Upcoming Shows
John Connell & Eugene Newmann
May 3 - June 7, 2025
Opening Reception | Saturday, May 3, 4-6 pm
Eugene Newmann, Neighboring Constellations, 1978, oil on canvas, 44 x 60 in.
Pie Projects Contemporary Art is honored to present John Connell & Eugene Newmann, featuring paintings, works on paper, and bronze sculptures by two legendary artists whose decades long friendship span into a remarkable working collaboration that ended only by Connell's death in 2009.
Notably, the two artists collaborated on The Raft Project (1989–1994): A giant sculpture/painting project that was perceived as a takeoff on Géricault's 'The Raft of the Medusa.' The traveling 'The Raft Project' exhibition included monumental paintings of the sky map, a reference to night navigation.
John Connell (1940 – 2009), Bamboo Window Shade, 1976, tempera on paper, 48 x 32 in.
The exhibition will feature The Sixth Hour, one of the The Raft Project tar painting and its monumental counterpart, along side Connell's ink drawings and small bronze sculptures, and Newmann 'Virgo Constellation' monoprints. Additionally, Newmann will present some of his most recents oil and acrylic paintings.
Eugene Newmann has long been regarded as one of the pioneering artists in the New Mexico abstract art scene. He is well known in the Santa Fe art community for being a ‘painter's painter,’ drawing admiration from many of his peers. His work is represented in numerous private and public collections, including the New Mexico Museum of Art, the Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, the Tucson Museum of Art, and the U.S. Department of State Art Bank. He is a recipient of the New Mexico Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts.
John Connell was born in Atlanta and studied at Brown University in Providence in the late 1950s. He then moved to New York and studied at the Art Students League and New York University before moving to San Francisco in the mid-1960s. Eventually relocating to the Southwest, he lived in Santa Fe, New Mexico for most of his career. His artwork is included in many public and private collections, including The Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, New York; The Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, Texas; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York; New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe; and Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona, among others.
MOMENTUM
June 14 - July 19, 2025
Opening Reception | Saturday, June 14, 4-6 pm
In celebration of the 12th SITE SANTA FE International, Pie Projects will showcase the work of 7 exceptional artists, including Florence Miller Pierce and Daisy Quezada Ureña who were selected for the biennial by its curator Cecilia Alemani. Also featured are Lua Brice, Jane Lackey, August Muth, Signe Stuart, and Judy Tuwaletstiwa.
