In honor of the enormous contribution Women, Children, and Immigrants have made to contemporary art in the United States, Turner Carroll is devoting its exhibition space to them through the end of Women’s History Month (March, 2017). The exhibition features...
John Berger 1926-2017
Twenty years ago I spent one of the most memorable days of my life in the company of John Berger. On a trip to visit my dear friend in Paris, filmmaker Rodrigo Dorfman, we decided to meet Mr. Berger, and tramped off to find him. Some hours later we were warmly ushered...
516 Arts – Bewilderness
516 ARTS spotlights two of Albuquerque’s most prolific painters with concurrent solo exhibitions exploring contemporary changes in the landscape while referencing the rich history of classical and 19th century American Landscape painting. Scott...
Art as a Universal Language, Part 7: Why We Should All Be Feminists (Hung Liu, Jamie Brunson, Nina Tichava)
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, in her “We Should All Be Feminists” TED Talk, asserts that every human being has the responsibility to call him- or herself a feminist. She points out that when men or women do not embrace feminism, they are literally denying...
Art as a Universal Language, Part 6: Art as Social Change
Contemporary Syrian War Poster shows the reality of children’s existence in Syria today Kara Walker’s “Testimony” reveals the injustice in African American history Image by Australian street artist “Meek”, stencil art of his “Begging for...
New American Paintings
The monsoon season is late in coming this summer, but the rains are finally upon us. Scott Greene (NAP # 18, #30, #54, #66, #78, #96, #108) has been imagining this deluge for some months, as he works on a large painting in his studio just north of ABQ. His work is...
July 19 – August 9, 2016 | Drew Tal and Karen Yank: Circumspect
Agnes Martin once told Karen Yank that the “circle is too expansive” as an art form. Karen later said it was perfect shape for her, because she could control it; because she understood its implications. In the same way Drew Tal uses the gaze on the circle of the face...