Thursday, March 5, 2015

Mitchell Johnson painting included in "Colors of the Southwest" at New Mexico Museum of Art, Mar 6, 2015 - Sept 13, 2015

Mitchell Johnson, Cerrillos Cloud IV, 1994, oil on linen, 58x56 in. Collection of the New Mexico Museum of Art. 
As part of the Santa Fe 2015 “Summer of Color,” The New Mexico Museum of Art will present the exhibition, Colors of the Southwest. The artwork in this exhibition showcases the special qualities of color and light found in the Southwestern United States that have attracted artists for generations. The exhibition will encompass an array of art created from the early 20th century to the present and will include paintings, photographs, prints, watercolors, and ceramics.. Included are iconic work by artists such as Victor Higgins, Gustave Baumann, Sheldon Parsons, Dorothy Morang, Louise Crow, Andrew Dasburg, Fremont F. Ellis, William Penhallow Henderson, Georgia O'Keefe, Mitchell Johnson, Kate Krasin, Robert Daughters, Eddie Dominguez, Helmuth Naumer, Warren E. Rollins, and Hulleah J. Tsinhnahjinnie.

The Museum of Art’s exhibition celebrates color’s entire spectrum. The other participating “Summer of Color” cultural institutions focus on the range within one specific color; red at the Museum of International Folk Art in The Red That Colored the World, turquoise at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, indigo at the Museum of Spanish Colonial Art, silver at the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, and orange at the Santa Fe Botanical Garden.