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SANTA FE SCULP T URE O BJ ECT S F UN CT IO N AL ART

INSIDE7 SOFA adds a dose of outsider art to its eclectic Santa Fe

mix, moves to summers high season.

10 Become a museum foundation member, get in early tothe opening night shindig, all part of community outreach.

14 Navigating SOFA

17 More than an exhibit: special events, lectures lend depth,context to event.

21 International buzz is all around, with the latest from Europe,Canada and the Far East on display.

22 Japanese flavor adds texture to show, links to New MexicoMuseum of Art exhibit.

24 All the exhibitors

Fujitsuka Shosei, Fire, 2011

Hobichiku and rattan

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Charles Steffen spent most of his

life sketching the things he saw in his

Chicago neighborhood. His subjects

were those he knew best: his mother,

the woman who cashed his Social

Security checks, flowers and plants

from his yard. Much of his work was

drawn from memory.

Steffen studied art at the Illinois

Institute of Technology, but after a

mental breakdown, he spent the next15 years at the state hospital, where he

underwenttreatmentsfor schizophrenia,

including electroshock.

But Steffen never stopped making

art, creating one or two drawings with

pencil or colored pencil every day,

sometimes using everyday products

around the house, such as brown paper

bags. Before he died in 1995, Steffen

considered throwing away his drawing

and photographs more than 2,000

but instead placed them with a nephew

who showed interest in his work.

Some of Steffens work will be a part

of the Sculpture Objects & Functional

Art West: Santa Fe 2011s Intuit Showof Folk and Outsider Art, Thursday-

Sunday (Aug. 4-7) at the Santa Fe

Commun ity Con ven tion Cen ter.

Steffens work was also featured at

Chicagos Intuit: The Centerfor Intuitive

and Outsider Art, and is represented at

SOFA by Russell Bowman Art Advisory

in Chicago,which specializes in modern,

contemporary and self-taught art.

The combin ing of art from an

outsiders point of view promises to

bring a unique slant to the show, said

Mark Lyman, SOFA president. The

Intuit presentation will add leading

dealers and galleries of outsider art an

umbrella term that encompasses self-taught art, art brut, ethnographic art,

nontraditional folk art and visionary art

to the already diverse mix.

The nonprofit Intuit center was

invited to SOFA Chicago last year to

rave reviews. The collaboration, which

enhanced sales of outsider art, piqued

the interest of new buyers and brought

welcome attention to the Intuit center.

At least seven galleries representing

outsider art will be a part of the 35

dealers including several international

dealers confirmed for the show.

We think Santa Fe is an ideal venue

for Intuit, said Donna Davies, a SOFA

sales executive and former Santa Fe

residentwho worked at theGeraldPeters

Gallery. Folk art is not new to Santa Fe,

especially with the Hispanic and NativeAmerican influences, where there is

typically a lot of self-taught artists.

Aesthetically its the same concept, so

we think its the perfect mix.

The gallery-presented, international

art exposition dedicated to bridging the

worlds of design, decorative and fine art

is now in its third year in Santa Fe. The

show continues to expand and enhance

its experience for the audience, said

Lyman. Its also moved from July to

August in hopes of building on the

12,000 in attendance last year as part of

Santa Fes busy summer season.

Its really the high time in Santa

Fe, Lyman said. The opera is in fullswing and people are getting ready for

Indian Market. Its the best time to be

in Santa Fe.

The shows lecture series will also

include a question-and-answer session

at 12 :30 p.m. Satu rday (Aug. 6)

between Santa Fean Eugenie Johnson,

a regarded collector of outsider and

folk art, and Cleo Wilson, executive

director of the Intuit center. The lecture

series is open to anyone who buys a

general admission ticket.

Both folk art and outsider art are

gen eral terms for work don e by

nonacademically trained artists, said

Bowman, who also will represent morethan a half-dozen outsider artists

at SOFA West. But while folk art is

thought of in terms of 19th-century

artists of certain communities like

Amish quilts, for example outsider

art is more of a 20th-century term

for those artists viewed as outside

the community. Many of the artists

OUTSIDE INSOFA returns for third year with eclectic mix

BY BEN SWAN

Visitors viewcontemporaryceramics in theCLARK+DELVECCHIO Gallerybooth lastyear.


