Contemporary Clay In Santa Fe

SWAIA – Santa Fe Indian Market

Every August since 1922, the largest Native American Indian arts market, in downtown Santa Fe, New Mexico, features over 1000 artists

The New Mexico city of Santa Fe is a high desert (2100 metres) cultural mecca that is a fascinating blend of Native American, Hispanic, and Anglo cultures. Combined with historic adobe architecture surrounded by wide expanses filled with a radiant natural light and sacred elements, recognized by the native Indians, it has been a magnet for artists, scientists, mystics, rebels, cowboys and tourists for decades. Since the 20’s the “city incongruous” was promoted as a place where you should feel free to be different. The diverse cultural influences are evident in most of the works by the local artists, and works are also displayed below by outside artists that regularly have exhibitions in the Santa Fe markets and galleries.

Bill Worrell (b.1936), ‘Masked Cape Shaman’

Height – 21 1/4 inches

Diego Romero

Anita Fields clay bowl

Anita Fields

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Ceramic sculpture – Anita Fileds

Anita Fields – black and white ceramic sculpture

Terracotta sculpture – Anita Fields

Height 39 1/2 inches

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Santa Fe Indian Market award – Native artist Anita Fields (Osage)

Estella Loretto (b.1954), ‘Flute Player’

After being accepted into the Institute of American Indian Arts at the age of sixteen, Estella Loretto went on to study in Belgium, Oaxaca, India and Nepal.

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Gretchen Wachs, Santa Fe

‘There is movement in all of my work, sometimes kinetic and full of emotion, sometimes bold and masterful, sometime languid and tentative.’

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Trapezoid Column ( 3 views ) – Gretchen Wachs

‘Torso Short’ – Gretchen Wachs

Gretchen Wachs

Ceramic-bowl – native artist Lorraine Gala Lewis

Growing up in Nambe Pueblo in northern New Mexico, Lorraine always appreciated the beauty and serenity of being outdoors.This has allowed her to express her creativity by working with the clay.”With clay, you’re actually giving life to it by creating your own piece of pottery, this becomes a part of you.”

‘ The Blessing ‘ – Greyshoe Ethelbah (Santa Clara Pueblo/White Mountain Apache)

Bronze sculpture cast from a mold of a hand carved stone sculpture. It represents a female corn dancer at Santa Clara Pueblo, dancing during the feast day on Aug. 12. She is shown giving her blessings with corn in each hand – blessing to all people, Indian and non-Indian alike.

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‘Kiva’ – Helen Stanley – footed bowl

1989

Chris Youngblood – Cutle – (Santa Clara Pueblo)

Gerry Quotskuvya,-Hopi

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Sante Fe Ganesh sculpture

Jody Folwell

Jesse Monongya – Navajo/Hopi

Kathleen Wall (Jemez Pueblo)

Lisa Holt and Harlan Reano – Cochiti / kewa pottery

‘Rosie Skull’ olla – Lisa Holt & Harlan Reano

Contemporary native art – Lisa Holt & Harlan Reano

Black and White Olla – Lisa Holt – Harlan Reano

‘Lone Ranger Love’-Sue Folwell

http://www.folwellkoenig.com/

Santa Clara Pueblo artist Susan Folwell is a Native American potter combining traditional materials and methods with modern themes, whose works speaks to the contemporary confluence of Indian identity.
” It is the use of native clays and interpreting native designs which creates the foundation for her art. Inspired by personal and world events, Susan’s pottery blends catharsis of the spirit with a love of the clay.”

The designs are a beautiful and cautious blend of innovation and tradition, ideal and metaphor, spiritual and social. When each piece is finished, Susan knows as an artist that she has presented a moment of herself into the clay and her personal expression continues to find voice in her art.

‘Pueblo Girl’ – Sue Folwell

Charles King (King Galleries) : When you start working on a piece of pottery. Do you have a vision of what you want it to be in terms of shapes or design?

Sue Folwell : I used to just make pottery and let it come out in whatever form it wants to. It’s going to do that anyway, no matter what you want it to do. It definitely has a mind, a soul of its own.

‘Kick Ass’ – Sue Folwell

‘Cycle of Life’ - Sue Folwell

‘Lovegun 1′ – Sue Folwell

‘It’s all over’ - Sue Folwell

‘Corn Maiden Jar’ - Sue Folwell

Large Pilgrim – Nicolai Fechin-(1881—1955), Bronze Cast-1997

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‘Bear Man’ – Preston Singletary

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‘Hawk Beak’- Preston Singletary

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‘Trixter’ - Sheldon Harvey, Navajo

Using a blending of traditional and contemporary while drawing on traditional stories, he incorporates elements of cubism and expressionism into his metal sculptures, carvings and oil paintings and experiments with representational and abstract subjects. His vision has always been to paint and sculpt ancient Navajo stories he’s known since childhood.

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Les Namingha’s Zuni work is as complex as his personal experience being a Native artist inhabiting a contemporary world

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‘ Kokopelli ‘ – Tammy Garcia

Tammy Garcia

‘Quail’ – Tammy Garcia

Buffalo – Gene and Rebecca Tobey

Oh Give Me A Home – Gene and Rebecca Tobey

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Bryant Honyouti ( hopi )

‘Abstract Orange’ – Alan Houser

‘Apache woman with shawl’ - Alan Houser

Tansey Contemporary Gallery, Santa Fe

small scale BIG IDEAS – November 21, 2014 – January 6, 2015

Bob Cardinale ~ Sculpture .Judith Content ~ Jewelry .Susan Taylor Glasgow ~ Glass. Teri Greeves ~ Beadwork. Aaron Karp ~ Painting .Lewis Knauss ~ Weaving. Frances Priest ~ Ceramic Sculpture. Joe Spear ~ Bronze Sculpture . Jeff Uffelman & Hannah Finn ~ Painting. Sheryl Zacharia ~ Ceramic Sculpture . Irina Zaytceva ~ Handbuilt porcelain. Euncuh Choi ~glass

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Roberto Cardinale

Eunsuh Choi

‘Eunuch Resting’ — Irina Zaytceva

Handbuilt porcelain, overglaze painting, 24k gold lustre

‘Kiss Vase’ (front)—Irina Zaytceva

Irina begins creating a sculpture without knowing how the story ends. She rarely does a sketch for a piece beforehand. Her initial goal is to create an intriguing shape. When the object is completed, Irina determines what the shape suggests in terms of colors, spaces, painting, and gold luster. Her creative process is always an improvisation.