Truth in Youth

From New York to Corrymore Elucidates Portaiture's Possibilities

Beautiful people and compelling portraiture don’t have to be synonymous, a point that Robert Henri’s portraits of Thomas MacNamara in From New York to Corrymore: Robert Henri & Ireland firmly reinforce. As the subject of “Sandy” and “Portrait of a Boy (Sonny Mac),” MacNamara is woefully bucktoothed and maintains bemused, dopey expressions.

Funny Business

Jacob A Pfeiffer takes things literally in Metaphorically Speaking

Trying to appreciate a pile of sticks hanging over a fishbowl without any context is an exercise both confusing and pointless.

Triple Threat

Rebels presents three distinct takes on lowbrow art

“Lowbrow” is a word fraught with symbolism. The term, which originated in California in the 1970s to describe a wave of colorful, energetic art inspired by sundry slices of the zeitgeist—punk ro

Separated

When I learned about the attacks on the Twin Towers, I was a tenth-grader stationed in Miss Feige’s English class in Westerville North High School in Westerville, Ohio. 

Common Ground

Land Use/Misuse examines man’s tumultuous relationship with nature

Man is a secondary, negligible entity in Land Use/Misuse—a fact both banal and remarkable.

Of Wickets, Sixers and Cultural Chasms

Sweat 2011

If you want to know how to play cricket properly, the first thing you need to learn is how to plead overdramatically.

Cash Prizes

Louviere + Vanessa’s Counterfeit makes the most out of money

A US dollar might be small and worth little, but it is no simple thing.

Deadly Delights

Last Supper examines Natives’ dire relationship with diabetes

Making art that’s both creatively powerful and morally instructive is no easy task. The key to fulfilling both instincts (should they clash) is subtlety. Last Supper, C Maxx Stevens’ site-specific installation at the Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, has trouble achieving that.

Medium Well

Clear and Present begins to explore the myriad possibilities of glass

Most glass metaphors are just too easy. As we’ve spent centuries utilizing the material in three primary capacities—for dinnerware, windows and mirrors—we made symbolic associations with two of these manifestations long ago.

Worlds Apart

Two local staples stand side by side, but grow ever idiosyncratic

The perpetual liveliness of Santa Fe’s art scene is self-evident—take SFR’s overstuffed visual arts listings as proof—but even so, the city gains a certain vigor during the weekend of Traditional Spanish Market, which celebrated its 60th anniversary last weekend. Hotel rates increase; parking advertisements pop up out of nowhere; vendors peddle turkey legs and snow cones; 200-plus artists take over the Plaza; and nearby traffic somehow crawls even slower. It is, by all means, an event.