RANDY FRANKLIN

Karl Mullen, Untitled, 2010

Walnut oil, raw powder pigment and pastels on paper 30 x 22

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may have been confined in prisons or insaneasylums.

Some consider it the art of the insane, he

said, but that is not always true. The term is

more broadly applied to include those self-

taught artists who were never institutionalized.

Typically, those labeled as outsider artists

have little or no contact with the mainstream

art world or art institutions; often their work

isnt discovered until after their deaths. The

art itself can illustrate extreme mental states,

unconventional ideas or even elaborate

fantasy worlds.

Bowman will also present more than seven

outsider artists at the show, including some

with Southwest influences. Joseph Yoakum,

known for his imaginary landscape works,claimed to be born on a Navajo reservation,

served in World War I and traveled with a

circus. Charlie Willeto, who died in 1964, was

a Navajo medicine man. His unusual take

on visionary wooden carvings, which appear

to be inspired from many sources, brought

widespread recognition.

Some of the other galleries presenting

outsider artists include the Packer Schopf

Gallery of Chicago, who will present the

Cowboy Constructions of Harry Young;

and the Judy A Saslow Gallery of Chicago

with work by Henry Darger. The Galerie

Bonheur of St. Louis, Mo., which represents

international folk and outsider art with an

emphasis on the Caribbean, Central andSouth American countries, will offer a mix of

painting, woodcarving and textiles.

Outsider artists are simply trying to make

order out of chaos, something that motivates

many traditional artists, said Intuits Wilson,

who is also a founding member of the center.

It can be intense, she said. The artists are

compelled to create, not for the market, but

for themselves. Often theyll use every bit

of paper to tell their story. People are always

trying to figure out why we are here some

do it through art, others through service.

They are trying to find different ways to

answer those questions.

The Intuit center was created a decade

ago by a group of eight who were concernedthat much of the art was being ignored by

major museums, Wilson said. The center, the

only nonprofit group in the U.S. dedicated

to outsider art, works to promote public

awareness, understanding and appreciation

of the art through education, exhibition,

collecting and publishing.

While the art might be different than what

many people consider Southwest-inspired

art, Wilson said a Santa Fe audience is likely

to be more open-minded. People always have

strong feelings about the art, she said, and its

not always easily accessible.

I t s a dynamic f ie ld, Wilson said.

Sometimes its funny commentary, and there

is a lot of religious visions where they are just

preaching.

Having so many galleries representing

nontraditional folk and outsider art offers

people a chance to talk about the genre.

Thats part of the unique flavor of SOFA.

Santa Fe has always been a mecca for artists,

Wilson said. This will be the perfect audience;

they will get it quicker.

Unlike the more urban and large-scale

experience of SOFAs Chicago and NewYork shows, the Santa Fe show allows a more

intimate experience, Lyman said, noting the

centers pleasant courtyard and the SOFA

caf that offers spirits, sandwiches and light

supper. The show has found its own pace, he

said, drawing a diversity of galleries from local,

regional, national and international markets.

I think the sophistication of galleries in the

show is very strong, he said. The other thing

is that more Santa Feans are embracing the

show. Santa Fe has galleries and a market in

place already, but the venue is strong enough

to bring in collectors who are interested in art

and Santa Fe. The show has been finding its

own voice.

Davies, who organized the galleries forthe show, said she worked to make sure local

galleries had more of a presence this year.

Aside from increasing the number of galleries,

the diversity of the galleries will be welcoming

to visitors, who will find everything from

large-scale bronze sculptures and furniture to

paintings and jewelry.

I wanted it to be a multidimensional fair,

she said. That was my focus. There is a

range of media as well as form that you will

see at the fair. There should be something for

everybody, something thats unique, and thats

what these dealers are looking for.

But an art show is not just the place to buy

work, Lyman noted. Its the perfect place for

people to engage with the artist or dealer.It doesnt have to be tied to making an

acquisition, Lyman said. It should be about

a new experience and sometimes these things

are not easy to understand intellectually.

