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STEPHANIE: THE ALBUQUERQUE
SCULPTURE MUSEUM IS OPEN TO
VISITORS.
WE SPOKE WITH THE CURATOR OF
ART
TO GET MORE DETAILS ON THE
SPECIAL GARDEN.
WE HAVE JOSIE LOPEZ, THE CURATOR
OF ART.
GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING.
IT IS GREAT TO SEE YOU.
STEPHANIE: GREAT TO SEE YOU AS
WELL.
EXCITED ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE WE
ARE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT
IS GOING TO GET US OUT OF OUR
HOUSE AND SEEING SOME AMAZING
ART.
FOR OUR VIEWERS AT HOME
, WHAT IS
IT ABOUT?
THE ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM
SCULPTURE GARDEN INCLUDES OVER
50 ARTWORKS THAT ARE PART OF THE
ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM'S ART
COLLECTION.
THE SCULPTURES AREA IN
-- VARY
IN SIZE AND MATERIALS.
THERE IS A LOT TO SEE.
YOU CAN VISIT THE SCULPTURE
GARDEN ANYTIME THROUGHOUT THE
DAY.
OUR SCULPTURE GARDEN IS OPEN
FROM 9:30 TO 4:00.
WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE A
COMPONENT OF THE MUSEUM
AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC TO COME
AND ENJOY, ESPECIALLY IN
BEAUTIFUL OUTDOOR SETTING WITH
MEANDERING PATHWAYS, ACCESS TO
OLD TOWN, WITH THE PARK RIGHT
NEXT DOOR.
WE HOPE THAT FOLKS WILL START TO
VISIT THE MUSEUM AGAIN.
CRYSTAL: IT IS SUCH A DIVERSE
AREA TO COME START.
HOW MANY ARTISTS ARE INVOLVED
AND WHAT ARE SOME OF THEIR
BACKGROUNDS?
THERE ARE OVER 50 ARTISTS
INCLUDED IN THE SCULPTURE
GARDEN.
AS YOU POINT OUT, THEY ARE A
VERY DIVERSE GROUP FROM NEW
MEXICO, FROM THE REGION AND ALSO
INTERNATIONAL.
WE DO FEATURE ARTISTS
LIKE ALAN
HAUSER.
AS WELL AS MICHAEL.
IF THE INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS
PROMINENTLY FEATURED AT THE
MUSEUM AS A LARGE-SCALE
SCULPTURE WHICH IS INSPIRED BY
PUEBLO ARCHITECTURE.
THERE REALLY IS A LARGE RANGE OF
ARTISTS AND STORIES THAT ARE
BEING TOLD WITHIN THE SCULPTURE
GARDEN.
CRYSTAL: LET'S TALK ABOUT THOSE
STORIES.
IT IS NOT LITERAL STORYTELLING,
BUT IT IS WHEN IT COMES TO ART.
IT IS A VISUAL STORYTELLING.
FOR EXAMPLE,
HE HAS A
LARGE-SCALE BEAR SURROUNDED BY
AIRPLANES.
HE IS REFLECTING ON THE
INTERACTION BETWEEN TECHNOLOGY
AND NATURE AND HOW THE
ENVIRONMENT IS IMPACTED.
THEN YOU HAVE SOMEONE LIKE HIS
FATHER, WHO INCORPORATES BOTH
ABSTRACT FORMS AND FIGURES TO
INFLECT ON HOW HUMANS ARE
INTERCONNECTED IN ALL KINDS OF
DIFFERENT WAYS.
THEN OF COURSE YOU HAVE AN
ARTIST WHO PRESENTS MULTIPLE
FIGURES IN A SPACE WHERE YOU SEE
A YOUNG GIRL GETTING READY TO GO
FOR A RUN AND A COUPLE EMBRACING
EACH OTHER.
THAT REALLY SHOWS HOW PEOPLE
COME TOGETHER IN OUR SPACES.
AND HOW WE TAKE CARE OF EACH
OTHER.
I THINK THOSE ARE STORIES BEING
TOLD THROUGH THE ARTWORK,
DESPITE THE FACT THAT THEY ARE
STATIC.
SCULPTURES MADE OF STONE AND
STEEL AND BRONZE.
THEY HAVE THE STORIES AND LIVES
THAT ARE COMING TO THE
AUDIENCE
AS THEY VISIT AND WALK THROUGH
THE GROUNDS.
CRYSTAL: ABSOLUTELY.
HE MENTIONED THE DIVERSITY
BETWEEN THE ARTISTS AS THEIR OWN
INTERPRETATIONS OF WHAT ART IS
AND THEIR BACKGROUND, BUT YOU
ALSO MENTIONED THERE WAS A LOT
OF DIFFERENT MATERIAL BEING
USED.
YES.
AGAIN, IT RANGES FROM EVERYTHING
FROM THIS INCREDIBLE STONE
GRANITE THAT IS INCLUDED
, TO
ALSO OTHER REALLY INTERESTING
MATERIALS THAT REFLECT THE
DIFFERENT TIMES OF DAY AND
DIFFERENT WEATHER CONDITIONS AS
THEY CHANGE.
SO, THERE IS A WHOLE
DIVERSITY
OF APPROACHES TO MAKING
SCULPTURES.
IT ALSO INCLUDES A LARGE VARIETY
OF WORKS THAT ARE ABSTRACT AND
SOME THAT ARE NOT.
SOME ARE FOCUSING ON THE FIGURE
ANTIBODY, WHILE OTHERS SHOW
FORMS THAT GET YOU TO THINK
ABOUT MOTION AND MOVEMENT AND
COLOR AND SPACE ITSELF.
I THINK THAT KIND OF EXPERIENCE
ALLOWS PEOPLE TO GET A VARIETY
OF INTERACTIONS IN THE SPACE.
THAT IS REALLY IT.
YOU ARE GETTING TO INTERACT
DIRECTLY WITH ARTWORK WITHIN
THESE SPACES.
CRYSTAL: I KNOW A LOT OF OUR
VIEWERS ARE CHAMPING AT THE BIT
TO GET OUT AND SEE SOME GREAT
ART.
WHAT ARE THE TIMES AND DAYS THEY
CAN GO VISIT?
MUCH OF THE SCULPTURE GARDEN
IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 24 HOURS A
DAY.
YOU CAN COME BY AND WALK THROUGH
THE GROUNDS.
WE DO HAVE A PORTION OF THE
SCULPTURE GARDEN, THE WEST
SCULPTURE GARDEN, WHICH IS OPEN
FROM 9:00
TO 4:30 DURING OUR
BUSINESS WEEK, TUESDAY THROUGH
SUNDAY.
WE HOPE AUDIENCES WILL COME,
ENJOY, AND WALK THROUGH THESE
BEAUTIFUL SPACES AS WE WAIT FOR
THE MUSEUM TO OPEN, HOPEFULLY IN
THE NEAR FUTURE.
CRYSTAL: SOUNDS LIKE A TREASURE.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING GREAT
INFORMATION WITH US.
