SITE Santa Fe

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SITE Santa Fe
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SITE Santa Fe, 2021
EstablishedFebruary 1, 1995
Location1606 Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Coordinates35°40′53″N 105°56′59″W / 35.6813983°N 105.9497264°W / 35.6813983; -105.9497264
TypeContemporary Art
Director
Websitesitesantafe.org

SITE Santa Fe (often referred to simply as SITE) is a non-profit contemporary arts organization based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Since its founding in 1995, SITE Santa Fe has presented 11 biennials, more than 90 contemporary art exhibitions, and works by hundreds of emerging and established artists from around the world. Approximately 20% of exhibited artists are based in New Mexico. Following its presentation of the first international biennial of contemporary art in the US, SITE expanded its programming to include an ongoing exhibitions of notable artists in solo and group shows, often including new commissions and US debuts.

SITE also presents public and educational programs related to the themes of each exhibition that include conversations with artists and curators, film screenings, performances, concerts, hands-on workshops, and collaborations with Santa Fe Public Schools. SITE partners with many local organizations and schools to develop and present its programs.

History[]

In 1992, local gallery owner Laura Carpenter conceived the idea of SITE Santa Fe, soliciting donations that would eventually total more than $1 million - a third of which went into the renovation by New York architect Richard Gluckman of a warehouse near the train tracks into 19,000 feet of exhibition space.[1]

SITE Santa Fe, curated by Bruce W. Ferguson,[1][2] was started in 1995 with the goal of hosting the only biennial of contemporary art in the entire United States. For the biennial's first edition, Ferguson, along with co-curator Vince Varga, selected 31 artists from 13 different countries to participate, half of them women, half from the United States.[1]

The first of these biennials was launched on July 14, 1995, and ran through October 8, 1995. Over the years, SITE's International Biennial has featured guest curators including Bruce W. Ferguson (1995), Francesco Bonami (1997), Rosa Martinez (1999), Dave Kickey (2001), Robert Storr (2004), Klaus Ottomann (2006), Lance Fung (2008), Daniel Belasco and Sarah Lewis (2010). Following the first biennial, SITE Santa Fe opted to present exhibitions on an ongoing basis, including work by artists Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Jenny Holzer, Rebecca Horn, Anish Kapoor, Bruce Nauman, Lorna Simpson, Andres Serrano, Gregory Crewdson, Andy Goldsworthy, Takashi Murakami, Elizabeth Peyton, Raymond Pettibon and Kara Walker.

SITE Santa Fe also remained a presence through the administration of grants to local artists, as well ancillary programs in education and development.[1]

In 1997, SITE Santa Fe served as commissioning institution for the United States pavilion at the Venice Biennale.[3]

In 2011, SITE's leadership set out to reimagine its signature biennial exhibition. SITElines: New Perspectives on Art of the Americas, the first of the reimagined biennials, was organized by a diverse team of curators and featured artworks that explore the many layers of history and culture in the Western hemisphere, highlighting under-recognized points of view. Simultaneously, SITE developed SITE Center, a socially engaged artist residency program that ties the curatorial process of SITElines and outreach programs that intended to deeper engagement within New Mexico communities. SITE Center residencies have addressed topics such as cultural difference, indigenous histories, and incarceration.

In the summer of 2016, SITE broke ground on an expansion and renovation project designed by SHoP Architects.[4] On October 7, 2017, following a year of construction, SITE reopened to the public. SITE's former warehouse space grew to 36,225 square feet with SHoP's addition, increasing the museum's capacity to display artwork, host events, and engage with local students. In 2017 and 2018 SITE's new building design was the recipient of three architecture awards: the American Architecture Award, the Harnar Award for Contemporary Architecture, and the American Institute of Architects New Mexico Award.

