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New York Times Magazine Profile 2022
written by Joshua Hunt @viajoshhunt
photographs by Cara Romero @cararomerophotography
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SITE Santa Fe is thrilled to present Rebecca Ward: distance to venus, a solo exhibition by Brooklyn-based artist, Rebecca Ward. Employing banded, sewn, and deconstructed canvases, Ward’s work explores the line between painting and sculpture. Her work emphasizes materiality and process, as she unravels and reassembles canvas to expose underlying stretcher bars, revealing the multidimensional physical structure of the painting itself.
distance to venus features a selection of recent works (2021-2022) tracing the transformative phases of pregnancy and childbirth through the language of geometry, materiality and abstraction. Expanding upon her previous vernacular of hard angles and straight lines, Ward’s new paintings employ curves which evoke an idealized female form. As a queer person experiencing motherhood, the artist implies a separation from the archetype of the female goddess, positioning a changing body in relationship to landscape, mathematics, and celestial phenomena.
Venus, at its nearest distance to Earth, is some 38 million miles away. Navigating her 38th rotation around the sun, Ward documents this rite of passage by transcribing the immeasurable into abstract minimalist forms. The exhibition coincides with the release of a monograph entitled before & after, which includes a conversation with curator Brandee Caoba.
Rebecca Ward (b. 1984, Waco, TX) lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
Axle Contemporary’s E Pluribus Unum project coming to Northern New Mexico
August 25- October 11, 2022
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Since 2012, Santa Fe’s mobile artspace has been traveling across the state of New Mexico working on a statewide photographic portrait project, E Pluribus Unum. The mobile gallery is outfitted as a mobile black and white photography studio. Visitors bring an object of personal significance and sit for a portrait, holding their special object.
Prints are made immediately using Axle’s solar-powered printer. One copy is given to the participant, another is pasted onto the exterior of the Axle mobile artspace. Over the course of each iteration of the project the exhibition grows to include many hundreds or thousands of portraits. At the close of each project, a book of the portraits and accompanying writing is published and the portraits are exhibited in local museums and artspaces.
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Q: What does a typical day in the studio look like for you?
A: One of Pablo Picasso’s best known quotes is, “Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.” I’d like to unpack the word “work” throughout this interview.
I start by collecting information. Some might call it “piddling around”. For example I’ll ask the question, “what is a white wall?” Then I’ll spend the next week testing different hues of white paint and explore lighting on different walls. As I piddle, I have music playing in the background, and when a good song comes on, I save it in a playlist. This new playlist will become part of the foundation for a new painting series.
This first chapter in my studio practice also includes looking, and playing with ideas around possible supports, materials and scale. I think about new methods and experiments I want to take part in. Inspiration comes in the form of a title and color parameters for the new series.
The next chapter may be what some call “work”. I am no longer gathering information, but processing. I stretch and prime, lay down colored grounds, and begin working with the first value studies. I have a sense of where I want to go, and which colors I will use, but I don’t know how it will unfold.
The final chapter is the most exciting. When the glaze layers are really taking shape, I work in a state of awe and gratitude. I lose track of time, I lose track of myself. Continue reading “Artist Spotlight with Willy Bo Richardson”
Santa Fe Studio Tour (SFST), is excited to announce they are expanding their opportunities for artists and art lovers by becoming a member!
Artists from all different backgrounds are welcome. The SFST goal is to create a year-round sense of community and expand visibility for member artists through advertising, social media, and events beyond the annual Santa Fe Studio Tour.
COST OF MEMBERSHIP: ARTIST MEMBERS $50 + NON-ARTIST MEMBERS $35
Sat, Jun 18, 2022, 6:00 PM
Studio Bianco
821 Canyon Rd, No. 5
Santa Fe, NM 87501
There will be great food, drink and conversations, so please join us as we explore the potential for NFTs and art!!
The evening will start with an interactive dining installation prepared by Chef Marc Rasic. Then Charles Oppenheimer, Julian Thompson and Joshua Bingham will lead a guided discussion about the use of NFTs for digital and physical art. In addition, they will introduce the concept of a Non-Player Game (NPG), i.e. look into a living painting. And finally, there will be an auction for the NFT of the NPG!!
A special thanks to Studio Bianco for hosting this event.
For more information on the event please check out our June 18th @ Studio Bianco event website or the main Studio Bianco website.
SITE Santa Fe presents The Body Electric, a solo exhibition spanning Jeffrey Gibson’s multi-decade practice. Gibson’s merging of artistic styles, and historical and contemporary cultural references synergizes to create vibrant, multilayered works of art that express the complexities and relationships between injustice, marginalization, and personal identity.
The Body Electric features a survey of the artist’s painting, sculpture and installation, as well as newly commissioned works including the performance To Name An Other and a large scale mural, THE LAND IS SPEAKING ARE YOU LISTENING, activating SITE Santa Fe’s front lobby and main galleries.
Jeffrey Gibson (b.1972, Colorado) is a celebrated multidisciplinary artist whose works are represented in over 20 permanent collections across the US. He is a member of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and half Cherokee
