Writing

Marie Alarcón: Relocations at Roswell Museum

Left to right and foreground: Marie Alarcón, Non (Know Them), 2021, fiberglass mesh, organza, tulle, embroidery, shadows, copper pipe; Non (The World Ends), 2021, fiberglass mesh, organza, velvet, tulle, beads, embroidery, shadows, copper pipe; Unnamable (Don’t Come), 2021, plastic bags, synthetic hair, embroidery thread. Courtesy Roswell Museum.

This article was originally published by Southwest Contemporary in February 2022. Marie Alarcón: Relocations January 15-February 27, 2022 Roswell Museum, Roswell, New Mexico Reflecting upon the uncertain world of climate change and the call for environmental justice, current Roswell artist-in-residence Marie Alarcón, who uses they/them pronouns,… +

The Garden and the Desert and all that Flows Between

Jonas Wood, “Arrested Motion,” 2013, oil and acrylic on canvas

This article was originally published in the December 2021, Issue #6 of The Democracy Chain. I live in a garden. The garden is the pastime of my landlord who spends the warmer months of each year tinkering, inspecting his grounds. The garden keeps him… +

Work in Progress with Oswaldo Maciá

Oswaldo Maciá, Cartographies of Smell Migration, 2021, installation view at SITE Santa Fe Photo: Oswaldo Maciá. Courtesy the artist.

The following article was originally published by Southwest Contemporary. “I am an artist always on the move,” said Oswaldo Maciá days before the opening of his first exhibition in the United States, New Cartographies of Smell Migration. “My canvas is the whole planet.” We sat in the… +