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El Paso Museum of Art opens Inquisitive Eyes. El Paso Art 1960-2012

The El Paso Museum of Art presents Inquisitive Eyes: El Paso Art 1960-2012, an exhibition on view June 17 – August 26, 2012.


Frederick Carter (Amercian, 1925 – 2010) Untitled Bridge to El Paso, 1970 Acrylic on canvas, 24” x 36” Courtesy Pancho Mangan

Inquisitive Eyes: El Paso Art 1960 – 2012, presented by WestStar Bank, reflects on a period when realism and representational imagery continued to form an important basis of art making after 1960. In addition to exploring examples of realistic imagery by some of El Paso’s best-known artists, the exhibition investigates the work of other, under-recognized artists from the same region and period who worked with new subject matter and new practices. Inquisitive Eyes explains the various reasons for working with realistic, semi-abstract or completely non-representational imagery and indicates how modernist ideasopened the door to the development of new art forms and new subject matter.

This exhibition presents a glimpse into a period when there was an ongoing discussion about traditions and new directions. This recent period was one when unique cross-border relationships developed to support artists, when new definitions of art resulted in temporary, performance based and site specific works of art and when organizations fostered opportunities for artists workingoutside of traditional practices. This exhibition includes contemporary art from painting and installation to multimedia and new genres, but it also identifies some of the many highlights of art during this period for the delight of the viewer’s inquisitive eyes.

El Paso Museum of Art
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El Paso, Texas 79901
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