Fall is when Metro Phoenix’s cultural scene really gets going, and this season artists tackle fascinating topics from psychedelics to mass incarceration. Here’s a look at seven must-see exhibits where you can explore a hand-painted drum kit for the band Tool, a video featuring the ASMR effect popularized on TikTok, and new sculptures by acclaimed glass artist Dale Chihuly. ‘The Beyond Within’ Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum Until January 23, 2022, the Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum at the Mesa Arts Center is showing works by New York-based artists Alex Gray and Allyson Gray, who are part of the Visionary Arts movement. Works featured range from a tool drum kit painted by Alex Gray that will be used during the band’s 2022 tour, to paintings exploring psychedelics. Related Stories I Support Local Community Journalism Support the independent voice of Phoenix and help keep the future of the New Times clear. click to enlarge Cannupa Hanska Luger, The ruin of Dominion (And other Gods we never named), 2021, ceramic, fiber, gold leaf. ASU Art Museum ‘Undoing Time: Art and Histories of Incarceration’ ASU Art Museum Until February 12, 2022, the ASU Art Museum will show works depicting historical, philosophical, sociological and theological perspectives on incarceration, created by 12 artists working in different Media work including photography, prints, sculpture, video, and more. Featured artists include Carolina Aranibar-Fernández, Raven Chacon, Cannupa Hanska Luger, and Stephanie Syjuco. click to enlarge Estephania González, Huitzilophchtli, still image, 2021, two-channel video, color tone. Estephania González ‘Forever Becoming: Young Phoenix Artists’ Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art Until January 23, 2022, the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art will display works by 11 emerging Phoenix artists working in a variety of media including mixed media, neon, painting, Sculpture, video ASMR and more. Several of the pieces address social justice and identity. Featured artists include Vincent Chung, Estephania González, Lena Klett, Cydnei Mallory, and Papay Solomon. click to enlarge Oscar Muñoz, editor solitario (individual editor), 2011 (still). Blu-ray video projection on a table with sound. Collection of the artist. Oscar Muñoz ‘Oscar Muñoz: Invisibilia’ Phoenix Art Museum Until January 16, 2022, the Phoenix Art Museum is showing the first American mid-career survey for the Colombian artist Oscar Muñoz, organized with the Blanton Museum of Art in Texas. During his five-decade career, Muñoz has explored memory, time, history and knowledge through drawing, photography, video and installation art. click to enlarge Alan Bur Johnson, a herd, a swarm (detail), 2020, photo foils, metal frame, dissecting needles, 93.5 x 39 x 2 inches. Lisa Sette Gallery ‘Temporary in Nature’ Lisa Sette Gallery Until December 31st, the Lisa Sette Gallery shows works that reflect the challenges of creating art in times of upheaval. A dozen artists, including Bin Danh, Mayme Kratz, Marie Navarre and James Turrell, talk about both the destruction of global systems and the possibility of confronting these systems with radically different approaches to nature and self. click to enlarge Pop Chalee (Merina Lujan) (Taos), 1906-1993, Enchanted Forest, nd watercolor on paper, 19 3/4 x 25 3/4 in. Belongs to the museum collection. Heard Museum ‘Remembering the Future: 100 Years of Inspiring Art’ Heard Museum October 24, 2021 to January 2, 2022 The Heard Museum displays paintings and sculptures created by Native American artists of the 20th and 21st centuries and organizes works of art, to show their art historical significance and the way these artists responded to the challenges and opportunities of their time. Featured artists include TC Cannon, Kent Monkman, and Kay WalkingStick. click to enlarge Dale Chihuly Sol del Citrón (detail), 2014, 15 x 4½ x 14 feet. Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Coral Gables, Florida. © 2021 Chihuly Studio. All rights reserved. “Chihuly in the Desert” Desert Botanical Garden and Taliesin West December 3, 2021 to June 19, 2022 Desert Botanical Garden and Taliesin West show works by Washington-based glass artist Dale Chihuly, who often draws on shapes and colors from nature. Several of the large-format installations in this exhibition will be shown for the first time. Chihuly’s works will be on view outdoors as well as in the garden’s art gallery.
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