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Underworlderness

Heard Museum

June 6, 2008-January 18, 2009

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Navajo artist Tony Abeyta's Underworlderness exhibition will explore the Navajo underworld, the current world and our relationship to the cosmos in a series of ink and charcoal drawings. The south wall of the Crossroads Gallery will feature a large-scale installation created by using subtle ink washes and vine charcoal onto large paper panels installed on the wall. Other walls in the gallery will feature large-scale black-and-white drawings, as well as video installations by Abeyta's 17-year-old son Gabriel. The video installation will depict a reverse time-lapse view of the installation's process. This exhibition will serve as an experiment for Abeyta as well as the audience as they observe the artist in action. Abeyta will create the south wall artwork during museum hours, beginning approximately two weeks before the opening. During this time, museum patrons can interact with the artists, ask questions and serve as witnesses of Abeyta's strictly creative endeavor. Abeyta never knows exactly what will spring from his unconsciousness and works from instinct. The entire process will prove to be enthralling to observe, and the finished product promises to be unlike anything seen in the Phoenix art scene in years. Underworlderness will speak to the Navajo belief that humans emerged from the Earth and that the Earth is our creator. The ideas and artwork presented are organic, natural and botanical in nature and therefore closely tied with environmental causes. The overall effect in the gallery will create an environment rather than just a simple viewing room. Exhibition opens to the public on Phoenix First Friday, June 6, 2008, 8:00pm and runs through January 18, 2009. The opening is free and open to the public.

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  Tickets: Free with Museum Admission: $10/Adults, $9/Seniors (65+), $5/Students with valid Student ID, $4/Children (6-12), Free/Children under 6, Museum Members and Native Americans

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• Dates & Times

  Dates:
  June 6, 2008-January 18, 2009

  Times:
  Monday-Sunday 9:30am-5:00pm

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  Heard Museum

  2301 North Central Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85004

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  Phoenix

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