Find out as much as you can. Its important

to open up that dialogue. And then it might

make sense to own the art, especially if you

understand and have the insight.

DETAILS

SOFA West: Santa Fe 2011 runs Thursday-Sunday (Aug. 4-7), with opening nightevents Wednesday (Aug. 3) starting at5 p.m., all at the Santa Fe CommunityConvention Center, 201 W. Marcy St.Starting at 5 p.m., the preview is forMuseum of New Mexico Foundation

members, with VIP cardholders allowedto enter at 6:30 p.m. The public previewbegins at 7 p .m., with $50 t icketsavailable at the door starting at 5 p.m.General admission hours are noon-6 p.m.Thursday-Sunday. Tickets are $15 for one-day admission and $25 for a four-day pass.More information at www.sofaexpo.com.

Duane Reed Gallery travels from St. Louis to participate in SOFA West: Santa Fe.

A visitor examines work in the Jane Sauer Gallery booth.

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arles Steffen, Portrait of an Old Woman, 1992

lored pencil on brown paper bag 17 x 12

ssell Bowman Art Advisory, Chicago

Bill Traylor, Red Dog, 1939-42

Pencil, poster paint on found cardboard 18 x 31

Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago

Michel Nedjar, Untitled Darius 1996

Mixed media on paper 30 x 41

Judy A Saslow Gallery, Chicagoos Ferguson, Family Supper, 1960samel on paper board 26 x 30

lerie Bonheur, St Louis

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SO FA SANTA FE

Just what is First Look at SOFA?First Look is a lovely cocktail party where the

purpose isto look at art,explained Jane Sauer

of Jane Sauer Gallery on Canyon Road. On

every side are art dealers and artists eager to

tell you the works concept, what its made of

and how it was made.

SOFA stands for Sculpture Objects &

Functional Art, and this is Santa Fes third year

hosting SOFA. First Look is its gala opening.

When Santa Fe Convention Centers doors

swing out to reveal SOFA West at 5 p.m.

today (Aug. 3), Museum of New Mexico

Foundation members will have a First Look.Five hundred fifty Foundation Circle and

Business Council members will vi ew art, speak

with artists and purchase works displayed in

35 spectacular booths before anyone else

is allowed in.

The museum foundation is a private,

nonprofit partner to the Museum of New

Mexico, which includes the Museum of Art,

Museum of International Folk Art, History

Museum/Palace of the Governors, Museum

of Indian Arts & Culture/Laboratory of

Anthropology and the state monuments.

Even before the first SOFA West opened

in 2009, organizers brainstormed with the

foundation about how the two groups might

be involved. SOFAs VIP events coordinatorGinger P iotter says SOFA works with

museums at all three of its locations to engage

their upper-level members, because they are

collectors and SOFA provides them with new

opportunities for collecting.

Foundation Circle and Business Council

members pay annual fees ranging from

$1,500-$10,000 for individuals and $500-

$25,000 for businesses. Ann Scheflen, the

foundation director of development and

membership, said, First Look is a perfect

way to thank them for their s ignificant

contributions.One would have to travel broadly to see

these current works from all over the world,

Scheflen said.The foundation is pleased to

collaborate with SOFA because our museums

are of international caliber and so is this show.SOFA is like many galleries wrapped into

one, said Jake Rodar of Reynolds Insurance.

Its a collection of amazing, contemporary

international art work accessible in our own

town. Reynolds Insurance is a foundation

Business Council member and will provide

EARLY ACCESSUpper-level foundation members get inside first

BY K A REN M EA D O W S

financial support for First Look in 2011, as it

did in 2010. Rodar says Reynolds became

involved because the company insures a

great deal of fine art, and its clients are SOFA

enthusiasts.

SOFA has done a lot for Santa Fe, Joan

Dayton said. Its a chance for Santa Feans to

see whats going on around the world in art.

Dayton has been a Foundation Circle member

for 18 years and is on its board of t rustees.

Our members consider First Look at

SOFA a tremendous perk, she said. We

get to be there before the throngs for a live

opening night. Its even better than a galleryor museum opening because you can get

right next to the art, and interact with artists

and gallery owners.

