Noelle Phares, Chelsea Kajah
Tracking Time
BMoCA, Boulder, CO
May 23 - September 2, 2024
Ndee (detail), 2024
Leather, red mylar, leather glue, rope, wood frame
Courtesy of the artist
This Fickle Bounty (detail), 2024
Oil, acrylic, oil pastel, and colored pencil on wood panel
Courtesy of the artist
Tracking Time is a two-person exhibition featuring newly commissioned work by painter Noelle Phares and multi-disciplinary artist Chelsea Kaiah. The work on view situates two different interpretations of our evolving relationship to the natural world through the lenses of environmental studies and Native American cosmology, respectively.
Anchored by seven personally relevant sites along the Colorado River, Noelle Phares translates the human impact on land and water in her signature painting style. Chelsea Kaiah employs recurring materials associated with her indigenous hunting practice, including animal hides and blue plastic tarps, to reinvent traditional Ute and Apache symbolism.
Each body of work serves as a map to help navigate the current conversation around our ecological crisis and as a reflection of our interrelated past, present, and future.
BMoCA - BOULDER MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART
1750 13th Street, Boulder, Colorado 80302
