fourteenfifteen gallery is an experimental, independent space for art
AT FOURTEENFIFTEEN:
DECAYING MEMORIES
Alayne Caroline Ballantine at Fourteenfifteen Gallery Opening reception: Friday Sept 8, 7-10pm Decaying Memories is a series of pieces mimicking the traditional neon signage that is so historic in Albuquerque that shows the depth and distortion of our memories and nostalgia over time. Specifically, the powerful changes in memory that occur to humans during periods of isolation and exile. We use memories to maintain self-awareness. During periods of solitary confinement and social exclusion those memories become warped. Decaying Memories is a visual expression of this decay, mirrored after the road signs and neon that are nostalgic memories for us living along the Route 66 corridor. It will show the warped, painful feelings hidden within nostalgia; bringing to light the reality that many face not just within the carceral state, but within our everyday lives as we move through time. |
AT ALPACA:
REMEDIES
Abraham Miramontes Opening reception: Friday Sept 8, 7-10pm Abraham Miramontes is an artist and arts educator who works in oil paints and lino block prints. His work is a reflection of his inner spiritual life and personal struggles. Using evocative anatomical and natural imagery, his work points both to the divine and to mortal messiness. Through his art, Miramontes seeks to create a personal connection to God, whose love is offered to all regardless of sexual orientation, religion, socioeconomic or social status. Abraham Miramontes, born in Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua in 1991, is an artist and arts educator, and continues to grow as the artist he is proud to be. |
guesswork
videos by Adán De La Garza Monday Sept 18, 8pm at Alpaca Filmmaker in attendance! On tour from Denver, CO “guesswork” is a mixture of performance for video, experimental narrative, experimental documentary, and video essay spanning the last 20+ years of work. The screening highlights Adán’s broad practice in approach but also subject matter ranging from the artist's teenage Jackass-like antics, surveillance culture, to speculative narratives surrounding the ramifications of climate change. |
UPCOMING:
- September 8: Decaying Memories by Alayne Ballantine at Fourteenfifteen
- September 8: Remedies by Abraham Miramontes at Alpaca
- September 18: guesswork - videos by Adán De La Garza
- October 13: solo exhibition by Annamarie Morris at Fourteenfifteen
- October 13: solo exhibition by Andrew Swenson at Alpaca
- October 21: Basement Films 16mm Doc series: The Frontier Experience / The Interior Frontier
- November 10: Risolana Artist-in-Residence Carmen Selam exhibition at Fourteendifteen
- November 10: Yelling Pillow exhibition at Alpaca