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A peek at what’s showing around town
Quincy tahoma (19171956): Yellow Horse, 1952, gouache. Diné artist Quincy Tahoma painted narrative scenes of Native subjects. His signature for each painting typically contains miniature, figurative imagery related to the overall canvas — a painting within a painting. Quincy Tahoma Paintings runs through Feb. 14 at Adobe Gallery (221 Canyon Road). Call 955-0550.
Cheri ibes: Cold Storage (installation detail), 2012, ice, industrial shelving, and plastic bottles. Installation artist and sculptor Cheri Ibes transforms Axle Contemporary’s mobile gallery into a moving cold storage unit. Shelved objects encased in ice slowly reveal themselves as the ice melts away. Cold Storage opens Friday, Jan. 11, with a 6 p.m. reception and is otherwise available for viewing on weekends. For the opening, Axle parks at Railyard Plaza near the Santa Fe Farmers Market (1607 Paseo de Peralta). Check www.axleart.com or call 670-7612 for future locations.
Pascal: Bloc 216, 2012, mixed media. GF Contemporary’s Small Works holiday group show continues through Saturday, Jan. 12, and includes work by Scot Furgason, Nigel Conway, Pascal, and other gallery artists. The gallery is at 707 Canyon Road. Call 983-3707.
Sue Chiado: Blue Sky, 2012, oil on canvas. Sue Chiado: Recent Paintings in Oil, an exhibition of the artist’s abstract works, continues at Downtown Subscription (376 Garcia St.) through January. Call 983-3085.
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January 11-17, 2013
Cathy Carey: Warm Shadows, 2012, oil on canvas. Vivid New Mexico is an exhibition of new and recent work by Cathy Carey. The artist’s images of the Southwest are alive with swirling movement and a hallucinatory intensity of color. The show opens at Arroyo Gallery (200 Canyon Road) on Friday, Jan. 11, with a 5 p.m. reception. Call 988-1002.