The pandemic stripped away the social side out of Aspen’s historically lively art and gallery scene. Yes, galleries were able to open quickly after the spring 2020 lockdown and, yes, they provided sanctuary for people seeking solace or inspiration when most every other cultural hub was closed.
But there were no opening receptions and shoulder-to-shoulder crowds, no walk-throughs, no in-person artist talks. Art viewing has mostly been a solitary or virtual venture. Even as several new players arrived on the local scene, they arrived quietly.
There were positives to be found in the experience of gallery hopping during the pandemic – you had more conversations with gallerists, for example, and you realized how little you actually get to look at the artwork at a crowded opening.
Documentarian s work is focus of new Baldwin Photo Gallery exhibit, March 30 MTSU Zoom panel Mar 15, 2021 at 07:30 am by WGNS
Documentary photographer Morrie Camhi s image of Kenneth X. White, Prisoner in His Cell, 1987, depicts a young man checking his physique in a mirror in his cell at the California State Prison at Vacaville, part of Camhi s The Prison Experience collection. This photo is among those in a new exhibit in MTSU s Baldwin Photographic Gallery, An Eye Towards Justice, on display through Thursday, April 15. The exhibit and Camhi s work also arethe subject of an online panel discussion with MTSU faculty experts set for Tuesday, March 30, at 6:30 p.m. Central. (photo by Morrie Camhi)
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The Riptide, 2021. Cement-based compound. 55 x 42 x 34 in.
The Jump, 2020. Oil and wax on canvas. 57 x 63 in.
The Sparrow, 2020. Oil and wax on canvas. 63 x 70 in.
Martínez Celaya with work in progress for A Third of the Night, opening at Baldwin Gallery, Aspen. Courtesy Photo
An ice skater about to leap, a person’s intense confrontation with theirself in a mirror, another watching a boat sink. In Enrique Martínez Celaya’s exhibition of new work at the Baldwin Gallery in Aspen, the artist scrutinizes these pivotal moments and turning points.
The only witnesses to these flashpoints in this work are the natural world and starry night skies.
Courtesy of the artist and Baldwin Gallery, Aspen
Aspen’s Baldwin Gallery opens a new exhibition next week called “A Third of the Night” by LA-based artist Enrique Martínez Celaya. Martínez Celaya’s been a fixture in the Aspen arts scene over the years, and is known for his involvement with Anderson Ranch Arts Center, and exhibitions at the Baldwin Gallery. He’ll be back in Aspen when the Baldwin Gallery debuts his newest collection of paintings and sculpture on Friday, Feb. 12, and said it’s a kind of homecoming. It will also be his only exhibition in the United States this year.