“Much Wider Than a Line,” the second edition of SITE Santa Fe’s SITElines biennial series focusing on the art of the Americas, opened July 16 with an ambitious roster of over 35 artists from 17 countries and six new commissions, programmed by a team of five powerhouse curators. Founded in 1995, SITE’s is the oldest contemporary art biennial in the United States. However, SITE Santa Fe Phillips Director and Chief Curator Irene Hofmann has sought to deviate from the traditional biennial format by introducing collaborative curatorial practices and promoting underrecognized perspectives. This unique vision has led to 2016’s curatorial team, consisting of Rocío Aranda-Alvarado, Kathleen Ash-Milby, Pip Day, Pablo León de la Barra, and Kiki Mazzucchelli. Among the exhibition’s highlights are Jonathas De Andrade’s “A Study of Race and Class: Bahia><Santa Fe,” a photography mural of individuals photographed around Santa Fe, inspired by Columbia University’s 1952 study of attitudes surrounding race in Brazil; Mexico City–based Julia Rometti and Victor Costales’s textile diptych reflecting their research on Navajo weaving traditions and storytelling; and Alaskan artist Sonya Kelliher-Combs’s eclectic installation of feathers, horns, and braids of human hair encased in shadow boxes covered in acrylic polymer “skin,” evoking Inupiat cultural practices. “Much Wider Than a Line,” SITElines.2016: New Perspectives on Art of the Americas, runs through January 8, 2017, at SITE Santa Fe.
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