

Greer Garson Theater at Santa Fe University of Art and Design

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Join us for a conversation between ­Ellen Berkovitch of Adobeairstream.com and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova (Nadya) and Maria Alyokhina (Masha), two founding members of the Moscow-based activist collective Pussy Riot.

Pussy Riot’s appearance in Santa Fe is a collaboration between SITE Santa Fe and the Santa Fe University of Art and Design. The arrival of Nadya and Masha kicks of the beginning of SITE’s 20th Anniversary — celebrating 20 years as a vital platform for creative expression, innovation and inspiration through the art of today. This conversation is also part of Santa Fe University of Art and Design’s Artists for Positive Social Change.

Your ticket purchase is a vote of support for creative freedom and enables SITE to continue to produce outstanding public programs that spark dialogue about the role of art in today’s society.

Pussy Riot is a Russian feminist punk-performance collective of approximately 10 women, known for staging provocative guerrilla-style public performances often with political themes. The group is instantly recognizable by their trademark brightly colored balaclavas, tights and short skirts.

Pussy Riot was founded in 2011 in reaction to the announcement that Vladimir Putin would run again in presidential elections, despite having served two consecutive terms from 2000 to 2008. Pussy Riot’s initial actions took the form of miniature flash mob protests in places like the Moscow Metro, where the group performed short and fast politically charged punk songs, harshly critical of the Putin government, specifically its restrictive stance on women’s issues. The group continued to use public performance and confrontation with authorities to bring attention to political repression, judicial and church corruption, LGBT issues, and women’s rights.

Pussy Riot gained international notoriety on March 3, 2012 after the arrest of 3 of their core members, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alyokhina and Yekaterina Samutselvich. The three were arrested for “Hooliganism motivated by religious hatred & hostility” after a performance in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior church in Moscow, which the group saw as a symbol of the corrupt collusion between the Russian state and church.

The performance consisted of a ‘punk prayer’, a song called “Holy Shit” which called for the Virgin Mary to overthrow Putin and criticized the corruption on the Orthodox Church, which the group sees as a propaganda instrument of Putin’s regime, citing frequent pro-Putin statements made by Russian Orthodox bishop, Patriarch Kirill, including “It is unchristian to demonstrate,” and “Putin has been placed at the head of the government by God”.

Once in custody, the three women were denied bail and held until their trial began in late July of that year. On August 17, 2012 the trio were convicted of “Hooliganism motivated by religious hatred,” and each was sentenced to two years in jail. While Yakaterina had her sentence suspended, both Nadezhda and Maria served their terms in Russian prison. Throughout the trial and their incarceration, the women attracted vocal international support from musicians, celebrities and politicians.

Since then, the group has become even more outspoken in their criticism of the Putin government and continues to perform, provoke and raise awareness around the world in spite of continual intimidation from the Russian government and media.