Vivo Contemporary

Helen Pfeffer makes art that captivates her curiosity, that pushes the envelope, and that gives a new translation to common subjects—such as a line, a branch, a tree, or the landscape. Her career has been marked with many solo and group exhibitions throughout New Mexico, Texas, New York, Colorado, and Louisiana. Pfeffer’s Branch Series was recently featured in a group exhibition, Art on the Edge, at the New Mexico Museum of Art, curated by Elizabeth Sussman of the Whitney Museum … Read More

“Darger’s external life was so small, so unobtrusive (did he fear being sent back to the institution?) that it gave no clue as to the enormity of his inner/other life.”—A. M. Homes, “Inside Out: The Art of Henry Darger,” Artforum, May 1997 My introduction to the work of the self-taught artist Henry Darger, who was born in 1892, came from an article by A. M. Homes in the May 1997 issue of Art Forum. What had initially galvanized my interest in unusual or even … Read More

For those uninitiated, this will make your Santa Fe holidays brighter.