Tony Price – Documentary “Atomic Artist”
“Friends of Tony Price” cordially invite you to join us for
“A Gathering of Remembrance”
commemorating 25 years since Tony’s passing

This includes a special screening of the 1982 documentary
“Atomic Artist”, celebrating works and life of Tony Price
and informal conversations with producer/director Glenn Silber & special guests.

Donation Basis

Soon after Tony Price (1937-2000) arrived in New Mexico in the late 1960s, he discovered the legendary Zia Salvage Yard, which sold to the public the minacious fragments of Los Alamos National Laboratory’s nuclear weapons programs. Price repurposed these materials to create the prophetic and visionary sculpture he called Atomic Art. He summed up his alchemic artistry this way: “It’s a little bit like sympathetic magic and how you would take an object and endow it with another type of creative energy from the purpose it was originally meant for. To take something that was really negative and build it into something positive.”

Following his death, a group of his allies and patrons formed the Friends of Tony Price, Inc. to provide stewardship for his consequential body of work and ensure that the exigent message embedded in his oeuvre remains available to future generations.

With over 165 works of Atomic Art created by Tony Price, each carries a message of peace and reconciliation that is as relevant today as when they were created.