infinite quest: Bebe Krimmer’s (inter)stellar creative journey Bebe Krimmer is stuck at home, The snow is piling up, the grade of her quarter-mile-long driveway is steep, and, for once, the 78-year-old artist has decided not to venture out for her morning swim. “My friends always worry because they know I do crazy things,” says Krimmer. … Read more
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Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art presents new abstract landscape photographs by Gunnar Plake titled The Space Between. The show consists of nine large scale photographs made over the past two years in and around the Grand Canyon. The exhibition runs from October 24 through November 22, with the public opening reception, Friday, October 24 from 5 to … Read more
Santa Fe – Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art announces two solo exhibitions running concurrently September 19 – October 18, 2008, Emmi Whitehorse’s Recommence and Flo Perkins’ Parts and Pieces. The opening reception is Friday, September 19 from 5 to 7pm. Chiaroscuro follows up a major Native American group show with a solo exhibition of work by … Read more
“Sweating the Big Stuff” by Paul Weideman for The New Mexican Friday, August 22, 2008 Rick Bartow, a member of the Wiyot tribe and an artist who is represented in Without Limits: Contemporary Indian Market Exhibition at Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art, experiences little joy in his successes — his life story has more than the usual … Read more
“Modern Natives”By Kim Russo A woman at an exhibition of Norman Akers’ paintings told him that his work wasn’t Indian enough. “I’ve never been on a buffalo hunt, what do you want?” he remembers replying. His curt response points to the complicated question of what makes something authentically Native, a question that can make us … Read more
Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art presents its annual Contemporary Indian Market Exhibition, Without Limits from August 15 – September 13, 2008. Opening reception is Friday, August 22, 5-7pm. Without Limits showcases the work of eleven Native artists who challenge preconceptions about Native art and identity whether seen through their own personal lens or through the lens … Read more
Irene Kung, Project 06/03 July 18 – August 9, 2008 Opening reception, Friday, July 18th from 5-7pm Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art announces a major exhibition of new works by European photographer Irene Kung from July 18 – August 9 titled Project 06/03. The opening reception is Friday, July 18 from 5 to 7pm. Project 06/03 consists … Read more
Albuquerque Journal Venue North Friday, June 20, 2008Familiar ApproachBy Hollis Walker Of the Journal The current exhibit at Chiaroscuro features three contemporary women artists who are kin by more than blood. But for starters, Nora Naranjo-Morse is the mother of Eliza Naranjo-Morse and great-aunt of Rose B. Simpson. The latter also is the daughter … Read more
Gallery Update: 6/19/08 In the last few weeks Chiaroscuro has received a substantial amount of new inventory as the yearly cycle brings us to the top of our 2008 season from July – October. We have added, or in the process of photographing and adding, many new works to the website. Chiaroscuro presents two curated … Read more
