Millicent Rogers Museum: Jun 30-Sep 24, 2023 opening reception: July 15, 6-8pm

The Millicent Rogers Museum and Meyer Gallery, as exhibition partners, are pleased to present Fatima Ronquillo Recollected: Portraits of Enchantment, on view from June 30 through September 24, 2023 at the Millicent Rogers Museum in Taos, New Mexico, with a public opening reception on Saturday, July 15, 6-8 pm.

The Millicent Rogers Museum will also host a free online only virtual event:

Q&A: AN ONLINE CONVERSATION WITH FATIMA RONQUILLO
JULY 13, 2023, 6PM-7PM

Pre-register at Zoom link here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Yx_ai3uOTFOf4ddj_CWXmA

“Journey’s End: Winged Victory and Jaguar at Rest”
©2023 Fatima Ronquillo

Fatima Ronquillo Recollected: Portraits of Enchantment features Ronquillo’s recent and new paintings and lithographs that exude global influences of allegorical portraiture depicting heroes and heroines immersed in the flora and fauna of places near and far. In this exhibition, more than 18 of these lively images are juxtaposed alongside selections from the museum’s collections of santos (devotional carvings or paintings on wood) and Millicent Rogers’ jewelry. The result is a dynamic variation of “recollections” that offers new connections across mediums, cultures, places, and epochs to create a kaleidoscope of imaginative realities.

A local to Santa Fe, New Mexico, Fatima Ronquillo (b. 1976, Philippines) relishes the traces of enchantment found near her home. To her, there are many ways that the santos and cathedrals are reminiscent of Filipino traditions. For Ronquillo, who is represented by Meyer Gallery, the lens of magical realism allows her to merge the fantastical with the everyday in the worlds of her paintings.

She explains, “Where else but in art can the improbable and marvelous become real and commonplace? Children (and some very fortunate adults) live in this inner world of enchantment. They are the rulers of their very own peaceable kingdoms inhabited by strange and marvelous beasts. To a child, a short hike in the hills can be like reaching the mountaintop with spirit animals as trail guides.”

Emerging from this premise, Fatima Ronquillo Recollected: Portraits of Enchantment reconfigures the connections between personal identity, landscape, and folklore, all through the twists and turns of fantasy and reality that create her unique version of  magical realism, and ultimately, a globalized enchantment.

~ Millicent Rogers Museum