The Taos News

Intimate contempora­ry annex at 203 Fine Art

Five of the Harwood Museum’s artists also show at 203 Fine Art

- BY LYNNE ROBINSON

ART NEVER SLEEPS, nor, as The Paseo Project’s J. Matt Thomas notes, is it ever canceled, and in Taos that’s especially true.

All through the pandemic, artists have continued to create, as the Harwood Museum’s current “Contempora­ry Art/Taos 2020” exhibit proves. The museum’s galleries are presently filled with exclusivel­y locally and regionally made work, a testament to Taos’ legendary status as an art colony of import.

203 Fine Art, a bastion of contempora­ry art in Taos, at 1335 Gusdorf Road, Suite i, has over the years held shows in conjunctio­n with and support of the museum’s contempora­ry exhibits of both locally based and visiting artists.

In conjunctio­n with this current show, 203 Fine Art presents an annex exhibition featuring five of the two dozen local artists who were juried into

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the Harwood Museum’s current “Contempora­ry Art/Taos” exhibition.

The artists invited to participat­e in this exhibition are Monique Belitz, Paul O’Connor, Sasha vom Dorp, Afton Love and Dean Pulver. Together they represent a diverse range of artwork – from wood sculpture, conceptual photograph and large-scale drawings to mixed-media collages and geometric assemblage.

If you have seen the show at the Harwood, this will be an opportunit­y to see the pieces in a more intimate setting, along with the chance to connect with the artists themselves.

This exhibition, in cooperatio­n with the Harwood Museum of Art, will benefit the museum, with 20 percent of proceeds from sales being donated to the museum’s collection­s fund.

“203 Fine Art and the artists involved in this exhibition hope to support the Harwood’s ongoing mission to bring art and culture to the Taos community by preserving and collecting artworks inspired by, and made in Northern New Mexico.

“In addition, 203 Fine Art is pleased to offer a commercial venue for these artists to present their work to the collecting public, and to support contempora­ry art in Taos,” said Eric Andrews, the gallery owner.

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 ?? COURTESY PHOTOS ?? Monique Belitz, ‘Oasis’ / Top: Paul O’Connor, in collaborat­ion with Hank Saxe, ‘El Gamal’
COURTESY PHOTOS Monique Belitz, ‘Oasis’ / Top: Paul O’Connor, in collaborat­ion with Hank Saxe, ‘El Gamal’
 ?? COURTESY PHOTO ?? Afton Love, ‘Center Stone’
COURTESY PHOTO Afton Love, ‘Center Stone’
 ?? COURTESY PHOTO ?? Sasha vom Dorp, ‘Sunlight’
COURTESY PHOTO Sasha vom Dorp, ‘Sunlight’

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