On our third day Susan and I walked up to the plaza, the center of old town Santa Fe, and visited first the Museums of Contemporary Native Art, and after lunch, the Santa Fe Art Museum. Both were well worth the visit. MoCNA had a very intense exhibit of the effects of Uranium mining on the native cultures, and connected it to atomic testing in other areas of the world, and the suffering it caused among many native cultures.
The Santa Fe museum was far more wider in range, with native art. well known contemporary artists, and a incredibly beautiful courtyard.
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| Just opposite the Cathedral, the Museum of Contemporary Native Arts |
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| The Main exhibit, with emphasis on Uranium mining, radiation poisoning. |
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| David Neel (Kwakwaka'wakw, Canada, British Columbia) Chernobyl Mask (Allusion to Bakwas (Nuclear Disaster Mask), 1993 Cedar wood, cedar bark, acrylic paint |
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| An assemblage of spears from the Pacific Islands |
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| Ann Collier, Kim Hahn (Korean), Jane Benale (Dine), Malcom Benally (Dine) "When they Came Home" 2017 Wall rug, dyed wool (a referral to the workers coming home with uranium dust on their clothes) |
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| Mallery Quetawki (Zuni Pueblo) "Extraction & Remediation" 2020 Diptych, acrylic on canvas |
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| Grey Cohoe (Navajo) "The Hunted Buffalo" Etching, embossing on paper |
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| Murray Andrews (Akimell O'odham) Untitled Metal etching on paper |
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| Steve Small Canyon (Navajo) "The Red, the White, and the Blue" Metal etching on paper |
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| Seymour Tubis "Old Musician"1948 Aquatint and etching I am attracted to this, somehow. |
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| plate for above etching |
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| Jen Tiger (Osage) "Talking to the Moon" 2020-2021 Fabric, hair, enamel, photo, metal, hide |
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| Susan sitting in the famous plaza. The Palace of the Governors is in the background. |
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| The Santa Fe Art Museum, right on the plaza. And another great adobe statement. |
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| E. Boyd "Church of Laguna, New Mexico" 1936-42 Watercolor/woodblock print |
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| Gustave Baumann "Old Santa Fe" 1924 Color woodcut One of the original artists to make his home in Santa Fe, and attract other artists from all over America. |
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| Luis Tapia (New Mexican) "The Temptations of St. Anthony" 1991 Pine, gesso, acrylic paint |
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| Sheldon Parsons "Aspens near Santa Fe" 1922 Oil on masonite |
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| Armond Lara (Navajo) "Yellow Horse Dancer" 2013 Pine wood carving |
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| Luis Tapia "Viva La Fiesta, Zozobra" 1996 Carved and painted wood Zozobra is an annual event in Santa Fe. Zozobra is a huge figure which people attach written prayers, confessions, wishes, list of sins, etc., all of which go up in smoke when Zozobra is burned. |
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| The delightful courtyard. |
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| The fountain creates such an atmosphere of serenity. |
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| Susan in the sculpture garden. |
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| R. C. Gorman (Navajo) "Seated Navajo Woman" 1978 Bronze |
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| Billy Schenck "3 Survive UFO Attack" 1983 Oil on canvas |
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| John Fincher "Silence # 3" 1983 Oil on canvas You would swear the picture is three dimensional. It is completely flat. |
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| Otto Duecker "Portrait of T.C. Cannon, n.d." Oil on board |
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| detail of above |
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| Tom Palmore "Red Hills and Raven" 1984 Acrylic on canvas |
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| detail It was a lot of art, I know, but that is why we came. |
Love that Sheldon Parsons landscape!
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