click to enlarge See different landscape interpretations at FOUND: RE Phoenix. FOUND: RE Phoenix Metro Phoenix galleries and museums have something for everyone this summer, whether you’re interested in social justice, self-enlightenment, or space exploration. Here’s a quick look at 10 exhibitions where you can see artwork by 100+ artists, including dozen right here on Metro Phoenix. click to enlarge Rodrigo de Toledo, The Mind’s Cave, gouache and ink on watercolor paper, 30 “by 28”. Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum ‘The Myth of the Incomplete Self’ Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum Related Stories I Support Local Community Journalism Support the independent voice of Phoenix and help keep the future of the New Times free. Through August 8, Flagstaff-based artist Rodrigo de Toledo spent more than 10 years creating a personal mythology shared through visual iconography, reflecting the influence of personal experience, ancient symbolism, and mass media. Take a good look at his solo exhibition at the Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum. Annual Summer Exhibition Bentley Gallery Through August 13, See works by more than three dozen artists, including many who create with unexpected materials like glitter, hook and loop fasteners, lava, mylar, and accumulated smoke. The summer exhibition at the Bentley Gallery offers a fascinating mix of mostly abstract works of art. click to enlarge See the work of Daniel Friedman (left) and Kimberly Harris in the Five15 Arts exhibition. Five15 Arts ‘Plus One’ Five15 Arts in Chartreuse Until August 29th, artists from the Five15 Arts collective are presenting the latest iteration of a longstanding tradition, a group show that includes their own works as well as works by artists they’ve invited with them too show. Expect an eclectic selection of ceramics, painting, photography, and other media. click to enlarge Take a look at the “Explore: Go Boldly” exhibition in Tempe. Tempe Center for the Arts ‘Explore: Go Boldly’ The Gallery at the TCA Until September 11th. When you enter the gallery at the Tempe Center for the Arts, you will see Star Trek characters of Devorah Sparhawk standing near an interactive sound sculpture hanging from Joe Willie Smith. There’s also Roy Wasson Valle’s installation, rooted in the imagination of people on Mars, as well as other works linked through the themes of space and exploration. click to enlarge Merryn Omotayo Alaka and Sam Fresquez, Double Take, 2021. Kanekalon hair and pigtail clips, steel, wire, 81 × 59 × 59 inches. Lisa Sette Gallery ‘Things We Wear’ Lisa Sette Gallery Until September 25th See three artists explore identity and self-expression at the Lisa Sette Gallery. Angela Ellsworth used thousands of lapel pins to create sculptures that were influenced by her Mormon upbringing. Staff Merryn Omotayo Alaka and Sam Fresquez used synthetic hair and braided cuffs to meet public expectations for women of color. Heard Museum Small Wonders until September 26th This small-art exhibition features jewelry and other items from the Heard Museum’s collection. Made from silver, gold, and a variety of precious stones, these works are beautifully crafted. Some of the rings, brooches, and earrings feature animal motifs, and there is a selection of silver miniatures, from a yo-yo by Daniel Sunshine Reeves (Navajo) to a teapot by Darrell Jumbo (Navajo). ‘Future Ecologies’ The Gallery at Mountain Shadows August 3 to September 30 With woven tapestries, videos and found and manufactured objects, the artist Erika Lynne Hanson explores the possibilities of the location. For this exhibition at The Gallery at Mountain Shadows, she shows works that examine climate, ecology and desert life in relation to human temporality. ‘XSCAPE’ FOUND: RE Phoenix Through November 14th, works by more than 50 Arizona-based artists can be seen in public spaces throughout FOUND: RE Phoenix, where the line-up “XSCAPE: Landscapes, Cityscapes and Mindscapes” Fausto Fernandez , Jill Friedberg, Hyewon. includes Hong, Marilyn Szabo and Chris Vena. Expect a mix of sculpture, mixed media, photography, painting, and more. Click to enlarge Marion Palfi, Los Angeles, Anti Klan Meeting Where Klan Did Strike, 1946-1949. Gelatin silver print. Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona: Marion Palfi Archive / Gift of the Menninger Foundation and Martin Magner. © Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents. ‘Freedom Must Be Lived’ Phoenix Art Museum Until January 2nd, 2022, the Phoenix Art Museum and the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson organized this exhibition of photographs by Marion Palfi, who used her camera to identify economic, racial and social inequalities To document immigration from Germany in World War II to the USA. These photographs are part of the center’s archives at the University of Arizona. click to enlarge Installation view of “Voice-Over: Zineb Sedira” at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art. Claire A. Warden ‘Voice-Over’ Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art until January 30, 2022 See how London-based Zineb Sedira, a French-born Algerian artist who recreated her living room at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art for this exhibition which, like culture, can serve as a form of protest. Her work topics include migration, hybridized identities and the environmental impact of globalization.
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