Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Delilah Montoya artist talk
In response to this artist talk, I wonder if there should be more quality control in the selection process for visiting artists that we expose students to here at St. Mary’s. I’m trying to think how I could have better spent that hour. I think I would have gained more insight into good art through watching TV. I don’t have a TV, but now I wish I had one to wash away the loud, tasteless collection of work that Ms. Montoya presented this evening. There was so much colour but so little skill displayed through her selection. I know that appreciation of art is subjective and a very personal thing, so I’m sure some people may quite like the work she showed. For me, the work doesn’t make me yearn to go to Houston. The fact that this art hangs in galleries there is not a bad thing. Rich Texans with little taste need something to waste their money on. None of the work stood out as memorable, except maybe the “Alien Cactus Women”! Not my cup of tea.
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Delilah Montoya was born in Texas on December 7, 1955. She grew up in Omaha Nebraska being raised by her mother, all the way into her twenties. Delilah has deep roots in northern New Mexico through her mother’s family. She is an expert in crocheting and knitting, more than just doilies Delilah made bedspreads, curtains, and rugs. Delilah studied photography and printmaking at the university of New Mexico, where she received her bachelors and masters in fine arts. Although her education wasn’t that great, she barely graduated high school.
ReplyDeleteDelilah did Chicana photography; her work focused around kindles issues of cultural identity and she focuses on the experiences of the southwest. She used her art as a vehicle for exploring issues of the Chicana ideology. She uses her art in order to make use of documentary methods, and with each project she studies and examines the issues that become part of her project. “Delilah did things like Saints and Sinners, a photo installation exploring the nature of the hermandad. Also The Codex Delilah: A Journey From Mexicatl to Chicana which approaches the Spanish/ Indian encounter from a mestizaje perspective. She was formally interested in incorporate computer and graphic skills with photo processes along with printing techniques. Now she is interested in the printing processes like photographic lithographs, collotypes, serigraphs, or chemical/ digital photographic prints.” (www.delilahmontoya.com/artiststatement.html)