new work and new space at GVG Contemporary
1368 Rufina Circle, Santa Fe NM 87507
open house Friday, July 15 from 5 to 7 pm
open by appointment (or chance) on an ongoing basis
Come visit our new gallery at the corner of Canyon Road and Delgado Street!
241 Delgado Street, Santa Fe NM 87501 | materialityfineart.com | 505-629-3075
Featuring new work by Ernst Gruler and Blair Vaughn-Gruler
GVG studio visits are available at our Rufina Circle location by appointment.
(re)purpose
With an exhibition aptly titled (re)purpose, GVG Contemporary debuts new artwork and a new warehouse exhibition and studio space.
Highlighting the exhibition is new sculpture, paintings and sculptural furniture of gallery co-owner, Ernst Gruler, who incorporates repurposed elements into many of his pieces.
A master technician with a highly developed aesthetic eye, Gruler explains how the new studio supports his work and vision:
A larger space allows me the opportunity to re-evaluate my materials and my process. I’ll be bringing in some new technology and new materials, moving beyond a focus on salvaged steel and found industrial objects.
I’m taking the learned sensibilities of repurposing scrap steel and augmenting this with more fabricated forms as I continue to investigate functional art (Sound Sculpture, furniture and lighting), kinetic sculpture and build forms for their own sake.
Gruler is also well known for his ergonomic chairs, tables, dining sets, and other furniture pieces with distinctive contemporary designs made from wood laminates. In recent years he’s combined wood and steel for a line of hybrid furniture pieces, and also continued to make both innovative floor and table top lamps along with paintings that incorporate wood, steel and other unexpected materials.
Gruler has also repurposed a new large warehouse on the corner of Rufina and Rufina Circle into an expanded metal studio and a large new showroom for GVG. After 12 years exhibiting on Canyon Road, the pandemic sent GVG over to the Siler Rufina Arts District (next to Meow Wolf), where they have decided to stay. Now open by appointment (or chance), the new warehouse, with large exterior sculpture space, offers a highly visible art venue along with the opportunity for visitors to venture into Gruler’s working metal studio.
(re)purpose also features the work of Jeffie Brewer, with new large scale steel sculpture and other new iterations of his iconic critters, creatures and symbols.
GVG co-owner Blair Vaughn-Gruler also exhibits her paintings in the new gallery space, and her warehouse studio and showroom (next door) will be open to the public on July 15th.
Gruler’s work is also available at Acosta Strong Fine Art, and Vaughn-Gruler’s work is available at Kay Contemporary Art, both on Canyon Road in Santa Fe.