A Gallery with Artists that Pop!
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stablished in 2007, locally owned Pop Gallery continues to raise the bar, drawing established and emerging Contemporary and New Brow artists to Santa Fe from around the world. Owners Michael and Sharla McDowell have a specific vision rooted in providing art lovers with a thoughtprovoking alternative. Rising from the underground world of tattooing and graffiti, comics, cartoons, pop art, illustration and surrealist artists, the art showcased feeds off the blend of influences and energies well cemented in today’s culture. In essence, Pop Gallery continues to represent a celebration of mediums and ideas, the dynamic union between independence and spirit, the emergence of sub-culture on a contemporary platform. Collectors have come to expect compelling and provocative exhibitions from POP Gallery, and the 2015 calendar exudes colorful narratives.
POP Gallery owners Michael and Sharla Throckmorton-McDowell with Rocketheads Studio artists Jeff Brock and Serge Juarez
Opening in July, POP Gallery features internationally acclaimed artist Daniel Martin Diaz during Contemporary Spanish Market. An accomplished musician, artist and writer, Diaz’s current body of work, Diagrams of the Soul, is inspired by anatomy, computer science, math, cosmology, biology, quantum science, consciousness, philosophy and time travel. “My goal is to capture concepts/ideas through simple diagrams and convey a world of conversation for the viewer. What is compelling to me is the magic and mystery in science. The laws of physics are the miracles; quantum physics is the new witchcraft and modern chemistry is the new alchemy,” says Diaz.