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Take a seat: Patricio Tlacaelel Trujillo y Fuentes’ five-year project ‘The Chair’ on display at North Fourth Art Center

Take a seat: Patricio Tlacaelel Trujillo y Fuentes’ five-year project ‘The Chair’ on display at North Fourth Art Center

Patricio Tlacaelel Trujillo y Fuentes is a collector of antiques.

It’s the stories of the items that pique the interest. It’s also the new life the item will get when it’s in his hands.

‘THE CHAIR’

Photos by Patricio Tlacaelel Trujillo y Fuentes

WHEN: Runs through Oct. 28

WHERE: North Fourth Art Center,

4904 Fourth St. NW

HOW MUCH: Free to attend

"These are few of the two hundred people photographed for a project titled, 'THE CHAIR.' The project begun in 2015, was meant to reflect a microcosm of those living in Albuquerque, primarily"

Don Candelaria

Ana Trujillo

Dolores Huerta - ¡Si Se Puede!

COVID photo shopped due to social distancing.

Coralee Quintana

Patricio Tlacaelel Trujillo y Fuentes is a collector of antiques.

It’s the stories of the items that pique the interest. It’s also the new life the item will get when it’s in his hands.

Trujillo y Fuentes was at a yard sale years ago and noticed this chair with a bunch of boxes on it.

 

He figured it wasn’t for sale but asked anyway.

Turns out, it was, and Trujillo y Fuentes purchased it.

Upon getting it home, he noticed there were stories to be told – this is where the journey began.

In 2015, Trujillo y Fuentes decided to start a project called, “The Chair.”

It’s been a five-year project where Trujillo y Fuentes would photograph New Mexicans in it. There are 18 photographs on display at the North Fourth Art Center through Oct. 28.

Trujillo y Fuentes is fascinated by a chair’s pragmatic and utilitarian use as a piece of furniture. He recalls going into homes where people kept an empty chair and place setting at the dinner table, for a family member who had died.