The Exotic Sublime: On a Wing | Opening Reception with the Artists

Reception with the Artists
Thursday, November 16, 2023
5:30 – 8 pm | Exhibit House
Reception is FREE and Open to the Public

THE EXOTIC SUBLIME: ON A WING

The Exotic Sublime | on a wing will present a contemporary bestiary focused on the many creatures that take to the air in the Sonoran Desert. In plain sight or elusive, real and imagined creatures are ever-present, existing, threatened, mysterious, endangered, mystical, and magical. Or extinct. Mammalian, insect, and avian worlds fly, float, soar, hover, flap, and flutter around us; resilient lifecycles adaptably ever-changing. Or not. We witness – in macrocosm or microcosm – the effects of time in slow dissolution or methodical accretion; cautionary and symbiotic tales combine what this place used to be with what this place will become. The voice in between, the creative and artistic resolve, is a visionary current toward the odd and wondrous grandeur of The Exotic Sublime.

with

ANGEL LUNA 

This exhibit examines several facets of Angel Luna’s ceramic practice, referencing the rich history of pottery in the region and drawing inspiration from his personal and ancestral history. Always demonstrating his respect for tradition and process, Luna’s work moves between the functional and the sculptural, often playing on social and political issues delivered with his wry sense of humor.

and

HEATHER BENTZ
Heather Bentz is a contemporary artist based in Tucson, Arizona. She has been an invited speaker at Site Santa Fe, exhibited nationally, and has work in private and corporate collections around the world. Bentz has worked for the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES), the National Museum of Women in the Arts, and served as Assistant Dean for the College of Visual and Performing Arts at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and College of Arts and Architecture at Montana State University. Much of her career, as now, has been as a free-lance artist, during which she has done private, corporate, and public commissions for organizations such as World Wildlife Fund, Children’s National Hospital, and the City of Glendale, AZ. She received her MFA from Montana State University and BFA from Pennsylvania State University.

Guests can enjoy a musical performance by Gamelan Dewi Malam in the newly renovated Sami’s Courtyard (formerly known as the Spanish Colonial Garden) and a cash bar from The Garden Bistro!