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Maria Hupfield, Travel Bag, hand sewn industrial felt

for the exhibition The Old Becomes The New: New York Contemporary Native American Art Movement And The New York School; Wilmer Jennings Gallery; New York, NY, 2013.

Meet an international network of artists connected by their interest in vernacular traditions and indigenous knowledge

SITE Santa Fe was the scene of an extraordinary convergence last week as artists from Anchorage to Buenos Aires gathered for the opening of SITElines2016. 

The show, the only major biennial devoted to the Americas, is titled “Much Wider Than a Line.” Taken from Leanne Simpson’s Dancing on our Turtle’s Back, the phrase refers to territorial cross-connections that transcend national borders.  

Selected by a team of five curators, the 35 artists from 16 countries are united by interests in vernacular culture, indigenous voices, and natural materials.  

Identity, race, and borders are ongoing themes in the exhibition, where performance meets ritual, de-colonial practice meets social practice, and craft is high art.  

From top: Marta Minujin.Benvenuto Chavajay.Jorge González.Graciela Iturbide.Jonathas De Andrade.Pablo Helguera.Juana Valdes.Aaron Dysart.Maria Hupfield.Xenobia Bailey.