Gestural In Form (Virgil Ortiz)
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Exhibition Dates
Gestural In Form with works by Virgil Ortiz opens on August 10, marking the anniversary of the 1680 Pueblo Revolt. Gestural In Form will showcase the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian and Charlotte Mittler’s prominent collection of Virgil Ortiz’s sculptural works from the 1980s through the early 2000s. Over twenty-five dynamic works by Virgil Ortiz (Cochiti Pueblo, b. 1969) will be shown. In addition, a bountiful selection of Ortiz’s family’s work will be on display, such as his grandmother Laurencita Herrera, mother Serafina Ortiz, father Guadalupe Ortiz, and his sisters Janice Ortiz, Inez Ortiz, and Joyce Ortiz Lewis.
Monos Figure, 2005