In Tuff Stuff four New Mexican artists,
Dunham Aurelius, Mike Diaz,
Harmony Hammond, and
Jack Slentz present work that challenges notions of beauty associated with typical understandings of sensitivity, grace, and harmony. Instead these artists create beauty by aggressively manipulating the material. Wood hacked, paper marred, paint clumped, and rubber stitched, these are the basic vocabularies used to produce evocative works that provoke us in unexpected ways.