All agree that the works at SOFA are

museum-quality. Gallery owner Jane Sauer

added, Most of the artists are involved with

less traditional materials that stimulate the

senses in a different way from paintings,

drawings or photography. Expect to have

questions and be surprised and learn. Sauer

will have a booth at 2011 SOFA West, as she

does annually at SOFA in Chicago, New

York and Santa Fe. She is also a foundation

Business Council member.

Sauer says the artists showing at SOFA

have mastered their media and techniques,and have gone beyond.

Santa Fean Geoffrey Gorman is one artist

Sauers gallery will feature at SOFA. He uses

found objects like sticks and bolts, rusted car

parts and mountain bike tires to create playful

animal sculptures. Gormans dogs, rabbits and

New Mexico birds are poised in suspension,

and look at you with expressive faces. Metal

bits, kitchen utensils, tools and fishing tackle

adorn some of the animals like fetishes or

milagros.

Other artists Sauer will highlight include

Santa Fean Roberto Cardinale, a former

foundation director who hand carves and

paints images of historic New Mexico

churches; Russian-trained porcelain sculptorIrina Zaytceva; glass and bronze sculptor

Chuck Savoie; and wood sculptor Randall

Rosenthal.

Feel really free to go up to anyone and

say, Tell me about this, encouraged Sauer.Whether youre just curious or you adore it

or you want to buy it, theyre happy to explain

it to you.

DETAILS

At 6:30 p.m. tonight, VIP cardholders can

join SOFA opening night at the Santa FeCommunity Convention Center, 201 W.Marcy St. At 7 p.m., members of the publiccan purchase $50 tickets to come in.

For a First Look at 5 p.m., Ann Scheflensays shell sign up new Circle or BusinessCouncil members as late as 4:45 p.m.today. Contact her at 505-982-6366,www.museumfoundation.org.

Geoffrey Gorman, Mystax

Mixed media 23 x 14 x 8

Jane Sauer Gallery, Santa Fe

Nuala ODonovan, Pinecone Heart

Porcelain 30 x 30 x 35 cm

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C arl H am m er Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Charon Kransen Arts . . . . . . . . . . . .405

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Theres more to Sofa West: Santa Fe 2011 than the

eclectic mix of contemporary art from around the

world. Its also a time to immerse yourself in art, culture

and learning thanks to the special events that are

a staple of the Sculpture Objects & Functional Art

West: Santa Fe 2011.

Events for the public include a private backstage

tour of the Santa Fe Opera, a full schedule of talks,

tours and in-booth events aimed at connecting the

audience with the shows diverse range of art, said

Ginger SOFA, who handles SWAY special events and

VIP programming.

We like towork with organizationsin thecommunity

to provide a mutally beneficial experience, she said.

Its a way of having SOFA West attendees who might

not know Santa Fe take a part in the culturally and

historically rich aspects of the area.

The New Mexico Museum of Art in Santa Fe also

will present a small exhibition at SOFA previewing the

museums show, Kimono: Karen LaMonte and Prints of

the Floating World. The show, which runs though Nov.

6, juxtaposes LaMontes life-sized, cast-glass sculpture

of a kimono with figurative woodblock prints.

Several invitation-only affairs, including a design

reception sponsored by Trend Magazine, and a

International Folk Art Museum reception welcoming

SOFAs spotlight on The Intuit Show of Folk &

Outsider Art, also are on tap.

The special events and programs help to giveSOFA participants a sense of place, said Mark Lyman,

SOFA president and director.

There are special VIP experiences to visit peoples

homes, and go behind-the-scenes in the museum,

he said. The study trips and talks open to the

general public offer unique experiences. There are

many different levels for people to personalize that

experience.

The private backstage tour of the Santa Fe Opera

offers people a unique perspective on how an opera

production comes together. The tour was popular last

year, P iotter said. Its a wonderful place to visit and is

highly regarded in the community.

The Friday (Aug. 5) behind-the-scenes tour

includes the operas costume and props shop. Opera

staff will be on-hand for questions, including DavidZimmerman, the Wig/Makeup Department Head for

the Santa Fe and Dallas operas.

