University Art Museum at New Mexico State University

University Art Museum at New Mexico State University

Las Cruces, New Mexico

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Cara Despain: Specter New Mexico

  • June 22, 2023 - September 16, 2023
Contemporary Gallery - On Site Exhibition

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1 Installation View: Cara Despain: Specter New Mexico by Cara Despain
  • Cara Despain
  • 1 Installation View: Cara Despain: Specter New ..., 2023
Other-Multimedia
3 Installation View: Cara Despain: Specter New Mexico: 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍 π’ƒπ’π’π’”π’”π’π’Ž 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒆 by Cara Despain
  • Cara Despain
  • 3 Installation View: Cara Despain: Specter New ..., 2022
wood, mirror, antique Depression - Era glass, UV lights.
4 Installation View: Cara Despain: Specter New Mexico: 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍 π’ƒπ’π’π’”π’”π’π’Ž 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒆 by Cara Despain
  • Cara Despain
  • 4 Installation View: Cara Despain: Specter New ..., 2022
wood, mirror, antique Depression - Era glass, UV lights.
5 Installation View: Cara Despain: Specter New Mexico by Cara Despain
  • Cara Despain
  • 5 Installation View: Cara Despain: Specter New ..., 2023
Other-Multimedia
6 Installation View: Cara Despain: Specter New Mexico: untitled by Cara Despain
  • Cara Despain
  • 6 Installation View: Cara Despain: Specter New ..., 2023
3 x 3 in
(7.62 x 7.62 cm)
Cast plaster, acrylic paint, reflective spray wood
7 Installation View: Cara Despain: Specter New Mexico: 𝘡𝘦𝘴𝘡 𝘴𝘡π˜ͺ𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰. 3 (π˜›π˜¦π˜’π˜±π˜°π˜΅ β€” π˜›π˜Άπ˜³π˜¬) by Cara Despain
  • Cara Despain
  • 7 Installation View: Cara Despain: Specter New ..., 2022
38 x 57 in
(96.52 x 144.78 cm)
Oil on canvas
8 Installation View: Cara Despain: Specter New Mexico by Cara Despain
  • Cara Despain
  • 8 Installation View: Cara Despain: Specter New ..., 2022
Other-Multimedia
9 Installation View: Cara Despain: Specter New Mexico: 𝘡𝘦𝘴𝘡 𝘴𝘡π˜ͺ𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰. 4 (π˜›π˜¦π˜’π˜±π˜°π˜΅ β€” π˜›π˜Άπ˜³π˜¬) by Cara Despain
  • Cara Despain
  • 9 Installation View: Cara Despain: Specter New ..., 2023
10 x 8 in
(25.4 x 20.32 cm)
Oil on canvas
10 Installation View: Cara Despain: Specter New Mexico: Test of Faith by Cara Despain
  • Cara Despain
  • 10 Installation View: Cara Despain: Specter New..., 2021
3 channel Digital Installation with 5.1 Surround Sound ( 3 : 3 9
11 Installation View: Cara Despain: Specter New Mexico: Test of Faith by Cara Despain
  • Cara Despain
  • 11 Installation View: Cara Despain: Specter New..., 2021
3 channel Digital Installation with 5.1 Surround Sound ( 3 : 3 9
12 Installation View: Cara Despain: Specter New Mexico: Test of Faith by Cara Despain
  • Cara Despain
  • 12 Installation View: Cara Despain: Specter New..., 2021
3 channel Digital Installation with 5.1 Surround Sound ( 3 : 3 9
13 Installation View: Cara Despain: Specter New Mexico: Test of Faith by Cara Despain
  • Cara Despain
  • 13 Installation View: Cara Despain: Specter New..., 2021
3 channel Digital Installation with 5.1 Surround Sound ( 3 : 3 9
14 Installation View: Cara Despain: Specter New Mexico by Cara Despain
  • Cara Despain
  • 14 Installation View: Cara Despain: Specter New...
Other-Multimedia
I o d i n e - 1 3 1 by Cara Despain
  • Cara Despain
  • I o d i n e - 1 3 1, 2020
47 x 47 x 2.5 in
(119.38 x 119.38 x 6.35 cm)
Cast gypsum concrete, acrylic and reflective paint, LED lights
Test of Faith by Cara Despain
  • Cara Despain
  • Test of Faith, 2021
3 channel digital video installation with 5.1 surround sound (3:39)
untitled by Cara Despain
  • Cara Despain
  • untitled, 2022
Depression-era antique uranium glass
untitled by Cara Despain

Cara Despain