Continuum: Brave New World

The triumph of Abstract Expressionism and urban modernism after World War II led to a new migration of artists to Taos from both Coasts whose work from the 1940s to mid-1960’s reflected their critical ties to the contemporary art world. Centered in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco, the period’s rapid succession of late modern movements is represented by the diverse styles of these newly arrived artists, ranging from Louis Ribak, Bea Mandelman, Agnes Martin and John de Puy to Ed Corbett, Bill Gersch and Bob Wagner—with sojourns by Richard Diebenkorn, Mark Rothko, Ad Reinhardt, and Clyfford Still. And whether abstract or object-based, their work is deeply mediated by the Taos landscape and its overriding narrative of place and peoples.

Exhibition list of Continuum in Mandelman-Ribak gallery:

1      Milford Greer
Flute, 1971
Oil on canvas
Gift of Earl Stroh    
1992.0003.0000
 
2      Thomas Benrimo
Facade #2, 1950s
Oil on masonite
Anonymous Gift
1995.0020.0000
 
3      Oli Sihvonen
Fenestra #4, 1961
Oil on Masonite
M.A. Healy Family Foundation Purchase Fund 
1995.0031.0000
 
4      Earl Stroh
Gray Spring, 1960s
Oil on canvas
Gift of the Artist      
1997.0023.0000
 
5      Beatrice Mandelman
White Sun, 1960s
Oil on canvas
Gift of the Mandelman-Ribak Foundation
2010.0015.0023
 
6      Clay Spohn
Vertical Modulations in Light and Dark, 1961
Oil on linen
M.A. Healy Family Foundation Purchase Fund
1995.0028.0000
 
7      Agnes Martin
Untitled, 1958
Oil on canvas
M.A. Healy Family Foundation Purchase Fund
1993.0017.0000
 
8      Robert M. Ellis          
Bridging Yellow, c. 1958
Acrylic on masonite
Gift of Whit Adams
2002.0002.0000
 
9      Lawrence Calcagno
Night Phenomena, 1954
Oil on canvas
Gift of the Estate of Lawrence Calcagno
1994.0019.0000
 
10   Robert C. Ellis
Llano Quemado Number Six, 1972 Acrylic and oil on canvas
Gift of Rose Ellis Clark
1993.0050.0000
 
11   Robert D. Ray
An Insistence of Circles II, 1973
Acrylic on rice paper mounted on masonite
Gift of Robert D. Ray Trust
2003.0005.0000
 
12   Louis Ribak
Suspension, 1960s
Oil on masonite
Gift of the Mandelman-Ribak Foundation
2010.0017.0034
 
13   Mario Larrinaga
Choreography, 1959
Oil on masonite
Gift of Marvin A. and Marlys Harder
1985.0008.0000
 
14   Michio Takayama
Dyad in White, 1960s
Oil on linen
Gift of Dr. Masami Takayama
1994.0007.0000
 
15   Edward Corbett
White Painting, 1957
Oil on canvas
Gift of Gifford and Joann Phillips
2000.0047.0000
 
16   Leo Garel
Guadalupe Church, Taos, c.1950
Oil on canvas
Purchase Fund: Jeanne and Jim Manning, Kay Harvey
2000.0059.0000
 
17   Charles H. Reynolds
Fiesta Ball, c.1950
Oil on canvas
Gift of the Artist
1980.0314.0000
 
18   Dorothy Eugenie Brett
The Golden Images, 1939
Oil on canvas
Courtesy of the Taos Municipal School Historic Collection
L2012-1(21)
 
19   B.J.O. Nordfeldt
Grasses, 1950
Oil on linen
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy and Robert Landon
1999.0005.0000
 
20   Wolcott Ely
Cagnes, 1953
Casein on paper
Gift of Wolcott Ely
1991.0016.0000
 
21   Horace Pierce
Untitled, 1955-1958
Gouache on illustration board
Gift of Florence M. Pierce
1996.0002.0000
 
22   Barbara Harmon       
Tranquility (No. 1), c. 1964
Pastel on paper     
Gift of the Artist
1986.0004.0000