Zimmerman will talk about the effect of makeup

and hair on transitioning a character from young to

old, light-skinned to tan and thin to fat. Piotter said

Zimmermans in-depth talk will cover what is a very

crucial facet of the opera.

The lecture series features renowned curators,

collectors, critics, artists and dealers. The talks arecomplimentary with admission to the fair; seating is on

a first-come basis.

One panel discussion in the series, The Language

of Glass, brings together artists with international

reputations as well as a connection to Santa Fe.

Presented by Pilchuck Glass School of Seattle and

moderated by its executive director, James Baker,

the panel will discuss the role of glass as an artistic

medium.

Glass as a material for creative expression is

relatively new to the region and is increasingly

gaining popularity among collectors and the public,

Baker said. Collectors are developing a greater

understanding of the aesthetic qualities of glass.

Other talks of note include a discussion by Chicago

gallery owner Douglas Dawson of how to determineauthenticity and why its important in contemporary,

tribal and found art; a talk by Santa Fes Blue Rain

Gallery on the increasing blending of the Native

American and contemporary art collecting fields and

a discussion with sculptor Ted Larsen and independent

curator, critic and writer John OHern, former director

of the Arnot Art Museum in Elmira, N.Y., and current

Santa Fe resident.

A RICHER EXPERIENCESpecial events serve up a sense of place

BY BEN SWAN

KEN HOWARD

Magic Flute, 2010Santa Fe Opera

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Blown engraved and kiln formed glass

Blue Rain Gallery, Santa Fe

SPECIAL EVENTS9:15 a.m.-noon, Friday (Aug. 5) Behind the SEEN: Backstage at theSanta Fe Opera, plus exclusive wigs and makeup presentation. Transportationprovided; tickets $25 per person. Contact Julie Oimoen, 847-913-7830, or [email protected].

6-8 p.m. Friday (Aug. 5) Canyon Road Gallery Night, . Refreshments willbe served and galleries open late to give SOFA visitors a chance to see gallerieson Canyon Road after the fair closes.

SPECIAL INBOOTH EVENTS

2 p.m. Thursday (Aug. 4) Lisa Smith, Treasures Within. Smith shares herpersonal aesthetic and discusses the spirituality of her hand-built ceramic figures.Thomas R. Riley Galleries, Booth 206

4 p.m.Thursday(Aug. 4) DougRandall:Modern Mosaics. Randall discussesthe maturity of his process and the evocative imagery he creates. Thomas R. RileyGalleries, Booth 206

2:30 p.m. Friday (Aug. 5) The Other African Art: The New World ofAfrican Ceramics. Gallery owner Douglas Dawson explores the issues of collecting,including market, prices, authenticity and the delight of exploring the new worldof clay. Complimentary catalogs will be distributed to attendees. Douglas DawsonGallery, Booth 300

3 p.m. Friday (Aug. 5) Adam Aaronson: The Landscape Revisited. ArtistAaronson will talk about the relationship between his glasswork and Carol Naylorstextiles, their inspiration and the process behind the work. ZeST Gallery, Booth607

5 p.m. Saturday (Aug. 6) Yvonna Demczynska: Contemporary Irish Crafts.Gallery director Demczynska discusses the inspiration for contemporary crafts, inparticular the landscapes and shores of Ireland in the work of three Irish artists.Flow Gallery, Booth 500

LECTURE SERIES

12:30 p.m. Thursday (Aug. 4) Elevating Glass Collecting in the Southwest,Blue Rain Gallery. Owners Leroy and Tammy Garcia discuss the gallerys evolutionfrom contemporary Native American to contemporary and its role in expandingglass art collecting in the Southwest. Artists Tammy Garcia and Shelly MuzylowskiAllen discuss their personal evolution as artists in working with glass.

3 p.m.Thursday (Aug.4) Collectors Notes: Japanese Prints of the FloatingWorld. Collector Lee Dirks and Japanese print expert, author and gallerist JoanMirviss explore the history, art and connoisseurship of Japanese woodblock printsfrom the Edo period (1616-1868). The discussion will be moderated by LauraAddison, the curator of the New Mexico Museum of Art exhibition, Kimono:Karen LaMonte and Prints of the Floating World.

