SITE SANTA FE - the Southwest's premier cutting-edge, contemporary art space, just unveiled its' 36,000 square foot interior/exterior spaces, designed by New York based SHoP ARCHITECTS.
Photo courtesy of SITE Santa Fe
According to the architects, the exuberant new exterior of the building - including a folded aluminum "prow" jutting towards the sky - is intended to signal a welcoming gesture to the community while also serving as an iconic new presence for SITE as it moves forward.
And, Brazilian Artist Regina Silveira's large-scale graphic installation of insects that 'swarm' over SITE'S facade, mezzanine and courtyard are magnificent and alluring...
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Step inside and this soaring space is full of light and surprises. Colorful seating...an inviting shop... and fun and funky installations...
IRENE HOFMANN- Phillips Director and Chief Curator at SITE Santa Fe (left) and SHoP Architects Principal Christopher Sharples and Project Director, Ayumi Sugiyama, welcome visitors at the opening of SITE Santa FE.
New York Artist Tom Sachs mixed-media JOURNEYMAN 2008-2016...and
MARS EXCURSION ROVING VEHICLE 2010-2012
S I T E L A B G A L L E R Y
This new 2,000 sq. ft. gallery space will showcase a series of exhibitions
throughout the year. The inaugural exhibit is San Francisco-based artist
KOTA EZAWA: THE CRIME OF ART - a group of light-boxes and video animations that chronicle some of the most infamous museum heists in history.
TAKE A PEEK AT THE REST OF THE EXHIBITS & SPACES...
F U T U R E S H O C K
October 7, 2017 - May 1, 2018
A large-scale exhibition of international artists that articulates the profound impact of the acceleration of technological, social and structural change upon contemporary life.
F U T U R E S H O C K
October 7, 2017 - May 1, 2018
A large-scale exhibition of international artists that articulates the profound impact of the acceleration of technological, social and structural change upon contemporary life.
Canadian Artist, Patrick Bernatchez created a multimedia installation that imagines multiple dimensions of time as a faceless horse and rider travel adrift in a future landscape of ice and snow.
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Alexis Rockman's large-scale paintings - BATTLE ROYAL & BRONX ZOO - create imagined landscapes addressing environmental issues and plausible scenarios of the future.
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DARIO ROBLETO'S - SETLISTS FOR A SETTING SUN (THE CRYSTAL PALACE), 2014 - a work that features a range of found and constructed objects, images and sounds that pay homage to an early moment of future shock: the earliest known recording of a live musical performance, created in 1888.
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ANDREA ZITTEL
Powder-coated steel and aluminum & birdseye maple plywood & cushions
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RAFAEL LOZANO-HEMMER (lft) in collaboration with Krzysztof Wodiczko
A room-size installation that employs surveillance cameras and facial recognition technology to trace visitor movement and patterns of assembly.
1606 Paseo De Peralta - Santa Fe
505-989-1199
http://sitesantafe.org
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A delightful read... available at Collected Works, Palace of the Governors Bookshop & History Museum Bookshop.
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F A R M E R S M A R K E T
Still going strong every Saturday at the RAILYARD...chiles are roasting...and picture-perfect veggies are a delicious choice
for rich stews and soups...
Pretty enough
to
paint.
And...just across the tracks from the FARMERS MARKET
is the El Museo Cultural Market...I dropped by
and found an old friend who had just set up a booth...
DAVID MICHAEL KENNEDY
Fine Art Photographer
El Rito, New Mexico
David (rt) and his intern Andrew Collins...
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http://gallery901.org
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