David Richard Gallery will present Richard Anuszkiewicz, Variations: Evolution of the Artist’s Media 1986-2012, the gallery’s first solo exhibition for the artist that will feature three-dimensional artwork, including wall reliefs and pedestal sculptures. 

Featuring sculptural works accompanied by drawings and paintings, the exhibition maps the evolution of Richard Anuszkiewicz’s art from 1986 through 2012 as he moves out of the purely two-dimensional plane and explores visual perception and three-dimensional space with the greatest economy of means. Using only thin strips of wood or metal that are painted with two or three carefully selected hues, he creates reductive structures that take advantage of a well known phenomenon in which the viewer’s mind completes the minimal constructs, envisioning a whole from the fragments by filling in the suggested flat surfaces or layers of overlapping planes. These structures are not only more architectural, but much simpler than his paintings, relying less on painting methods to create optical illusions and more on a literal approach aided by pure color. 

In the "Translumina" series, the painted wooden strips on wall reliefs or pedestal sculptures create open structures that read as solid three-dimensional shapes. In some wall reliefs, the distances between the wood strips are graduated, which in combination with alternating hues model the rectangular shapes and create the illusion of rounded columns. Thus, he creates and maintains a tension between painting and sculpture to create the illusion of solid three-dimensional overlapping shapes. Another series of sculptures is still more reductive, whereby Anuszkiewicz uses only thin strips of metal constructed in a two-dimensional plane and painted with one to four colors—mostly primary—such that they appear as line drawings. These sculptures are so open and transparent, they seem to float like boxes and cruciform structures in space. 

The exhibition will be accompanied by a catalogue with an essay by John Yau of New York.

Richard Anuskiewicz studied at Yale University with Josef Albers and at age 82, his art making still focuses on color and visual perception. His artwork has been featured in over 340 solo and group exhibitions since 1951 and is currently included in the international exhibition, "Dynamo: A Century of Light and Motion in Art, 1913 - 2013" at the Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, in Paris (France) through July. He was included in seminal exhibitions that ushered in Op Art, such as "Vibrations Eleven," Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, January 6 - 31, 1965 and "The Responsive Eye," Museum of Modern Art, New York. February 23 - April 25, 1965 and early in his career, he was represented by the important Sidney Janis Gallery of New York. Anuszkiewicz’s art is included in the permanent collections of over 70 museums around the world including: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL; Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; and Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, among others.

David Richard Gallery specializes in post-war abstract art including Abstract Expressionism, Color Field, geometric and hard-edge painting, Op, Pop, Minimalism, Feminism and conceptualism in a variety of media. Featuring both historic and contemporary artwork, the gallery represents many established artists who were part of important art historical movements and tendencies that occurred during the 1950s through the 1980s on both the east and west coasts. The gallery also represents artist estates, emerging artists and offers secondary market works. 

Stephen Knapp, "Lightpaintings,"
courtesy of Setford and Bridges.

ART Santa Fe
Coming July 11-14, 2013

This summer Santa Fe is introducing an Art Trifecta with three major art events occurring simultaneously from July 10-15.  ART Santa Fe’s thirteenth edition offers an exhibition of contemporary art featuring galleries and artists from around the world; SITE Santa Fe features Latin American artist Enrique Martinez Celaya’s multi-sensory installation; and the International Folk Art Market offers 190 artisans from 60 countries with one-of-a-kind masterworks.  Santa Fe’s Art Trifecta hosts 5 days of non-stop activities and events that span a broad spectrum of art from edgy, contemporary galleries and installations to indigenous, hand-crafted art from across the globe.

Linda Mary Montano: You Too Are A Performance
Artist, (published by SITE Santa Fe, 2013)

State of Mind:
New California Art Circa 1970
Linda Mary Montano:
Always Creative
Mungo Thomson:
Time, People, Money, Crickets
Through May 19, 2013

Closing performance: Linda Mary Montano, "Singing My Heart In"
Friday, May 17, 10am–5pm 

Art/Life Counseling with Linda Mary Montano and Book Signing
Saturday, May 18, 10am–noon

Railyard Arts District
435 South Guadalupe Street
Santa Fe, NM 87501
Phone: (505) 982-8111
Fax: (505) 982-8160
Email: zanebennett@aol.com
Website: www.zanebennettgallery.com
Hours: Tuesday - Saturday,
10am-5pm; & by appointment

Celebrate WWA Santa Fe's
NEW location &
Exhibition Reception
Nazar Yahya, "Rose Water
(an Homage to Twombly)"
Friday, May 24, 2013, 5-7pm

On May 24th, 2013 Wade Wilson Art Santa Fe will re-open with a 2,700 square foot space with floor to ceiling windows that will fill the gallery with light, which as many know is the fuel for the beauty of many works selected by Wade. To celebrate, we are presenting Nazar Yahya, whose works are collected internationally in esteemed private, and institution collections alike.Removed from his native Baghdad with his family in 2003 after the Iraq War, Yahya has resolved to continue and expand his art in an environment which is foreign to his sensibility as a creator of profoundly spiritual artworks. The exhibition, titled"Rose Water," reflects Yahya’s conviction and his passion. The images are awash with rose water, a cleansing and welcoming rinse, in the tradition of the artist’s heritage.

artists represented:
rosella namok
samantha hobson
kidditji knjwarraye
ningura napurrula
yinarupa nagala
dorothy napangardi



The gallery has closed its
Read St. address and is currently
in the process of relocating.


gallery staff:
saher saman, director
elizabeth guber

237 East Palace Avenue
Santa Fe, NM 87501

Phone: (505) 989-9888
(800) 879-8898
Email: info@peytonwright.com
Website: peytonwright.com
Hours: Monday - Saturday, 10am-5pm; Sunday by appointment

Darren Vigil Gray, "Thunder Landscape no. 2," 2011, acrylic on paper on board, 40 x 60" .

"An Affair with the Muse"
A Collection of World-renowned Artists and Local Talents
Through May, 2013

Benefit for the Santa Fe
Symphony, Reception:
Friday, May 10, 5:30-7:30pm




P: (505) 699-6576
E: kristinjohnsonart@yahoo.com
W: kjfagallery.com
FB: kristinjohnsonfineart
H: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm

Nic Noblique, "Poke Your Eyes
Out Light Out," powder
coated salvaged steel.


Nic Noblique

May, 2013

P: (505) 795-7476
E:
pippincontemporary@gmail.com
W: pippincontemporary.com
H: Mon.-Sat. 10am-5pm

Bob Clyatt, "Three Hanging
Butoh Figures," raku-fired
stoneware, steel cable, each
varies: 31-35 x 8-20 x 6-10".

Bob Clyatt
"Ancient Presence"

May 3 - June 4, 2013
Reception:
Friday, May 3, 5-7pm
Artist will be present


P: (505) 995-8513
E: info@jsauergallery.com
W: jsauergallery.com
H: Tues.-Sat., 11am-6pm