12:30 p.m. Friday (Aug. 5) Is this Real? Seeking Authenticity. Chicagogallery owner Douglas Dawson, a specialist in ancient and historic art from Africa,Asia and the Americas, discusses how to determine authenticity and its importancein contemporary art, tribal and found art.

3:30 p.m. Friday (Aug. 5) Art & Non-Art Materials, Ted Larsen inConversation with John OHern. Artist Larsen, represented by Santa Fes EightModern, talks with OHern, an independent curator, critic and writer.

12:30 p.m. Saturday (Aug. 6) What is Outsider Art? A question-and-answer session between Santa Fe resident and collector Eugenie Johnson and Cleo

Wilson, director of Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, Chicago.3:30 p.m. Saturday (Aug. 6) The Language of Glass. A panel discussionmoderated by Seattle-based Pilchuck Glass Schools executive director, JamesBaker. Panelists include artist James Drake and artist John Torreano.

3 p.m. Sunday (Aug. 7) Stimulus/Response: What are you looking at? ArtistRick Beck, represented by Thomas R. Riley Galleries, Cleveland, discusses theevolution of his large-scale glass sculpture and the concepts, artists and artisticmovements that have been seminal in the development of the works.

Bottle, Zande Culture, Democratic Republic of Congo, late 19th century

earthenware 15 x 9

Douglas Dawson, Chicago

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BELLAS ARTES 653 Canyon Road Santa Fe, NM 87501505.983.2745 [email protected] www.bellasartes gallery.com

OLGA de AMARALVII PUEBLOS VII POLICROMOS

AUGUST 5 to SEPTEMBER 10, 2011

Opening Friday August 5th 5 - 7 PM

Pueblo I 2010 ber, acrylic paint, gold leaf 53 x 22

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Opening Night Reception: August 5, 5-8PM

205 Canyon Road 505.955.1500

www.greenbergfneart.com

The Figurative AbstractionsMark Yale Harris

Opening Night Reception: August 5, 5-8

223 Canyon Road 505.820.9229

www.elyseefneart.com

Shadow SculpturesRandy Cooper

GREENBERGFINE ART

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S O F A W E S T SANTA FE

Santa Feans can travel the world, art wise, by perusing

the 300 international artists exhibiting this week at

SOFA West.

Out of 27 participating galleries, 20 including four

from Santa Fe will be showing artists who live

outside the United States. There will also be a gallery

from Argentina, one from Canada and two from

England represented.

This year theres a surge in Japanese and Danish

ceramics. Joan B. Mirviss, Ltd. will focus on master

Japanese potter Sakiyama Takayuki. Mindy Solomon

is bringing contemporary South Korean ceramist KangHyo Lee, said SOFA sales executive Donna Davies.

The Douglas Dawson Gallery, Chicago, will show

an all African mixture of ceramics, sculptural vessels

and prehistoric work, she said.

Londons Flow Gallery is featuring several Irish

artists who find inspiration in nature. Were bringing

the sculptural ceramics of Irelands Nuala ODonovan

along with Joe Hogan who uses willow he grows

himself. Hes one of the best respected basket makers

in Europe and collects old bog woods, Flow Gallery

owner Yvonne Demczynska said.

The thistle inspires ODonovans porcelain

sculptures. She loves working in patterns. The forms

are constructed over a period of months or even

years. She responds to the geometry of nature,

Demczynska said.There will be three jewelers who all use different

materials - gold, silver, found objects and stones.

Some of their inspiration comes from artifacts,

seascapes, urchins and shells, she said.

Well be showing Rosa Nguyan, Vietnamese

ceramist and glass maker. Some of her work is seed

pod-like, Demczynska said.

Danish artist Hans-Henning Pedersen, whose

wooden vessels are made from beech and ash found

locally on the island of Bornholm, turns the wood

when its green and almost paper thin. It dries out

over several months and assumes unpredictable,

asymmetrical forms, she said.

