Young Curators: Asa Benson-Core, New Mexico School for the Arts Nina Fenzl, New Mexico School for the Arts/West Las Vegas High School Hans Frauenglass, New Mexico School for the Arts Ezri Horne, New Mexico School for the Arts Kiana Lamberton, New Mexico School for the Arts Ryan Miller, Santa Fe High School Roshii Montano, Amy Biehl Community School True Overlie, New Mexico School for the Arts Kit Willey, New Mexico School for the Arts Madison Winston, Santa Fe Prep Adviser: Amanda Lee, Education Coordinator
Artists: Carlos CdeBaca Chelsea Garcia Daisy Quezada
David L. Dampbell
Elizabeth (Betsy) Leonard
Gavin Epstein Emma Goos
Ian Alsobrook
KaiLani Mayer Katie Broyle Lani Erker
Marisa Gomes
Matthew Blumenschein Phat Le
Renata Hartman Sedona Walker Siera Risler
SITE Santa Fe’s Young Curators present:
WHAT’S INSIDE Cover Art: Elizabeth Leonard, “Three Thousand Fingers” (detail)
An exploration of internal structures and emotional forces of the natural and synthetic world, “What’s Inside” is presented in conjuntion with SITE Santa Fe’s 20th Anniversary.
Design: Ryan Miller Text: Young Curators
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Betsy Leonard’s “1,000 fingers� employs the reconstructed fingers of rubber gloves to create a platform of complex patterns. It has been installed inside a corner and uses the predetermined architecture as a support to determine its current form. Its intricate appearance resembles an organic structure and can be mentally connected to internal anatomy through its presence of recognizable organic functions.
1,000 Fingers Betsy Leonard,
Santa Fe University of Art and Design Rubber Gloves, Stuffing, Staples
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“A Corny Spectacle”is a representation of dementia that has affected the artist’s family member. The unveiling of internal corn structure combines images of mental deterioration with eroding natural fomulas. We chose this piece for the visual imformation- the corn being shucked. It is relatively concrete example of “What’s Inside.” What is beneath the protective layer of corn?
A Corny Spectacle Simin Liu
Albuquerque Academy Colored Pencil on Canson Paper
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Peonies by Lani Erker portrays a distressed figure with a revealed ribcage. From the ribcage, beautiful pink peonies are blooming. This piece was chosen for its representation of human anatomy and of mental being: the beauty humans possess on the inside, while externally they may be expressing negative emotions. This painting shows the skeletal system that is within all of us as well as the emotional conflicts that all humans embody.
Peonies Lani Erker
Albuquerque Academy Watercolor
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Marisa Gomez wished to re-imagine the way we think about technology and the waste it causes by putting it in context of food. This work was selected to show a more technological ideology on the theme of What’s Inside.
Expiration Marisa Gomez
University of New Mexico Found Objects, Cellophame, Foam, Steel
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“Jane� focuses on the elements that make up the human body and how, despite all human beings being chemically the same, we are all unique. This peice was chosen due to the elments contained inside the jars: physical elements rarely thought of that make up our entire self.
Jane Renata Hartman
Albuquerque Academy
Elements, glass jars, shelf
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This diptych demonstrates a very unique relationship between two figures, not demonstrating a specific identity. The artist depicts a sexual relationship, creating a raw intamacy. This raw emotion is portrayed elsewhere is the exhibiton between the pieces and the figures in them, which organizes similar traits throughout our show.
Shadows Emma Goos
St. John’s College Charcoal on paper
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This piece speaks implicitly about the fragility of women in a chauvanistic world. It displays how women are viewed as mysterious and unknown and are forced to ‘forgo their own needs.’ the Young Curators chose this piece due to its association with the inner workings of general society, as well as the intriguing mysteriousness that it embodies.
Untitled Daisy Quezada
Santa Fe University of Art and Design Concrete, porcelain
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Inside a Car Wreck by Carlos CdeBaca gives us a picture and written explanation of the reactions that occur inside a car and inside a human body when a car accident occurs as well as the affects on the outside world. The artist made this piece after being in a car accident , and wanted to see what happened internally that lead to his survival. This piece is unique because it brings human anatomy together with the synthetic world which would be the car. This piece is much more of technical and straightforward way of addressing the theme of What’s Inside. It builds on the idea of small parts making up a whole which can be seen in other work in the gallery.