Biennial Exhibitions[]

Year Exhibition Title Artists Curators Press
1995 Longing and Belonging: From the Faraway Nearby Marina Abramović, Chema Alvargonzález, Francis Alÿs, Robert Ashley, Rebecca Belmore, Barbara Bloom, Imre Bukta, Carlos Capelán, Thomas Joshua Cooper, Braco Dimitrijević, Félix González-Torres, Ann Hamilton, Gary Hill, Jenny Holzer, Rebecca Horn, Anish Kapoor, Catherine Lord, Chie Matsui, Jakob Mattner, Gerald McMaster, Bruce Nauman, Marta María Pérez Bravo, Alison Rossiter, Meridel Rubenstein, Andres Serrano, Lorna Simpson, Valeska Soares, Pierrick Sorin, Trinh T. Minh-ha, Tseng Kwong Chi, Millie Wilson Bruce Ferguson
1997 TRUCE: Echoes of Art in an Age of Endless Conclusions Tracey Moffatt, Miguel Rio Branco, Pascale Marthine Tayou, Huang Yong Ping, Kcho (Alexis Leyva Machado), Lukáš Janský, Martin Polák, Gary Hume, Sam Taylor-Wood, Jaan Toomik, Esko Männikö, Tobias Rehberger, Suchan Kinoshita, Olafur Eliasson, Massimo Bartolini, Vanessa Beecroft, Maurizio Cattelan, Giuseppe Gabellone, Noritoshi Hirakawa, Subreal (Cãlin Dan and Iosif Kiraly), William Kentridge, Eulália Valldosera, Udomsak Krisanamis, Kevin Hanley, Sharon Lockhart, Chris Moore, Elizabeth Peyton, Rudolf Stingel Franesco Bonami
1999 Looking for a Place Helena Almeida, Ghada Amer, Janine Antoni, Monica Bonvicini, Louise Bourgeois, Tania Bruguera, Cai Guo-Qiang, Lygia Clark, Diller and Scofidio (Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio), Dr. Galentin Gatev, Greenpeace, Yolanda Gutiérrez, Mona Hatoum, Carl Michael von Hausswolff, Carsten Höller, Simone Aaberg Kærn, Zwelethu Mthethwa, Nikos Navridis, Shirin Neshat, Rivane Neuenschwander, Gabriel Orozco, Pipilotti Rist, Francisco Ruiz de Infante, Francisco Ruiz de Infante, Arsen Savadov, Georgy Senchenko, Charlene Teters, Sergio Vega, Miwa Yanagi Rosa Martinez
2001 Beau Monde: Toward a Redeemed Cosmopolitanism Kenneth Anger, Jo Baer, Jeff Burton, James Lee Byars, Pia Fries, Gajin Fujita, Graft Design, Frederick Hammersley, Marine Hugonnier, Jim Isermann, Ellsworth Kelly, Josiah McElheny, Darryl Montana, Sarah Morris, Takashi Murakami, Nic Nicosia, Kermit Oliver, Jorge Pardo, Ken Price, Stephen Prina, Bridget Riley, Ed Ruscha, Alexis Smith, Jesús Rafael Soto, Jennifer Steinkamp, Jessica Stockholder, Jane and Louise Wilson Dave Hickey[5][6]
2004 Disparity and Deformations: Our Grotesque Ricci Albenda, Louise Bourgeois, Charles Burns, Francesco Clemente, Bruce Conner, Robert Crumb, John Currin, Carroll Dunham, James Esber, Inka Essenhigh, Tom Friedman, Ellen Gallagher, Robert Gober, Douglas Gordon, Mark Greenwold, Lyle Ashton Harris, Jörg Immendorff, Jasper Johns, Kim Jones, Mike Kelley, Maria Lassnig, Sherrie Levine, Christian Marclay, Paul McCarthy, Jennifer McCoy, Kevin McCoy, Elizabeth Murray, Bruce Nauman, Hermann Nitsch, Jim Nutt, Tony Oursler, Gary Panter, Lamar Peterson, Raymond Pettibon, Lari Pittman, Sigmar Polke, Neo Rauch, Alexander Ross, Susan Rothenberg, Peter Saul, Jenny Saville, Thomas Schütte, Jim Shaw, Cindy Sherman, Laurie Simmons, Fred Tomaselli, Adriana Varejão, Davor Vrankič, Kara Walker, Jeff Wall, John Waters, John Wesley, Franz West, Lisa Yuskavage Rob Storr
2006 Still Points of the Turning World Miros∤aw Ba∤ka, Jennifer Bartlett, Patty Chang, Stephen Dean, Peter Doig, Robert Grosvenor, Cristina Iglesias, Wolfgang Laib, Jonathan Meese, Wangechi Mutu, Carsten Nicolai, Catherine Opie, Thorns LTD. Klaus Ottoman
