New Horizons: The Western Landscape presents contemporary interpretations of the American West’s terrain through the work of 14 living artists. Featuring paintings and sculptures, the exhibition explores how artists working today are redefining the visual language of the West, challenging long-standing perspectives and expanding on the stories the region can tell. Including work by Tony Abeyta, Bale Creek Allen, Sarah Ayala Parchman, Mick Doellinger, Craig George, Tiffany Huff, Dean Mitchell, Winter Rusiloski, Michael Scott, Don Stinson, Kay WalkingStick, Z.Z. Wei, Camille Woods, and Steven Yazzie, New Horizons offers a dynamic and multifaceted view of life in the American West, highlighting how innovative contemporary artists are reshaping its meaning.
To mark the 50th anniversary of Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s Valley Curtain, a dramatic installation in the Colorado landscape, the Petrie Institute’s 16th annual symposium will explore the history of land art in the West. Making interventions in the landscape and often using earth itself as a medium, artists in the late 1960s and 1970s reimagined artmaking and subverted art world norms.
