CONTEMPORARY NATIVE ART MAGAZINE Issue #3
In 107 years WRIGHT’S has evolved from
Rustic Trading Post
to
Sophisticated Gallery
From Pablita Velarde and Maria Martinez to the amazingly creative artists of today, Wright's has been proud to represent significant artists whose designs and workmanship forge new paths and receive international recognition.
W R I GH T S I N D IA N ART
2677 LOU ISI ANA BLVD AL BUQ UE RQU E, NM 8 7110 (5 05) 266 -0120 | ( 866) 37 2-1042
www.wrightsgallery.com
Jewelry by: Tsos Brown, Monty Claw, Chris Nieto, Dylan Poblano, and Ernest Rangel
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KESHi
since 1981
thezuniconnection 227 don gaspar, santa fe 505.989.8728 keshi.com
fetishes
jewelry
pottery
Jaycee Nahohai: Owl, detail
Since 1982 Contemporary & Old Pawn Indian Art & Jewelry in Taos
121 Kit Carson road • taos, new MexiCo • 575-758-9407
bryansgallery.com Top LEFT: SiLvESTEr HuSTiTo, 25”x25” acryLic • cEnTEr: angiE yazzi, 10”x12” MicacEouS cLay • Top rigHT: grEgory LoMayESva, 40”x40” MixEd MEdia
Interview with
MARK PRESTON CNAM: You seem very broad based with Traditional Art on one hand in form of prints, glass and jewelry and Contemporary Art in 2D and 3D mixed media and jewelry. How do you decide in the morning which path to follow to create? MARK PRESTON: Well I don't decide in one moment to the next what I am going to do. I usually give my ideas a lot of thought and a few sketches. Sometimes it takes several weeks before I attempt to work on an idea. In the beginning I had to hand draw on paper or create a small model of the idea before I would make the finished idea. Since I work with many mediums, I need to experiment with materials to create a project. This is where working in 3D CAD or with computer renderings comes in handy to realize what I see in my mind’s eye. I get to see in real time the ideas in full color and in a way that I can view it in 3 Dimensions. I have so many ideas flowing in my mind in any given day that it is nearly impossible to keep them in a sketch pad alone they would never to see the light of day. The days that I don't even create, I leave my mind free to wander and wonder at life. CNAM: How did you develop the idea to deconstruct traditional items like soapberry spoons, drums and button blankets thus modernizing materials as well as form? MARK: To make things simple is not to deconstruct...rather to reinvent. This comes from a very personal way of thinking and doing. It seems that all my life I have been simplifying my experiences. I believe it was in a way what I experienced in my young life living with my great great grandpa Taylor McGundy and his wife Mary Looke, living in the bush hunting and trapping. We lived from season to season and packing light was what kept things manageable. So as a result, my way of
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How You Got Your Name —For Alan One tree struck by lightning Fashioned into a cradleboard Protect my little one. Three tall river willows chosen Shaped and bent like an arch Keep my baby safe. Four buckskin loops on each side Zigzag laced belt like lightning Hold my child secure. Six colors of the sun sought Sewn beads around your willows Comfort my son to sleep. Grandfather said— Your cradleboard was charming So we named you Ga-schot-tsee Rainbow, my Rainbow.
Max Early's new book, Ears of Corn: Listen, is available from 3: A Taos Press: www.3taospress.com
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“CNAM’s interviews are candid, funny, personal and most importantly evidence of history in the making. They are the kind of interviews we wish we had with humanities greatest artists and are a sure indication that these native artists, too, will one day enter the canon of masters.” 2013 Santa Fe Indian Market Issue
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