2008 Lucky Number Seven Martí Anson, Erick Beltrán, Luchezar Boyadjiev, Michal Budny, Ricarda Denzer, Hiroshi Fuji, Fabien Giraud, Piero Golia, Soun Hong, Scott Lyall, Nick Mangan, Eliza Naranjo Morse, Nora Naranjo Morse, Ahmet Öğüt, Shi Qing, Mandla Reuter, Nadine Robinson, Zbigniew Rogalski, Wael Shawky, Raphaël Siboni, Rose B. Simpson, Studio Azzurro, Fabio Cirifino, Paola Rosa, Stafano Roveda, Leonardo Sangiorgi Lance Fung[7] Lance Fung Interview
2010 The Dissolve Robert Breer, Paul Chan, Martha Colburn, Thomas Demand, Brent Green, George Griffin, Ezra Johnson, Bill T. Jones and Openended Group, William Kentridge, Avish Khebrehzadeh, Laleh Khorramian, Maria Lassnig, Jennifer and Kevin McCoy, Joshua Mosley, Oscar Muñoz, Jacco Olivier, Raymond Pettibon, Robert Pruitt, Christine Rebet, Mary Reid Kelley, Robin Rhode, Hiraki Sawa, Berni Searle, Cindy Sherman, Federico Solmi, Kara Walker, Edison Manufacturing Company, Fleischer Studios, Lotte Reiniger, Dziga Vertov Sarah Lewis and Daniel Belasco Visual Art Source
2014 SITElines.2014: Unsettled Landscapes Shuvinai Ashoona, Jamison Chas Banks, Raymond Boisjoly, Andrea Bowers, Matthew Buckingham, Adriana Bustos, Johanna Calle, Luis Camnitzer, Liz Cohen, Minerva Cuevas, Blue Curry, Agnes Denes, Juan Downey, Gianfranco Foschino, Futurefarmers, Anna Bella Geiger, Andrea Geyer, Frank Gohlke, Pablo Helguera, James Hyde, Deborah Jack, Yishai Jusidman, Leandro Katz, Irene Kopelman, Miler Lagos, Glenda Leon, Ric Lum, Inigo Manglano-Ovalle, Gilda Mantilla and Raimond Chaves, Daniel Joseph Martinez, Jason Middlebrook, Ohotaq Mikkigak, Kent Monkman, Patrick Nagatani, Florence Miller Pierce, Fernando Palma Rodriguez, Marcel Pinas, Marcos Ramirez ERRE, David Taylor, Kevin Schmidt, Allan Sekula, Melanie Smith, Charles Stankievech, Clarissa Tossin, Antonio Vega Macotela Candice Hopkins, Lucía Sanromán, Janet Dees and Irene Hoffman[8][9] SITE opens a reimagined biennial
2016 SITElines.2016: much wider than a line Jonathas De Andrade, Xenobia Bailey, Lina Bo Bardi, Anna Boghiguian, Margarita Cabrera, Raven Chacon, Benvenuto Chavajay, Mariana Castillo Deball, William Cordova, Lewis deSoto, Aaron Dysart, Carla Fernandez, Miguel Gandert, Jeffrey Gibson, Jorge Gonzalez, Maria Hupfield, Graciela Iturbide, Sonya Kelliher-Combs, Zacharias Kunuk, David Lamelas, Cildo Meireles, Marta Minujín, Paulo Nazareth, Rometti Costales, Abel Rodriguez, Tanya Tagaq, Javier Tellez, Juana Valdes, Pierre Verger, Erika Verzutti Rocío Aranda-Alvarado, Kathleen Ash-Milby, Pip Day, Pablo León de la Barra, and Kiki Mazzucchelli SITE opens second installment of reimagined biennial series
2018 SITElines.2018: Casa Tomada Lutz Bacher, Angela Bonadies, Juan Jose Olavarria, Melissa Cody, Paz Errazuriz, Victor Estrada, Andrea Fraser, Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds, Fernanda Laguna, Victoria Mamnguqsualuk, Jumana Manna, Eduardo Navarro, NuMu, Jessica Kaire, Stefan Benchoam, Tania Perez Cordova, Jamasee Pitseolak, Naufus Ramires-Figueroa, Eric-Paul Riege, Curtis Talwst Santiago, Sable Elyse Smith, Stephanie Taylor, Lawrence Paul Yuxweulptun José Louis Blondet, Candice Hopkins, Ruba Katrib and Naomi Beckwith The most promising museums and biennials around the world

