Albuquerque’s Center of the Universe
WHILE THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE may be quotidian on the University of New Mexico’s Albuquerque campus, Bruce Nauman’s concrete walk-through sculpture has a little-known cousin, Room With My Soul Left…
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Tag: Sculpture
Artists on Artists: Paula Castillo
BELÉN-BASED SCULPTOR Paula Castillo creates large-scale installations that intersect with both physical and cultural landscapes of the Southwest. She cites a monumental 2005 installation in…
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Gallup’s Shop of Infinite Possibilities
YOU CAN SMELL the popcorn wafting out of the Shop of Infinite Possibilities before you see it. Tucked into Gallup’s Rio West Mall, the store’s bright-yellow walls are full of oddities, such as a…
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Route 66 Public Art Stops
RUN, Gallup Two days before Robert Wilson learned the city of Gallup wanted him to create a sculpture on Route 66, the mixed-media artist was chasing a pair of jackrabbits along the trails of…
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Lizard Love in New Mexico
AS A BOY, Tom McCain could hop over the backyard wall of his home near Eubank and Menaul boulevards to explore what was then Albuquerque’s northeastern frontier. He looked for horned lizards and…
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The Story Behind the $CRAP$ Shrine
THIS SUMMER, the high desert near Taos got a little quirkier with the appearance of the $CRAP$ Shrine. Inspired by roadside Greek chapels, artist Tony Stamolis constructed the small concrete-and-adobe…
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History Takes Flight in Hobbs
YOU MIGHT THINK it’s the real thing: A World War II Boeing B-17 bomber surrounded by crews preparing for takeoff. But this flying fortress—located on what once was Hobbs Army Airfield, where…
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Enter William A. Goodman’s Creative World
IF THE STATE of New Mexico is viewed as a torso, Lincoln County is its slightly east-of-center belly button. That core has a rich history. Centuries before New Mexico became a state in 1912, Lincoln…
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Visit Bode's Pink Flamingo
LIKE A PIECE OF THE EVERGLADES perched in Abiquiú, a 12-foot tropical bird greets motorists as they pull into Bode’s General Store. “It’s a pink flamingo in the middle of nowhere,” says Andria Mae…
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