by Michael Carroll | Dec 20, 2015 | Scott Greene, News
Wesley Pulkka wrote a great piece about Scott Greene on December 20, 2015 for the Albuquerque Journal. The article highlights Scott’s “first local solo show in the past 20 years titled ‘Bewilderness’ a gob smacking tour-de-force of virtuosity...
by Tonya Turner Carroll | Dec 20, 2015 | Library, Blog, Art as a Universal Language
In Art as a Universal Language, Parts 1 and 2, I address some of the universal visual symbolism artists have used since the beginning of human civilization. Certain symbols have become “visual code,” allowing people from vastly different cultures and...
by Michael Carroll | Dec 12, 2015 | Fausto Fernandez, News
Fausto Fernández Nació en El Paso, Texas. Artista de collage y técnicas mixtas cuyas obras incluyen una variedad de pinturas abstractas, arte público y proyectos de vinculación con la comunidad. Lic. en Pintura y en Diseño Gráfico, egresado de la Universidad de Texas....
by Michael Carroll | Nov 26, 2015 | Scott Greene, News
In the November 26 to December 2, 2016 edition of the Alibi, Maggie Grimason’s interviews with Beau Carey and Scott Greene describe both painters “canary in the coal mine” approach to painting. Grimason writes, “Where there is a felt absence...
by Michael Carroll | Nov 20, 2015 | News, Karen Yank
Artist Karen Yank and Damon Chefchis, fabricator and owner of CMY, Inc, giving a public presentation this morning on the large scale metal sculpture that they’re making for CNM. It was a great turnout with lots of CNM art students in...
by Tonya Turner Carroll | Nov 4, 2015 | Library, Blog, Art as a Universal Language
As I pointed out in Part 1 of this series (Art as a Universal Language, Part 1: Why Understanding Visual Art is Essential), engaging with visual art of different cultures helps us understand our similarities as a human race. It helps us develop empathy, and thereby...
by Tonya Turner Carroll | Oct 22, 2015 | Library, Blog, Art as a Universal Language
As the owner of Turner Carroll Gallery, I spend a lot of time talking and writing about artwork by the phenomenal artists I represent. Lately, I’ve been consumed by the destruction of some of civilization’s greatest artifacts. Ancient art is one of my...
by Michael Carroll | Oct 16, 2015 | Jenny Honnert Abell, News
In ancient Egyptian religion, the soul was conceived as being composed of separate parts. Upon one’s death, the ba, an animated component of the soul endowed with the qualities of the deceased, was permitted to leave the tomb of the dead in preparation for the next...