2017
LAND ARTS OF THE AMERICAN WEST EXHIBITION
Land Arts of the American West is an interdisciplinary, field-based, studio art program at the University of New Mexico. During the program, students travel extensively throughout the Southwest while camping and investigating environmental sites, human habitation systems, and questions facing the region. This exhibition features culminating works by the artists – created on site or in response to their experiences out in the field.
John Sommers Gallery
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM
December 4-14, 2017
Gallery Hours: 9am – 4:45pm
Artists:
Adele Ardent
Issy Arnold
Viola Arduini
Alex Kinney
Ruby Pluhar
Paul Ross
Mikala Sterling
Exhibition overview
Seed Quilt, Adele Ardent
Singing To A Rock To Put Back In The Ground, Issy Arnold
rock, karaoke videos, space blanket, neon rope light, microphones, curtain hooks
Field Notes 2.0, Alex Kinney
The Fading Brightness of the Womb, Blaise Koller
salix exigua (coyote willow), fabric, human hair, soil/ Albuquerque, New Mexico
Exhibition overview
Beauty Needs Protection, Viola Arduini
grass, steel cable, photgraphic print, video
Resource Privilege: A Product of My Environment, Amy Catherine Hulshoff
cast iron tub, plaster, silicone, rubber hose, water, soil, rocks, cactus, motorized pump Borderlands Restoration Network, 2017
From You,To You, Alex Kinney
Icarus, Viola Arduini
video projection on acetate
Golden Gus, Ruby Pluhar
photographic print, 2017
Infra, Paul Ross
sound piece of various water sources
Dancing In Space, Ruby Pluhar
inkjet print on plexiglass