Current Exhibitions at The Albuquerque Museum
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Andy Warhol, "Mao," 1972, color serigraph on paper, Anonymous Donor, 1986.108.3 A-J ;©2011 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc./Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York |
SOCIAL SATIRE AND COMMENTARY FROM THE MUSEUM COLLECTION
December 18 , 2011 - April 8, 2012
Drawn from the Museum's extensive holdings of works on paper, this exhibition will examine artists who comment on society by drawing attention to injustice or poking fun at the human condition. Most of these objects have not previously been exhibited at the Museum and include powerful works by Barton Benes, T.C. Cannon, Mexican master Jose Luis Cuevas, Harry Fonseca, Luis Jimenez, John Sloan, and Masami Teraoka.
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| Caballero (Cavalryman) and alabardero (footsoldier), c. 1598 Iron, steel, brass, leather, cotton Photographer: Damian Andrus PC1981.219.1.a-j, 1982.20.1.a&b, 1982.38.1, 1981.213.1.a&b, 1982.35.1.a&b, 1982.197.1.a-k, 1981.229.1.a-e, 1982.191.1, 1981.75.1 |
ALBUQUERQUE: ALONG THE RIO GRANDE
November 20, 2011 - September 2013 (North and Transition Galleries)
For more than one hundred and twenty centuries, humans have lived in the region now known as the central Rio Grande Valley. When Spanish explorer Francisco Vásquez de Coronado’s army camped in the area in 1540-1542, they encountered an indigenous Tiwa-speaking native culture well adapted to a high desert environment and battling to retain its autonomy and cultural beliefs. For the next four centuries and especially after the founding of La Villa de Alburquerque in 1706, Spain, Mexico and ultimately the United States governed a population focused on survival, weathering harsh weather extremes, and building a unique economy based on agriculture, ranching, weaving, and merchant trade. Change came quickly after the railroad arrived in 1880 and especially after World War II, leading to huge population growth and making Albuquerque the creative and diverse city it is today.
Curator of history Deb Slaney notes, "This exhibition is just the right size and scope to carry us through to completion of our new core history exhibit, due to open in the Fall of 2013. Heavily drawn from 'Four Centuries: A History of Albuquerque,' it includes many of our most beloved and iconic artifacts. This exhibit is important because it allows us to continue to provide a context for students, families and out-of-town guests for learning about Albuquerque history while we are under construction during the next year and a half."
GRONK
Mural on Display Until February 2012 (Special Events Space)
In conjunction with the Santa Fe Opera, during two weeks in July the Albuquerque Museum will present the internationally renowned artist Gronk as he paints a site specific and temporary wall painting. Gronk will be designing the set for this summer's Santa Fe Opera's production of Antonio Vivaldi's "Griselda."
After the production opens on July 16, the artist will be in residence at the Albuquerque Museum for two weeks creating a monumental mural in front of museum visitors. While he maintains a serious focus on painting, the artist is also always willing to engage audiences in discussion, creating an engaging and welcoming environment in which to learn about the artistic process. At the end of the exhibition period, the mural will be painted over and will exist only in the museum visitor's memory.
Time Lapse Video of Gronk's First Day Painting at The Albuquerque Museum; Photographed and Edited by Solomon Leyba |
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Gronk, "If a Fire Alarm Rings in the Forest Can Anyone Hear It?," 2011, latex, acrylic, pastel, and chalk on latex on wallboard, Lent by the artist |
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| President Theodore Roosevelt at the Alvarado Hotel, May 5, 1903, Courtesy Holly Hening Junker and Gordon Stamm Reiter, PA2001.32.42 |
ALBUQUERQUE CELEBRATES 1912
JULY 31, 2011 – FEBRUARY 26, 2012 ( History Recent Acquisitions Gallery)
Part of The Albuquerque Museum's "Celebrating the New Mexico Centennial" programming, this exhibition relates
some of the major events taking place in Albuquerque around the time New Mexico became a state, including the 1908 National Irrigation Conference, the first aeroplane flights at the Territorial Fairgrounds, presidential visits to Albuquerque, and the ratification of the New Mexico State Constitution at the Alvarado Hotel. The exhibition will also feature examples of New Mexico's official emblems including the state cookie (biscochito), state neckwear (bolo tie) and state symbol (Zia sun symbol).
FACES FROM OUR PAST, FACING THE FUTURE: ALBUQUERQUE AND THE TURN OF THE 20TH CENTURY
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| Simon Baca and Sofia Anaya, c. 1900 Photographer: William Cobb, PA2011.3.10 |
JULY 31, 2011 – FEBRUARY 26, 2012
This exhibition features prints made from a collection of glass plate negatives by the Cobb family of photographers that was recently acquired by the Museum. The collection, found in its original custom crates and individual glass plate boxes dating from the late 1800s, was originally discovered in the
1960s in an Albuquerque Bekins storage unit. The collection was purchased with funding provided by individual donors in memory of Edith Kubie, Katy Lou McIntosh Ely, Carolyn Leach, Sarah Shortle Blue, Millie Santillanes, Vernon D. Robertson, Sally Stockman, and Jane Williams.
This will be the first time in Albuquerque’s history that images from this collection will be made available to the public. Approximately 80 photographs will be on display along with original packaging and more than 800 digital images of the collection. Many of these individuals were citizens of Albuquerque when New Mexico became a state in 1912.