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“A mix of dealers with the
highest levels of material.”
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Objects of Art Santa Fe Show
by Alice Kaufman
Kim Martindale conjured the idea for his Objects of Art show years ago,
which was “to display objects from different cultures and different time
periods and present them as art,” or, to quote coproducer John Morris, “a
very solid show where people can have very high odds of seeing something that
appeals—a show with no dates or borders.”
The idea worked so well that after their eighth successful show in Santa Fe, they
are taking the show on the road to California, where the Objects of Art Los Angeles
show will debut in April 2017.
How will the shows differ? “Each show takes on some of the character of the
region.” Martindale said that in Los Angeles it will include plein-air paintings and
local art.
The Santa Fe show, held this year August 12-14 (and with a gala opening on
August 11 to benefit New Mexico PBS), continues to grow. The first Objects of Art
hosted 40 dealers. This year there were 75. There were ten new ones this year. It’s
“a mix of dealers with the highest levels of material,” Martindale said. Attendance
was up as well.
Morris thought both shows (the pair also produce the Antique American Indian
Art Show, which followed Objects of
Art by about a week) drew younger
people than they had seen in the past,
“perhaps because of promoting the show
through social media, which is a factor
in Santa Fe. This year we put more time
and energy into social media and got
a bigger response. It is a tool younger
people were eager to engage with.”
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This 59" high “wonderful” wooden folk art giraffe was
made in 2010 by David Alvarez of Tesuque, New Mexico.
Santa Fe dealer Bill Hawn was asking $1200 for the
giraffe and said the show had been “great—I sold lots of
folk art and some Indian items.”
Santa Fe dealer Frank Hill
was asking $1800 for this
1950s Mexican burro mask.
Hill called the mask “a great
piece of folk art with a real
tribal look” and said he’d met
a new customer at the show
who bought three “great, old”
(1890-1910) Navajo bracelets.
This Palhik Mana kachina (also known
as Buffalo Maiden) was a highlight
of the display (“History of Katsina
Carvings”) in the booth of dealer
Barry “Buffalo” Walsh of Holden,
Massachusetts. Walsh said this doll
dated from the 1920-30s, cost $12,500,
and illustrated that era’s use of
full-bodied carving and pre-tempera
mineral and vegetal paints. He said
he’d sold a 1920s kachina doll and
a painting by Phillip Vigil, a young
contemporary artist.
Robert L. Parsons of Taos, New Mexico, was asking $55,000 for Taos in Winter, a 15" x 22"
watercolor by William Victor Higgins (1884-1949). Parsons said he’d had a “very good show.”
The Standard Art and Antiques Company
is connected with the galleries at 136 Grant
Avenue in Santa Fe. This Navajo Hubbell
Germantown Moki serape, circa 1890, 74" x
53½", cost $14,500 and was offered by Santa Fe
dealer Christopher Selser, a 136 Grant Avenue
exhibitor. How was the show? “Fantastic,” said
136 Grant Avenue proprietor Anna Heiniger.
“We got lots of attention.”