let down by the scene

check out the design center in downtown santa fe thinking it's an art/graphics gallery. turns out to be a plaza of various shops and restaurants. got a greek salad. good stuff. most of the galleries suck here though. and there's lots of them. too much craft. not enough art. lots of paintings/sculptures of indians, cowboys, deserts, etc... "southwestern art." nothing outside that box. nothing too thought-provoking. it seems like the "art" here is primarily aimed at tourists to promote, perhaps inaccurately, southwestern culture and tradition. the college of santa fe is a big arts school so i'd hope there would be some underground art scene here that's of more substance. kind of bored with all this mall art.