Matthew Erickson
Matthew Erickson is a writer. His work has been published in BOMB, The Believer, Frieze, and The Wire, among other publications. He lives in Tucson.
Billed as an “intergenerational conversation,” Teresita Fernández / Robert Smithson at SITE Santa Fe seeks to challenge the way landscapes have been seen, depicted, and manipulated through the work of two pivotal artists. With more than thirty works each by both Fernández and Smithson, the show functions as a joint retrospective emphasizing both artists’ shared interest in place and environment.
If Cecilia Vicuña’s earlier quipus explored the ways that fiber can alter architecture or how this unique form can be adapted to document contemporary life, Sonoran Quipu is investigating something more ineffable: relationship, connection, dependency, resilience.
