Experience Fine Culture with an Art Exhibit in El Paso

Oct 12, 2015

Art is not limited to paintings hanging on walls. Art takes many forms and expressions, so there is something for all personalities to enjoy. Be sure to catch these museum exhibits in El Paso this October:

Victoria Sambunaris: Taxonomy of a Landscape

August 20-October 24

Rubin Center

Photography enthusiasts will love the Taxonomy of a Landscape exhibit. For over ten years, Victoria Sambunaris has traveled the United States with a 5X7 wooden camera and sheets of color negative film. The artist has discussed her curiosity to understand the landscape of America and our place within it as inhabitants. The first monograph on the work of Sambunaris is made up of two beautiful hardback volumes. Included in this amazing array of documents are images of books on history and geology, maps, artifacts like mineral specimens, road logs and journals along with her small photographic sketches.

Tell Me Something and Take It Back: An Exhibition of Contemporary Drawing

August 20-October 24

Rubin Center

Tell Me Something and Take it Back is a collection of works by three contemporary artists who use mark making and drawing to make thought-provoking and precise pieces. Subject matter and imagery are drawn from everyday situations, then dissected, put into layers, isolated and rescaled to create detailed works that suggest meanings, stories and states of mind as they resist easy narratives.

Poland’s Heroes of the Holocaust

September 1- November 1

El Paso Holocaust Museum

“Poland’s Heroes of the Holocaust” is a presentation of two traveling exhibits. The exhibits tell true accounts of those who risked their own lives and those of their families to save Jewish men, children and women during the Holocaust. The exhibit is based on more than 400 interviews done with Poles who rescued Jews. Another part of these exhibits involve a deeper look at Jan Karski, who secretly risked his life to enter the Warsaw Ghetto, gather information and return to the US and Great Britain to advocate on behalf of the Jews.

Enjoy an educational and informational exhibit in El Paso this October.