The Pleasure Show

June 29 – July 22, 2018 AXLE Contemporary Mobile Exhibition Space Santa Fe, New Mexico
Opening, Railyard Shade Structure, Santa Fe, Friday, June 29, 5-7 pm

THE EXHIBITION:
Juried by: Mi’jan Celie Tho’Biaz, Rose Simpson, and Meridel Rubenstein

The Pleasure Show will explore the theme of pleasure in myriad forms and expressions. This show grew from the work of storycollector Mi’Jan Celie Tho-Biaz. In her current work, Mi’Jan is exploring pleasure as a valuable part of the spectrum of healing as well as its subjective expression.

The jury has selected photographs that explore the ways that we reconcile pleasure within the current, challenging times, while we are still very much in the throes of witnessing and beginning to reconcile centuries of historic abuse and trauma. The exhibition also explores how pleasure exists in myriad of ways during these times, that pleasure is readily accessible, and that just like the recipient of any truly great gift, there is the giver who wants to share stories and images that convey the essence of day-to-day well being, whimsy, sensuality and life affirmation. During the run of the exhibition, Mi’Jan will be using the Axle mobile space as a pleasure story collection site.

During the run of the exhibition, Mi’Jan will be using the Axle mobile space as a pleasure story collection site.

New Mexico Photographers: Anne Staveley, Nancy Sutor, Duane Monczewski, Lyndia Radice, Laurinda Stockwell, Patti Levey, Mary Sloane, Nancy Sutor, Gustavo Castilla, Ed Fields, Martin Wannam, Alexandra Weaver

THE GALLERY:

Housed in the back of a custom retrofitted 1970 aluminum stepvan, Axle Contemporary is an art gallery on wheels. We exhibit installation art, performance, works on paper, including photography, drawing, and painting, and occasionally sculpture. Our mobility allows us to visit both typical art venues and unusual ones, such as schools, empty lots, restaurants, grocery stores,and city streets.

Our 6′ x 10′ exhibition space features high wood ceilings, exposed beams, track lighting and a magnetically based system for displaying unframed works on paper.

Axle Contemporary was founded in 2010 by artists Matthew Chase-Daniel and Jerry Wellman, as a collaborative work of art, and an innovative vehicle for arts distribution.  It has since grown beyond the confines of the mobile exhibition space, and also includes book publishing, and alternative methods of creation and dissemination of contemporary arts in the public sphere.  Axle Contemporary is supported in part by Axle Projects, Inc, a 501 (c)(3) corporation , which is made possible by your donations.  Learn more about Axle Projects here

Hours and locations vary. Visit website for daily info – www.axleart.com

For more information on AXLE Contemporary contact Matthew Chase-Daniel or Jerry Wellman at:

matthew@axleart.com // jerry@axleart.com
505-670-5854 // 505-670-7612

Image Credit: Anne Staveley, Untitled.