Desert Triangle in Hyperallergic

This Hyperallergic article explores how the Desert Triangle Print Carpeta, on view now at UAMA, captures many themes relevant to borderlands.

Wanting to showcase the artistic merit of the American Southwest, self-proclaimed art agitator Karl “KRRRL” Whitaker conceived of a print portfolio. He traveled around the “desert triangle” — a region defined by Tucson, Albuquerque and El Paso — to recruit 29 other printmakers, and in 2015 the Desert Triangle Print Carpeta was born.