Virgil Ortiz’s “Revolt” is a history lesson told in the language “Star Wars.” The exhibit at the History Colorado Center is a shape-shifting, time-jumping, sci-fi fantasy that tells the tale of the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, when indigenous fighters rose up and drove Spanish conquistadors from land that is now New Mexico. Safe to say, this momentous event, a rare but decisive win for the underdog, is not one many people know, at least not far and wide, and Ortiz has spent his distinguished career as an artist telling it — object by object, exhibit by exhibit — in a way that makes people pay attention. For this show, Ortiz wraps fact into hyper-fiction, morphing characters that actually took part in the uprising into fantasy beings called the Recon Watchmen that exist 500 years into the future and are fighting their own, corresponding battle against an enemy called the Castilians. Virgil Ortiz makes the costumes for the characters he created to tell the story of the Pueblo Revolt of 1680.
Comment on Artist Virgil Ortiz’s sci-fi retelling of the historic Pueblo Revolt of 1680 blends fact with the fantastic
Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post: Entertainment
Mon, 06/05/2023 - 5:00am
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