SITE Santa Fe to exhibit Agnes Martin and Richard Tuttle

Santa Fe, NM--From Sunday, August 16 through Sunday, October 18, 1998 SITE Santa Fe will exhibit Agnes Martin and Richard Tuttle. Organized by the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth's Chief Curator, Michael Auping, this exhibition presents the work of Agnes Martin alongside the work of her long-time friend Richard Tuttle. There is a free public opening for the exhibition on Sunday, August 16 from 5:00-7:00 p.m., and a free gallery talk by Michael Auping prior to the opening beginning at 3:00 p.m. Concurrently showing with this exhibition, SITE Santa Fe presents UNLAND/Doris Salcedo. The survey includes approximately a dozen works by each artist, exposing various points of aesthetic convergence, such as the use of diffused color, a reliance on line and drawing and intimate scale. Auping has worked closely with each artist to select works that emphasize connections between their individual aesthetics. Major loans from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D. C., as well as private collections throughout the United States are included. The exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue featuring an essay by Auping and interviews with each of the artists. AGNES MARTIN/RICHARD TUTTLE serves as both an homage to Martin, who is now 85 years old, and an illustration of the influence her work has played in Tuttle's artistic career. Tuttle first met Martin in the fall of 1963, when he visited Martin's South Street New York studio. The two artists have since experienced a career-long friendship. SITE Santa Fe is located at 1606 Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe, NM. Exhibition hours are 10 a.m-5:00 p.m seven days a week. Admission is $2.50 for adults and $1.00 for students and seniors; Sundays are free. Docent tours are offered on Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays at 2:00 p.m. and tours in Spanish are available by appointment. Call 505/989-1199 for more information. -Christina Cassidy Public Relations Coordinator #505/989-1199 ext. 17 Top of Page

"I'm not trying to describe anything. I'm looking for a perfect space." -Agnes Martin Untitled #6, 1996 Synthetic polymer and graphite on canvas, 60x60in   "I think our response to any image is a response to the space it inhabits." -Richard Tuttle Monkey's recovery for a Darkened Room (Bluebird), 1983 Wood, wire, acrylic, matboard, string & cloth, 40x20.5x12.5in