June 20 - July 16, 2008
Colette Hosmer | Hungry Ghost
Porcelain ducks, 3 ton granite fish, cast iron elk ribs. This 2008 sculpture exhibition at the William Siegal Gallery (www.williamsiegal.com) presents the cow, elk, fish, duck and pig as sustenance at its source and explores the many levels of meaning associated with a meal.
Thirty years after moving to Santa Fe, New Mexico, Hosmer’s art pervades the global market with several bodies of work actualized during lengthy residencies in China. Hosmer has been deeply inspired by China’s cultural practices, especially relating to sustenance. Food is not a new concept in Hosmer’s work; rather, it has been an inspiration revisited throughout her thirty-year career. Hence, the title of Hosmer’s exhibition: Hungry Ghost. The hungry ghost is associated with appetite, and is common in many religions, such as Christianity, Buddhism, and Hinduism. Some faiths suppose that their hungry ghost ancestors return home at a certain time each year, famished and ready to feast. Others hold festivals for their ghosts, in which spirits are appeased and/or venerated with actual food and drink.
In addition to seven working residencies in China, Hosmer’s art career to date includes: seven international sculpture symposiums, seminars and residencies; eighteen museum, twelve solo, and seventy-two group art exhibitions; twenty-three slide lectures; and participation on five jury and panel discussion boards. As well, she has completed several major outdoor monumental works globally. Hosmer’s work has been featured in numerous publications, including ARTnews, Art in America, Sculpture and Art & Auction.
Signe Stuart | Tangents
Tangents represents Stuart’s several decade exploration into the medium of paper. Newer works include expanded drawings in sumi ink and acrylic on mulberry paper scrolls up to seventy feet in length. Over the years, Stuart has cut, sewn, stretched, collaged, torn, punctured and glued paper, manipulating her subject to its threshold. As a romantic materialist, Stuart plays with the syntax and vocabulary of a few simple materials and tools. Play, or manipulation, generates a flow of “what ifs,” essential to evolving possibilities for her work. Her art objects are visual dialogues between material, tool, process and idea. Everything is interconnected in time.
Stuart has received twelve grants and awards, including the prestigious National Endowment for the Arts’ Painting Fellowship. Stuart’s art career to date includes: six residencies; fifteen museum, twenty-one solo, thirty-three group art exhibitions; and thirty-five public and corporate collections including Citibank, Hilton Hotels, and IBM.
William Siegal Gallery
In May of 2007, the William Siegal Gallery opened its new 5,000 square foot exhibition space in Santa Fe’s newly revitalized Railyard District, which is rapidly becoming the central locus of Santa Fe’s contemporary art scene. Here, ancient textiles, objects and artifacts are displayed side by side with the works of outstanding contemporary artists, conveying timeless trans-cultural aesthetics.
540 South Guadalupe Street
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501
505.820.3300
www.williamsiegal.com
