Docent training began today about “Visualizing Albuquerque” January 31 – May 10, 2015 Docent training began today about “Visualizing Albuquerque” The exhibition is part of On the Map: Unfolding Albuquerque Art + Design which is a city-wide cultural partnership that celebrates the art of central New Mexico. At the heart of this collaboration, the Albuquerque Museum’s exhibition titled Visualizing Albuquerque, curated by Joseph Traugott, will investigate the unique history and present of central New Mexico art and serve as an umbrella for institutional partners. Traugott says, ”Albuquerque artists found their own artistic voice after World War II and transformed a western boom town into a thriving art center. This exhibition demonstrates how an influx of modern-minded Californians moved to Albuquerque and changed the city by unleashing the creativity of local artists. The resulting abstract works broke with traditional New Mexico scenes. By including women and their concerns, ethnic perspectives, popular culture subjects, and political content after 1980, Albuquerque artists synthesized an aesthetic that shunned commercial trends. Visualizing Albuquerque revels in the region’s diverse artists and reveals how their distinctive fusions have bridged aesthetic divides and cultural rifts.” This exhibition begins with items from the regions very ancient past, “Folsom Points” through Spanish and US entry into New Mexico including the influence of the Atomic Bomb. This exhibition will also showcase the amazing amount of modern contemporary artists that were located here in Albuquerque.
Posted on: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 21:22:30 +0000
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