On the Flip Side
Nope, your eyes are not deceiving you… come get a new perspective on Lawrence Argent’s Drape 1 while you still can. The Faculty Triennial closes March 11.
Faculty Triennial Artist Talks
Artists and Faculty Members Rafael Fajardo, Sarah Gjertson and Catherine Chauvin recently dropped by the Gallery to participate in conversations about their work in the Faculty Triennial. Big thanks goes out to these three and attending Gallery visitors! Stay tuned to the blog for updates on more events like these. The Faculty Triennial closes on March 11.
Friday Feature: Romare Bearden
Editor’s Note: This here marks the start of beautiful friendship… between you and the University Art Collection! Tune in every Friday for a glimpse into our online archives. This week while perusing our art collection here at DU, this Romare Bearden collage caught my eye. Before I even realized it was a work by Bearden, I was struck by the colorful simplicity. Untitled (Martin Luther King collage) is representative of Bearden’s torn paper collage technique, but it also shows a slightly different feel with the smooth expanse of brightly colored sky and silhouetted figures in contrast to his more frequent...
Meet You At Conjunction Junction
Kevin Curry’s Conjunction has been a huge hit at this year’s Faculty Triennial show. The appeal of Conjunction lies in its interactive features. When two people activate this piece by standing on the welcome mats at either end, the neon word ‘and’ is illuminated. Kevin writes that his piece connects participants through language and action. A remote control is employed to take a digital image of the moment; visitors can scan the QR code and find their photograph uploaded online.This piece has recently been updated with a custom made remote control and weight-activated switches. A Toshiba H30 HD camera was...
Laleh Mehran and Christopher Coleman – Faculty Triennial 2012
Above: Stills from single channel video piece The Geometric Boundary Structures, now showing in the Faculty Triennial exhibition Laleh Mehran and Christopher Coleman are frequent collaborators and co-founders of CO-LAB, an event based initiative that “brings together interdisciplinary makers and thinkers to create conversational bridges… and intends to instigate and inspire collaboration amongst branches of art, culture, politics and science.” Both Coleman and Mehran are currently professors in Electronic Media Art & Design and Digital Media Studies. Artist bios: Laleh Mehran received her MFA from Carnegie Mellon University in Electronic Time-Based Media. Her work has been shown individually and as part of art...
Rafael Fajardo – Faculty Triennial 2012
Above from top: Sketches from Fajardo’s game Juan and the Beanstalk; Papercraft (in)Action Figures – Faculty Triennial installation Rafael Fajardo is an Associate Professor in Electronic Media Art & Design and Director of Digital Media Studies at the University of Denver. Fajardo is the founding director of SWEAT, an artist collaborative that makes socially conscious video games. Exhibited in Holland, Turkey, Canada, Australia and the US, Fajardo has published two video games that address the “game-like nature” of human traffic at the US/Mexico border. Visit http://rafaelfajardo.com to see more of Rafael’s work and be sure to check out Fajardo’s Tumblr for a dose of design...