2011 Special Event: SITE Santa Fe Brunch
As an optional add-on-special-event for this year’s southwest regional conference, we have coordinated a light brunch at SITE Santa Fe on Sunday, November 13, 2011. Below is some insight into SITE and the exhibition that will be on view at the time of the brunch.
PLEASE NOTE: You must preregister for this event when you register for the conference!
About SITE Santa Fe:
SITE Santa Fe is a private not-for-profit, non-collecting contemporary arts organization committed to enriching the cultural life of Santa Fe and beyond. It meets this commitment by providing an ongoing venue for exhibitions of artists who merit international recognition, as well as offering education and multidisciplinary public programs. Its International Biennial is a crucial part of this mission.
website: www.sitesantafe.org
About the Agitated Histories Exhibition:
From SITE Santa Fe’s Press release for Agitated Histories:
This fall, SITE Santa Fe is pleased to present Agitated Histories, an exhibition of an international and intergenerational group of artists whose works in a range of media create a dialogue with historic figures, movements, or events. For some of the artists in this exhibition, history is a subject to be challenged or re-written, while for others it is a source of inspiration and creative energy. Through Agitated Histories, our understanding of historic events is upended while new histories are brought to light. The works in the exhibition are organized around four central themes: The Archive–works that developed in response to the study of a specific historic archive; The Re-creation–works that feature a re-staging of a historic event such as a speech, a commemoration, or a political protest; The Persona–works that interrogate the image, impact, and legacy of iconic historic figures; and The Intervention–works that recall the challenges of history to register cautions about the future.
Daniel Joseph Martinez
Divine Violence, 2007
Automotive paint on wood panels,
125 parts, 24 x 36 in. (61 x 91.4 cm) each. Overall dimensions variable.
Courtesy of the artist and Simon Preston Gallery, New York
Mark Tribe
The Port Huron Project, 2006-09
(The Liberation of Our People, Angela Davis 1969/2008)
Video installation with sound
Courtesy of the artist