09/01/2026
NEWLY CONSIGNED: Taos Mountain by Wes Mills
Wes Mill’s work is characterized by his spare accumulation of graphite markings that suggest subjects through negative space and faint allusion. Scratches and dots that could be mistaken for automatic scribbling are in fact intentional, calculated outlines of the spiritual, if not literal forms of the natural world. In this work, scratches through pale blue pigment form a mountain like those surrounding the artist’s alpine home.
Wes Mills’s work can be found in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, NY; the Whitney Museum, NY; Museum of Contemporary Art, LA; among others. His exhibitions have been reviewed in major publications including the New York Times, Art in America, and Artforum. His work has been shown at PDX CONTEMPORARY ART (Portland, OR), James Kelly Contemporary (Santa Fe, NM), Richard Levy Gallery (Albuquerque, NM), Peter Blum (New York, NY), Dwight Hackett Projects (Santa Fe, NM), Galerie Albrecht (Munich, Germany), Rhona Hoffman Gallery (Chicago, IL), and the Tamarind Institute (Albuquerque, NM), among others. The artist lives and works in Taos, NM.
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Full Artwork Info:
Wes Mills, Taos Mountain, 1993, Graphite and pigment on paper, 11 × 14.5 × 1.5 inches with frame included