NMMOA | NOVEMBER 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The New Mexico Museum of Art opened a new exhibition To Make, Unmake, and Make Again celebrating the life and work of Rick Dillingham.

A prominent fixture in the Santa Fe arts community, Dillingham was a scholar, author, collector, curator, dealer, and ceramic artist who was firmly grounded in the tradition and canon of Southwest ceramics. After his death in 1994 due to complications from AIDS, Dillingham’s collection of ceramic artworks was distributed across multiple institutions in central New Mexico and the United States, with some of his works being homed as far as the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, United Kingdom.

The exhibition brings works from Dillingham’s ceramic practice into conversation with his personal collection of artwork and Indigenous ceramics to examine the role collecting had on his artwork, and to tell the story of his evolution as a maker and community collaborator. On view are works from across Dillingham’s artistic career, and features a number of works that have not been seen since his death.

To Make, Unmake, and Make Again will be on display in the New Wing at the New Mexico Museum of Art’s location on the Plaza until June 16, 2024.