Londons ZeST Gallery will feature work by

Adam Aaronson and Carol Naylor in The Landscape

Revisited.Carol Naylors stunning embroidered canvases

use the threaded needle in place of the paintbrush

and pencil to produce abstracted scenes imbued with

movement and undulation created by the tension and

fret of the stitching, ZeSt Gallery Manager Corinne

Alexander said via email.

Adam Aaronsons glass forms and vesselstranscend

ordinary expectations of the medium to celebrate the

natural f low and force of molten glass, demonstrated

by his organic shapes, she said.

Canadas Darrell Bell Galleryis bringing Joe Fafards

large scale cast bronze sculpture, Colombe 6 x 8.5

x 3 and Victor Cicanskys bronze Apple Pedestal

Table I 28 x 22 x 22, among other works.

Fafard and Cicansky, who became well known in the

1960s, were reportedly influenced by the California

funk art movement and sometimes bring a sense of

playfulness to their work.

Joe Fafards work with animals has always been

about honoring them; recognizing that our cultureshave been built on the backs of animals. The presence

of spirit of the animal is present in all of Joes work,

owner Darrell Bell said via email.

Britishtextile artistKay Sekimachi will be at theJane

Sauer Gallery. Theres a revolution, a transformation

in textiles. Instead of being on a loom making table

runners or bedspreads being woven, theyre making

work more sculptural, Jane Sauer said.

Were calling the exhibit, Kays Treasures shes

in her 80s and will be at the exhibit. She works with

the skeletons of leaves and puts them together as a

basket. She makes others out of wasp nests. Kay uses

organic colors smoky grays and warm browns,

almonds and cinnabars, Sauer said.

Australian artist Noel Harts work is very colorful.

He lives near the Great Barrier Reef where there arelots of parrots and exotic birds. He has an aviary and

his work is about birds; the flight of birds or in honor

of discoveries regarding birds, Sauer said.

Santa Fes Tai Gallery represents 40 different

bamboo artists. Most of our artists are in their 70s

and 80s. In the last 100 years many found they didnt

want to make functional objects but wanted to create

unique, one of a kind vessels and sculptures, David

Halpern said.

Some of the bamboo is dyed or lacquered. Theres

a type of bamboo sometimes used thats come out

of rafters in old Japanese farmhouses. The kitchen

smoke makes a dark patina on it. Its highly prized and,

when the farmhouse is torn down, its only given to the

finest craftsmen, Halpern said.

222 Shelby St. will show Italian artist Nino Carusosmodern pieces formed with New Mexico clay. Hes

85 years old and a very important artist. Caruso is

coming to the show and will give a special talk at the

222 Shelby booth, Davies said

Clark + Del Vecchio will exhibit Akio Takamoris

ceramic vessels some of which are large scale with

erotic images and Danish potter Bodil Manz, who

creates translucent cylinders of egg shell porcelain.

A WORLD OF ARTInternational influence adds spice to fair

BY FLO BARNES

Victor Cicansky, Apple Pedestal Table, 2010

Cast bronze, patina, acrylic 28 x 22 x 22Darrell Bell Gallery, Saskatoon

Carol Naylor, Fields Unfolding 1

Freehand machine embroidery

32 x 21

ZeST Contemporary Glass Gallery, London

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Since 1853, when Japan was opened to trade and

political and cultural interactions with the West,

Japanese culture has greatly influenced artistic

practice beyond its own borders ... Impressionists and

post-impressionists such as Eduoard Manet, Edgar

Degas, Mary Cassatt, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and

Vincent van Gogh all integrated lessons learned from

(Japanese) woodblock prints into their work.

Laura Addison, New Mexico Museum of Art

curator of 20th-century contemporary art, wrote

that explanation for the exhibition, Kimono: KarenLaMonte and Prints of the Floating

World. Timed to coincide with SOFA

West this summer, Kimono includes

nearly one dozen figurative Japanese

woodblock prints dating from the

1700s. Addison curated both the

museum exhibition and a selection

of woodblock print landscapes for

SOFA by famed 19th-century artists

Hiroshige and his chief student

Hiroshige II. They will be exhibited in

the Museum of New Mexicos booth

at SOFA West.

