A Barrio Viejo art gallery is opening its final public exhibition this week before it scales back to a by-appointment private dealer status.
The Andrew Smith Gallery exhibition will showcase the work of Miguel Gandert, a leading photographer of Hispanic culture in the Southwest for nearly 50 years, according to a news release.
The exhibition runs from June 20 through Aug. 26 and an opening reception is planned with the artist on Saturday, June 22, from 2 to 5 p.m. at 330 S. Convent Ave.
According to the news release, the gallery will continue working with large collections and historic and classic photography, particularly geologic survey photography and the works of Laura Gilpin and Ansel Adams.
It will also continue to represent contemporary artists including Shelley Niro, Zig Jackson, Victor Masayesva Jr. (Duwawisioma), Barbara Van Cleve and Gandert, as well as the estates of Patrick Nagatani and George Gardner, the release said.
The Gandert exhibition will feature prints from a 1985 exhibition at the National Museum of American history, VSJ Scenes from an Urban Chicano experience, the news release said. The images from the Albuquerque barrio capture families, gang members, low riders, religious festivals, ceremonies and personal interactions.
Gandert, born in Española, New Mexico, and raised in Santa Fe, began photographing the people around him in 1975, focusing on the lifestyles and traditions of rural and urban Hispanics living along the Rio Grande valley from Mexico to southern Colorado, the news release said.
In addition to recording and observing older traditions, Gandert also captured the newer traditions of the Latinx populations, the release said.
Gandert’s previous exhibitions include a one-man show at the National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian in 1990, inclusion in the Biennial at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1993, and the opening exhibit of the National Hispanic Cultural Center of New Mexico in 2000, amongst others.
Along with Don Usner and Louis Carlos Bernal, Gandert is one of the three primary photographers of Chicano culture in the Southwest, the release said.
The Andrew Smith Gallery is operating on summer hours, Wednesday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. To learn more, visit andrewsmithgallery.com.
Beverly Fisher opened Light | Space, her gallery/studio art space at 307 S. Convent Ave. in the Barrio Viejo neighborhood. Her focus is fine craft and art, which is minimal and nonrepresentational. On view right now is artwork by Bonnie Lynch and Linda Lynch.
The exhibition runs through December. The gallery is open Wednesday through Saturday, 12:00p.m. - 5:00p.m. Video by: Mamta Popat, Arizona Daily Star
