R. Patrick Harris: Alchemy

Chiaroscuro is pleased to announce its season opener, a solo exhibition by R. Patrick Harris, titled: Alchemy. On view May 3 – June 1, 2019, with public opening reception Friday, May 3, from 5-7 pm. Harris is an accomplished painter who strives to create images of concepts that prompt thinking again and again about the … Read more

Renate Aller @ Parrish Museum of Art

PARRISH ART MUSEUM PRESENTS RENATE ALLER: THE SPACE BETWEEN MEMORY AND EXPECTATION, AN EXPLORATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP OF ROMANTICISM, MEMORY, AND PLACE—ON VIEW MARCH 24 TO JULY 28, 2019 Part of the Parrish Perspectives series, the exhibition, features 12 large-scale images from the Ocean | Desert and Mountain Interval series WATER MILL, NY 2/7/19—The Parrish … Read more

VAS, Recommendation, Daniel Brice: Polaroid Paintings

Daniel Brice Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico Recommendation by Amanda Malloy Continuing through January 5, 2019 In a departure from his typical color block and geometric abstraction, Daniel Brice’s “Polaroid Paintings” are inspired by a single Polaroid of flowers in a vase which was hanging on the wall of his studio. Contained within … Read more

Cabinets of Curiosities: LIT: The Work of Rose B.Simpson

Cabinets of Curiosities: LIT: The Work of Rose B.Simpson Published in The New Mexican, Pasatiempo, Art in Review, Dec 7-13, 2018 by Michael Abatemarco Throughout her career, Santa Clara Pueblo artist Rose B. Simpson has maintained a self-reflective, personal connection that permeates all of her work. Whether she’s crafting monumental warrior figures in clay and mixed media, wall-mounted masks, dolls, … Read more

Daniel Brice: Polaroid Paintings

November 23 – December 29, 2018 Opening Reception, Friday, November 23, 5-7pm Santa Fe, NM– Chiaroscuro is pleased to present a new body of work from Los Angeles based painter Daniel Brice, on view from November 23 through December 29 in the main gallery. Polaroid Paintings is a collection of large and small scale paintings, based … Read more

Renate Aller Book Review, from Musee

BOOK REVIEW: MOUNTAIN INTERVAL Photo Project by Renate Aller Plate 59 #1 – USA, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, Nov. 2015 © Renate Aller, Mountain Interval, Radius Books by Labanya Maitra  published August 20, 2018 Mountains are Earth’s way of documenting its nearly 4.5 billion years of existence. Standing tall and proud, these sentinels of life and evolution … Read more

2018 Indian Market Exhibitions

Rose B. Simpson (Santa Clara Pueblo): Table of Contents August 10 – September 8, 2018 Opening Reception, Friday, August 10, 5-7pm   Annual Contemporary Native American Group Show: Native Visions  August 17 – September 8, 2018 Opening Reception, Friday, August 17, 5-7pm   Solo Exhibition: Rose B. Simpson (Santa Clara Pueblo) Table of Contents August 10 – … Read more

Renate Aller “Mountain Interval,” Book Essay by Terrie Sulton

  MEMORY, EXPECTATION, AND THE MYSTERY OF SCALE TERRIE SULTAN We want the world because it is beautiful, its sounds and smells and textures, the sensate presence of the world as body. -James Hillman1 Renate Aller’s dynamic compositions are rich with implied narratives, and the photographs in her Mountain Interval series are the fullest expression … Read more