Addison will moderate a discussion

on Japanese woodblock prints at 3

p.m. Thursday (Aug. 4) with SantaFe collector Lee Dirks and author,

expert and dealer Joan Mirviss.

Japanese woodblock prints, said

Dirks, are a window on Japanese

culture, mores and everyday life,

especially during the time when it

was closed to all foreigners.

Dirks became interested in Japanese art while

serving in Japan with the U.S. Air Force in the late

1950s. On a lieutenants pay with three small children,

Dirks was limited in his purchases, but he bought

one print that is still a favorite, and became a lifelong

collector of Japanese woodblock prints.

Their appeal is universal. Dirks owns prints from

One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (early Tokyo), a

series that inspired a number of Western artists. Hesays architect Frank Lloyd Wright and author James

Michener were obsessed with the Japanese aesthetic

and Claude Monet collected more than 200 Japanese

woodblock prints by the great masters.

Dirks believes Santa Fe has a particular connection

with Japanese woodblock prints. In Tokyo 12 years

ago, he discovered a print by leading Japanese artist

Kiyoshi Saito (1907-1997) entitled 1955: Inn at Santa Fe.

Looking closely, he realized the Inn was the Santuario

de Chimay. Saito received a U.S. State Department

grant in the mid-1950s to come to America; and

Dirks suspects that Saito visited Santa Fe because of

Gustave Baumann.

Baumann (1881-1971) lived more than 50 years in

Santa Fe and was known internationally for his intricate

woodblock prints. You have to believe they had some

contact, Dirks said.

Recently Dirks bought a 1980 Toshi Yoshida (1911-

1995) print of Native American vendors in front ofthe Palace of the Governors. He

speculates that Yoshida, too, visited

Santa Fe since every Japanese

woodblock artist of that time knew

of Saito, if not of Baumann.

Joan Mirviss gallery is integral

to the presence of Japanese art at

SOFA. There has been a long-

standing representation of work by

Japanese artists at SOFA, Mirviss

said. In my area of specialization,

ceramics, the Japanese have far

outpaced their foreign colleagues

for decades and have and continue

to strongly influence ceramists from

around the world.She says SOFA wil l provide

a u ni q ue o p po r tu ni t y f o r

knowledgeable contemporary clay

collectors and enthusiasts to study

and admire a broad spectrum of

Japanese ceramics.

Mirviss SOFA West booth will

feature two acclaimed Japanese ceramists. Sakiyama

Takayuki specializes in sculptural vessels that echo the

rhythm, texture and movement of the sandy shores

beneath his seacoast home, Mirviss said. And Kato

Yasukage is a 14th-generation potter working in the

difficult areas of centuries-old oribe copper-green

glaze and creamy white feldspathic shino glaze.

Four other booths at SOFA West 2011 also will

display Japanese art: Clark & Del Vecchio of SantaFe, ceramic masterworks by Akio Takamori; Dai Ichi

Arts of New York, Shiro Shimizus glazed porcelain

and glass sculpture; David Richard Contemporary of

Santa Fe, Harue Shimomotos fused glasswork hanging

sculptures; and TAI Gallery of Santa Fe, Shosei

Fujitsukas bamboo baskets and sculptures.

EAST MEETS WESTJapanese works underscore global connections

BY KAREN MEADOWS

Fujitsuka Shosei, Fire, 2011

Hobichiku and rattan

11 x 11 x 44 high


RICHARD

Kato Yasukage, Stoneware vessel with oribe green-copper g

Joan B. Mirviss LTD., New York

In my area of

specialization,

ceramics, the

Japanese have

far outpaced their

foreign colleagues

for decades and

have and continue

to strongly influenceceramists from

around the world.

JOAN MIRVISS

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NISHIHARA KATSUM

TAKAYUKI Sakiyama, Elliptical twisting open sculpture with carved surface, 2011

8 3/4 x 9 1/2 x 14 1/4

Joan B. Mirviss LTD., New York

Torii Ippo, Sea Roar, 2004

Madake bamboo and rattan, 20 x 13 x 16.5


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