SoQ: Contemporary Art in Southern New Mexico

SoQ presents the work of sixty-four New Mexico artists living and working in towns and villages south of the state's population center, Albuquerque. The isolation of some of the artists' homes and studios distinguishes them from their "northern" counterparts in Albuquerque, Santa Fe, and Taos. Freed by the pressures of gallery shows and the stimulation and influences of other artists, many of the artists have opted for the "freedoms" allowed by living in remote and rural areas of the state....