Trinity: Reflections on the Bomb

Trinity: Reflections on the Bomb displayed a collection of artists' responses to nuclear issues and the detonation of the first nuclear weapon at the Trinity Site near Alamogordo, New Mexico, on July 16, 1945. The exhibition marked the 75th anniversary of the Trinity explosion.

Trinity presented a brief history of artistic, ecological, humanitarian, political, and popular culture responses. These works offered an aesthetic dimension to the scientific and historical exhibitions offered by other museums in New Mexico. In addition, the Museum offered educational programming to expand the content of the exhibition. 

More than 50 artists were represented, including Emil Bisttram, Karsten Creightney, Elaine DeKooning, Leigh Anne Langwell Jack Garver, Raymond Jonson, Bea Mandelman, Enrique Montenegro, Patrick Nagatani, Bruce Nauman, Anne Noggle, Horace Towner Pierce, Tony Price, Meridel Rubenstein, and Hideo Sakata.

Trinity: Reflections on the Bomb was curated by Joseph Traugott. Traugott retired as curator of twentieth-century art from the New Mexico Museum of Art in Santa Fe. His publications include New Mexico Art: How the West Is One, New Mexico Art through Time: Prehistory to the Present, and Visualizing Albuquerque: Art of Central New Mexico. 

This exhibition was organized by the Albuquerque Museum, a division of the Cultural Services Department, City of Albuquerque. Curated by guest curator Joseph Traugott. Special thanks to the City of Albuquerque's Department of Technology & Innovation.