Exhibitions & Events
The Contemporary at Blue Star excels in its ability to flex and respond to current conversations and the needs of its surrounding community, always with an eye to its mission of inspiring the creative genius in us all by nurturing artists through innovative contemporary art.
Exhibitions
![A mixed media drawing of acrylic medium and gold pigment on plexi-glass depicts two male figures with arms raised above their heads as if holding a long pieces of wood together. Instead their hands are holding white lines. A series of white lines or bands intersects in the center of the composition, making an abstracted, building like construction. In the background is a textural wash, similar to peeling paint with a water color like effect in the bottom third of the composition. The drawing has a monochromatic, sepia tone.](https://contemporarysa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/16-Golden-Age-of-Construction-view-2.jpeg)
Raul Rene Gonzalez
The Golden Age of Construction
Acrylic medium and gold
pigment on plexi-glass
46 x 48”
2013
Latitudes at Lake|Flato Architects
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C& Center of Unfinished Business at Contemporary at Blue Star
The C& Center of Unfinished Business
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Al Rendon, "Raúl Salinas, 1987." Archival pigment ink print
Xicanx: Dreamers + Changemakers | Soñadores + creadores del cambio
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Leeanna Chipana, Woman in Blue Hat, oil on board, 16" x 20".
Kaysaypac: Portraits and Figures by Leeanna Chipana
![A dark gallery with three screens. From left to right, a stream over rocks, two hands cupped together holding silver coins, and another stream.](https://contemporarysa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_0274-scaled.jpg)
Xinhao Cheng, still from "Silver... and other Elements", 4 channel video, on view at Contemporary at Blue Star.
Cheng Xinhao: Silver… and Other Elements
Events
![A wooden sign with red text sits on course dirt. & silver coins are places on the wooden sign, which has red text.](https://contemporarysa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Xinhao-Cheng-Silver-ana-other-Elements-4.jpg)
Xinhao Cheng, still from "Silver... and other Elements", 4 channel video.
Money Talks: A Personalized Coin Workshop with Alejandra Salinas Pérez
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Novel Ideas Art Book Fair
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Xicanx: Dreamers + Changemakers Soñadores + creadores del cambio, installation view, 2024. Photo by Beth Devillier.
Xicanx Symposium
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