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Wednesday, October 13,2010
Art Reviews

As Not Seen On TV

At Dwight Hackett Projects, Loser wins

Rani Molla
When Bravo aired Work of Art: The Next Great Artist, the art world let out a collective groan. Criticism abounded, but we suspect the laments had less to do with critical upset and more reflect high-brow disdain for reality shows.
Wednesday, October 6,2010
Art Reviews

Premium Blend

Blending Archives explores humanity without context

Rani Molla
Archives, ideally, provide insight into the past. Through the information they contain, they have the potential to illuminate dark corners of shared history. Blending Archives, however, is more personal.
Wednesday, September 29,2010
Art Reviews

Axle Rose

A gallery on wheels lets itself grow

Rani Molla
In regard to his decision to mine two huge gashes into the Virgin River Mesa, earth artist Michael Heizer in 1967 explained, “The position of art as a malleable barter-exchange item falters as the cumulative economic structure gluts.
Wednesday, September 22,2010
Art Reviews

Pop Heart

For Pop Surrealism, all that glitters is gold

Rani Molla
Pop surrealism consists of art that is frequently loved but rarely appreciated. The movement takes pop art detritus and combines it with surrealist principles for work that includes, but is not limited to, comic books, lowrider decals, tattoos and anything else normally considered lowbrow.
Wednesday, September 15,2010
Art Reviews

Trade Route

Two artists take on and take from Asia

Rani Molla
Cultural objects can be inspiring—especially other cultures’ objects. They also can be easily appropriated, and it’s often hard to tell where influence ends and theft begins. That said, the two simultaneous exhibitions at Linda Durham Contemporary Art share thematic ties, stark beauty and a complicated Asia fetish.
Wednesday, September 8,2010
Art Reviews

Who is the Eggman?

A new gallery takes its cues from many sources, including nonsense.

Rani Molla
Follow the signs’ friendly blue walrus as it bounds from a Palace Avenue entrance, around a bend near the back corner of Milagro 139 and up a stairwell embossed with colorful clouds, black crows and sundry quotes, and you’ll find one of Santa Fe’s newest galleries. Go a little further and see that Eggman and Walrus—unlike its namesake song “I Am the Walrus,” which John Lennon wrote to thwart those looking for significance in The Beatles’ lyrics—is open to interpretation.
Wednesday, September 1,2010
Art Reviews

Window to the Sol

Past As Presence doesn’t settle for the simple things in life

Rani Molla
There’s often only a thin line between artistic process and gimmick. For Joanne Lefrak’s Past As Presence, the concepts are separate, but there’s quite a bit of both. Upon entering Box Gallery’s large, open space, the etchings on clear panels are nearly invisible and, when they are apparent, the etch marks themselves look like grease stains caught in the light.
Wednesday, August 25,2010
Art Reviews

Out in the Elemental

Photo exhibition puts nature into psychological perspective

Rani Molla
Elemental’s three complementary photographers—Chris McCaw, Mitch Dobrowner and Edward Ranney—all focus on nature as their subject, but without an overt environmental message. A show that invokes earth, fire, wind, water and heart, however, can’t stray too far from the Planeteers’ territory—or from fear and love.
Wednesday, August 18,2010
Art Reviews

Bank Statement

MoCNA makes a statement but keeps odd hours

Rani Molla
This year, when collectors flood in for Indian Market, casting countless shutter lenses, interpretations and intentions on Native art, it will be amid the ongoing celebration for the 400th anniversary of Santa Fe’s founding by Spanish colonialists.
Wednesday, August 11,2010
Art Reviews

Ruffles and Ridges

Wayne Thiebaud hasn’t lost his edge

Marin Sardy
We’ve all seen the graph before. It’s a line that spikes and plummets its way uphill from 1896—the year the Dow Jones industrial average was created—peaks in late 2007 and then declines the present day. It bears an uncanny resemblance to the mountain slopes in three of Wayne Thiebaud’s most recent paintings.
 
 
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