Site Santa Fe

infobox Museum
name= SITE Santa Fe


established= February 1, 1995
location= 1606 Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
visitors= 1.5 million/year
director= Laura Steward Heon
website= [http://www.sitesantafe.org/ www.sitesantafe.org]

SITE Santa Fe (often referred to simply as SITE) is a non-profit contemporary arts organization based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Since its founding, SITE Santa Fe has gained worldwide recognition through a series of biennial exhibitions that have featured numerous famous artists. These exhibits have attracted thousands upon thousands of visitors from all around the world.

History

SITE Santa Fe was started in 1995 with the goal of hosting the only biennial of contemporary art in the entire United States. The first of these biennials was launched on July 14, 1995, and ran through October 8, 1995. Since then, there have been 5 other biennials, the most recent of which ended on January 7, 2007. Following the massive success of the first biennial, SITE Santa Fe opted to present exhibitions on an ongoing basis. These exhibits have also proved to be greatly successful and widely recognized, and have featured contributions from world-famous artists such as Gregory Crewdson and Andy Goldsworthy.

Current Activity

The 7th biennial entitled "Lucky Number Seven" opened June 22, 2008. The exhibit, curated by Lance Fung, features the work of 25 artists from 16 different countries. The exhibition is was documented online by a student documentary team from the Media Arts Program at New Mexico Highlands University, the New Media Arts Program at the Institute of American Indian Arts, and the Documentary Studies Program at the College of Santa Fe.

Notable Artists Featured in Past Biennials

*Marina Abramovic
*Francis Alÿs
*Robert Ashley
*Rebecca Belmore
*Vanessa Beecroft
*Maurizio Cattelan
*Gary Hume
*William Kentridge
*Andy Goldsworthy
*Tracey Moffatt
*Elizabeth Peyton
*Sam Taylor-Wood
*Rudolf Stingel
*Ghada Amer
*Janine Antoni
*Gregory Crewdson
*Louise Bourgeois
*Tania Bruguera
*Cai Guo-Qiang
*Mona Hatoum
*Carl Michael von Hausswolff
*Carsten Höller
*Kenneth Anger
*Jo Baer
*James Lee Byars
*Gajin Fujita
*Ellsworth Kelly
*Josiah McElheny
*Sarah Morris
*Takashi Murakami
*Kenneth Price
*Bridget Riley
*Ed Ruscha
*Bruce Conner
*John Currin
*Tom Friedman
*Robert Gober
*Douglas Gordon
*Jörg Immendorff
*Jasper Johns
*Jennifer Bartlett
*Patty Chang
*Peter Doig
*Wolfgang Laib

References

*cite web|url=http://sitesantafe.org/whoweare/artspacefr.html|title=SITE Sante Fe mission statement|publisher=SITE Sante Fe |accessdate=2008-07-13
*cite web|url=http://santafelucky7.com/about.html|title=Lucky Number 7 exhibition documentary website announced|publisher=Santa Fe Lucky 7 |accessdate=2008-07-13

External links

* [http://www.sitesantafe.org/ Site Santa Fe Official Website]
* [http://www.santafelucky7.com/ The Santa Fe Lucky Number 7 Project Official Website]
* [http://www.biennial.sitesantafe.org/2008/index.html SITE Santa Fe's Seventh International Biennial, Official Website]
* [http://www.biennial.sitesantafe.org/2006/biennial2006/flashsite/biennial2006.html SITE Santa Fe's Sixth International Biennial, Official Website]
* [http://www.biennial.sitesantafe.org/2004/ourgrotesque/index.html SITE Santa Fe's Fifth International Biennial, Official Website]