2025 Shows
The Last Picture Show
A Celebration of the Life and Art of Reg Loving
Friday, March 28, 2025 through Sunday, May 11, 2025
Opening Reception / Memorial Gathering on Saturday, April 5, 2025, from 2-5 PM
Opening Reception / Memorial Gathering on Saturday, April 5, 2025, from 2-5 PM
New Concept Gallery is sad to announce that our good friend, New Mexico artist Reg Loving, passed away on Sunday, February 9, 2025, after a long illness. It was something that we had all been expecting for quite a while: enough so, in fact, that it had become a running joke between Reg and our gallery director, as each year for the the past several years we have hung Reg’s “last” show. In his final months, Loving had expressed that he knew he would live on through his art. It is our desire to honor that sentiment through this show. The Last Picture Show will serve as a celebration of Reg Loving and his art. The exhibit will be on view starting on Friday, March 28, 2025. Rather than having a traditional Friday evening opening, we will host a gathering from 2 PM to 5 PM on Saturday, April 5, 2025, which will serve as both an opening reception and memorial. It is our hope that Reg’s many friends will come to remember him, sharing laughter and stories surrounded by the magical variety of Loving's artwork. The gathering is open to all, whether they have known Reg for decades, or are only now discovering his distinctive artistic voice. The show will be on the walls through Sunday, May 11, 2025, at New Concept Gallery, 610-A Canyon Road, Santa Fe, NM.
Reg Loving was a vital member of the New Mexico art community since the mid-1970s. His work is widely held by museums, public institutions and private collectors alike. Whether he was portraying iconic New Mexican churches, creating highly stylized southwestern landscapes or thought-provoking abstracts, Loving’s distinctive style and bold use of color are the common threads woven throughout his body of work. The incredible variety of his work evolved from Loving’s constant exploration and re-discovery of his identity as an artist. To the highest degree possible, The Last Picture Show will showcase the broad spectrum of Loving’s visual expressions over the course of his artistic career.
Reg Loving was a vital member of the New Mexico art community since the mid-1970s. His work is widely held by museums, public institutions and private collectors alike. Whether he was portraying iconic New Mexican churches, creating highly stylized southwestern landscapes or thought-provoking abstracts, Loving’s distinctive style and bold use of color are the common threads woven throughout his body of work. The incredible variety of his work evolved from Loving’s constant exploration and re-discovery of his identity as an artist. To the highest degree possible, The Last Picture Show will showcase the broad spectrum of Loving’s visual expressions over the course of his artistic career.
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Reg Loving’s Obituary
Reginald (Reg, Reggie) Loving, Jr., 81, passed away February 9 at the University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque. Loving was born in Madisonville, Kentucky August 2, 1943 to Anna S. Loving and Reginald Williams Loving, Sr. A well-known artist in New Mexico and other Southwestern states, Reg’s paintings have been exhibited in Santa Fe, Albuquerque, New York, California, Denver, and Dallas among other venues. His most recent art shows have been in New Concept Gallery in Santa Fe. Loving’s award-winning work is in many large corporate collections around the United States and in numerous public collections including the Albuquerque Museum, the Santa Fe Museum of Fine Arts, the Capital Arts Foundation in the State Capitol Building in Santa Fe, and the Los Angeles International Airport. Loving graduated from Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, KY with Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting. He was a social worker in Kentucky before becoming a photographer. He also studied and taught at the Center for Photographic Studies in Louisville, KY before moving to Santa Fe in the early 1970s. He soon switched from photography to painting because as he often said, “New Mexico is visually such a painterly place. The landscape is inspiring!” C.J. Pressma, a photographer and multi-media artist in Louisville and the founder of the former Center for Photographic Studies recently wrote, “My memories of Reg go back many years to the Center for Photographic Studies days. I recall his love of trains, his house in Santa Fe, his move to Albuquerque and the great artist/painter he was! His legacy will be remembered.” Predeceased by his parents, Loving is survived by his sister Jessica Loving, her husband, Sheryl Snyder, and nephews Seth and Peter Schikler, all of whom live in Louisville, KY. |
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