Inside A Car Wreck Carlos Cdebaca
Albuquerque Academy Charcoal on paper
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Sprouts Like Dialogue is a depiction of the artist’s image of self through the perspective of another. Each tile represents someone’s short description of a specific area of the artist’s body, which she then interpreted directly onto each tile. By creating a new body through these personally-interpreted tiles, the artist has used her grasp of personal intimacy to portray the resulting detachment from the body itself, thus providing a raw, close up image of what she really consists of. The artist’s portrayal of her inner self through another’s eyes by means of her physical self creates intriguing paradox that is fascinating both to examine and to analyze individually. It is because of this unique element, as well as because of how well this piece complements the subtheme involving the human body in this exhibition, that the Young Curators knew early on that this piece would be a crucial to the evolution of this year’s project.
Sprouts Like Dialogue: Self-Portrait Through the Perspective of Another Siera Reisler in collaboration with Jesse Garcia Santa Fe University of Art and Design Charcoal on paper
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“Losing Clarity” emobodies the theme of “What’s Inside” literally and metaphorically with its high-contrast, vivid portrayals of human emotion and physical being. Its display of anatomy and mental feeling is to be interpereted by the viewer while also creating a strong emotional tone.
Losing Clarity Chelsea Garcia
Santa Fe University of Art & Design Archival Pigment Prints
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Reimagined landscaped uses a colorful, glittery collection of objects to describe and contextualize surreal and ethereal feelings into 3-dimensional frames of floating objects. Hung by strings, these pieces have a surrealistic quality in reality and their artistic being, and their presence can be attributed to the bright, vivid colors and patterns that fill each frame. The artist creates internal environments, or landscapes, in each frame and portrays a feeling of euphoria and wonder through her work.
Reimagined Landscapes Sedona Walker-Morrissey
Santa Fe University of Art and Design Found objects, Collage
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The comprehensive exhibition What’s Inside looks at conceptual interpretations of what is metaphorically inside and what is literally inside. TV shows a large television with white words written around the outside of the machine naming the parts of what makes it possible for families to watch their favorite prime show. Ian explains, “ eventually, as with many obsolete objects, the knowledge that went into designing the object is lost.” The Young Curators chose this piece because of the literal interpretation of what’s inside similar to Cabinets by Garin. The piece was simple and balanced the different understandings of what’s Inside.
Prime Time Television Ian Alsobrook
Albuquerque Academy Televison, Mixed Media
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In making this piece, the artist Katie Broyles was inspired by her surroundings in nature and her childhood. She created a piece that shows her body exposed, revealing the contents of her soul. This work was selected because of its emotional presence andf its perspective on what’s inside the body, in contrast with the more anatomical pieces in this show.
Expanse Katie Broyles
Santa Fe Preparatory School Plastercast, watercolor
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Untitled (String) is reminiscent of trauma from the artist’s past. This deeper, more personal meaning may not be explicitly clear; however, this piece is powerful in the way it engages with any given individual. The artist’s choice to noticeably damage a seemingly innocent, safe, and generic-looking image creates an unsightly piece that evokes a similar sense of trauma in any individual interacting with it. Trauma assumes different forms in all individuals; therefore, this piece has the ability to create completely different experiences for each person who interacts with it. The artist has used semiotics to his advantage here, for the sight of damage tends to correlate with the emergence of uneasy emotions. Along with its more obvious connection to the recurrence of human flesh in this exhibition, the underlying versatility of this piece, which is realized by a single simplistic image, proved refreshing to the Young Curators, and it was therefore deemed a necessary addition to this year’s exhibition.
Untitled (String) David Campbell
University of New Mexico Archival Pigment Print
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“Devoured� has been included as a part of our e xhibition for its strong presence and completely literal embodiment of our theme. Its attention-seeking appearance and unique quality make it a perfect representation of our strong and vivid ideas. The bicyle consumed by a tree trunk is a whimisical and visually stimulating piece that fits within our show through its context and shape.
Devoured Matthew Blumenshein
Albuquerque Academy Mixed Media
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L-R: RYan Miller, Madison WInston, Roshii Montano, True Overlie, Ezri Horne, Hans Fraunglass, Asa Bensen-Core, Nina Fenzl, Kit Willey. Adviser: Amanda Lee
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OPENING: 5/9/15
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