Education[]

SITE Santa Fe has a variety of educational programs for the youth of the Santa Fe community.

The Young Curators program has been the longest running with 20 years of participation from Santa Fe high school students. This program gives young artists the opportunity to learn the curatorial aspect of the art experience and provides an opportunity to present their work in a professional setting.

Other programs include, IRL, which provides an opportunity for students to work directly "in real life" with SITE exhibition artists and public program presenters both at the museum and within local classrooms.

Outta SITE, which addresses community needs and youth in New Mexico and occur in collaboration with other organizations for collective impact.

The SITE Scholars Program is an initiative to honor New Mexico college and graduate level students. Founded with the goal to increase student participation in the museum and contemporary art world, this program enriches students educational experience and showcases their work in an exhibition.

SITE also offers a multifaceted internship program that provides work experience, mentorship and career pathways.

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, SITE has been hosting virtual events, online courses, community public art projects, virtual livestreams and tours.

Directors[]

  • 1993–1996: Bruce W. Ferguson[10]
  • 1996–2003: Louis Grachos[11]
  • 2005–2010: Laura Steward
  • 2010–2021: Irene Hofmann[12]
  • 2021–present: Louis Grachos[13]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Pacheco, Patrick (July 30, 1995). "ART: SITE Specific". Los Angeles Times.
  2. ^ Alex Greenberger (September 24, 2019), Bruce W. Ferguson, Venturesome Curator and Founding Director of SITE Santa Fe, Dies at 73 ARTnews.
  3. ^ "47th International Exhibition of Art 1997: Robert Colescott. Recent Work". Peggy Guggenheim Collection. Venice.
  4. ^ Ashaboglu, Selin (15 October 2015). "SITE Santa Fe". Architect Magazine. Retrieved April 2021. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  5. ^ Michael Rush (July 8, 2001), In Santa Fe, Searching for the Meaning of Beauty New York Times.
  6. ^ Hollis Walker (July 24, 2001), A Biennial for a 'Beau Monde' Wall Street Journal.
  7. ^ Jori Finkel (February 5, 2008), Artists converge on Santa Fe to jump-start creative process New York Times.
  8. ^ Ann Landi (July 9, 2014), Bringing the Cutting-Edge to Santa Fe ARTnews.
  9. ^ Ann Landi (September 2, 2014) Documenting the Americas Wall Street Journal.
  10. ^ Alex Greenberger (September 24, 2019), Bruce W. Ferguson, Venturesome Curator and Founding Director of SITE Santa Fe, Dies at 73 ARTnews.
  11. ^ Alex Greenberger (March 18, 2021), Palm Springs Museum Director Returns to SITE Santa Fe After Controversies ARTnews.
  12. ^ Alex Greenberger (December 1, 2020), Irene Hofmann, Longtime Director of Influential Art Space SITE Santa Fe, to Step Down ARTnews.
  13. ^ Alex Greenberger (March 18, 2021), Palm Springs Museum Director Returns to SITE Santa Fe After Controversies ARTnews.

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