As part of SITE Santa Fe’s opening weekend for the exhibition of Helen Pashgian: Presences, the first solo presentation of the artist in New Mexico, Helen Pashgian will be in conversation with Michael Govan, the CEO and Wallis Annenberg Director of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). The exhibition (November 19, 2021-March 27, 2022) delivers long-overdue recognition to this trailblazing artist’s six-decade career and celebrates her contributions to the Light and Space movement.

Born in 1934 in Pasadena, California, Helen Pashgian is a pre-eminent member of the 1960s Light and Space movement in Southern California. Over the course of her career, Pashgian has produced a significant series of sculptures composed of vibrantly colored columns, discs, and spheres that often feature an isolated element that appears suspended, embedded, or encased within.