“I’m focused on contemporary Native American stories, the modern-day ups and downs of that lifestyle, but I’m not trying to do it in a traditional manner,” the award-winning filmmaker told Hyperallergic in an interview.
New Mexico
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An Exhibition Belies Stereotypes of Artists in the Southwest
Southwest Contemporary’s annual juried exhibition 12 New Mexico Artists to Know Now rearranges daily experiences and understandings of the world.
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Art, With an Asterisk
Artists Jami Porter Lara, Erin Mickelson, and Kate Ruck put terms and conditions front and center.
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The Real Space Invaders
New Mexico artist Eric J. García creates satirical sci-fi images of White colonization, painted with prickly pear ink.
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My Untold Manito Trail Story
Strolling through the Millicent Rogers Museum’s exhibition Following the Manito Trail, seeing my own family name displayed on the wall was complex and strange, to say the least.
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Six Decades of Contemporary Native Art at Santa Fe’s Institute of American Indian Arts
The IAIA remains the only educational institution in the world dedicated to the study of contemporary Native American and Alaska Native arts.
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An Artist’s Opiate Addiction Recovery Through Photography
For New Mexico-based artist Frank Blazquez, portraiture was the way out of a crippling opiate addiction.
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Opera Lafayette Reimagines André Grétry’s Silvain in New Mexico
The rendition could be a platform for essential conversations on sociohistorical and economic land rights issues.
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Debbie Long Turns RVs Into Vessels of Light
Over the past decade, the Taos-based artist has outfitted two vintage RVs with hundreds of cast glass pieces that collect light from the desert sky.
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Nani Chacon’s Urban Interventions Enter the Museum
The artist says she wants to “confront people with beauty and pride and complexity.”
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Jeffrey Gibson’s Solo Exhibition The Body Electric Opens at SITE Santa Fe
This comprehensive survey of Gibson’s multi-decade practice highlights his purposeful use of material, provocative language, and collaborative community-rooted performances.
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Land Art’s History Meets Its Present in Bigger Than This Room at form & concept
Documentation by Charles Ross and Robert Smithson collides with contemporary artwork made by women and people of color. Now on view in Santa Fe.