PROJECTS - 2017
Land Arts of the American West Exhibition 2017

John Sommers Gallery
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM
December 4-14, 2017
Gallery Hours: 9am - 4:45pm
Artists
Adele Ardent
Issy Arnold
Viola Arduini
Alex Kinney
Ruby Pluhar
Paul Ross
Mikala Sterling
Land Arts of the American West is an interdisciplinary, field-based, studio art program at the University of New Mexico. During the program, students travel extensively throughout the Southwest while camping and investigating environmental sites, human habitation systems, and questions facing the region. This exhibition features culminating works by the artists - created on site or in response to their experiences out in the field.
Exhibition overview

Seed Quilt, Adele Ardent

Singing To A Rock To Put Back In The Ground, Issy Arnold.
rock, karaoke videos, space blanket, neon rope light, microphones, curtain hooks

Field Notes 2.0, Alex Kinney


GroundWork Session 1,
Paul Ross, Adele Ardent
salix exigua (coyote willow), fabric, human hair, soil
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Exhibition overview

Beauty Needs Protection, Viola Arduini
grass, steel cable, photgraphic print, video


Resource Privilege: A Product of My Environment, Amy Catherine Hulshoff
cast iron tub, plaster, silicone, rubber hose, water, soil, rocks, cactus, motorized pump
Borderlands Restoration Network, 2017

From You,To You, Alex Kinney

Icarus, Viola Arduini
video projection on acetate

Golden Gus, Ruby Pluhar
photographic print, 2017

Infra, Paul Ross
sound piece of various water sources

Dancing In Space, Ruby Pluhar
inkjet print on plexiglass