02March2012December 3, 2019
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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...

28February2012December 3, 2019
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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...

06February2012December 3, 2019
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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...

27January2012December 3, 2019
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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...

14January2012December 3, 2019
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Jim Good – Faculty Triennial 2012

Above: “Good” © Jim Good “I have always been interested in the ability of typography to express multiple layers of meaning.” – Jim Good Typography is one of the most important elements of visual design. In the piece, “Good,” he contrasts a mid-16th century typeface, Garamond, with the Futura typeface, which was developed in 1927.  Good aims for this study to illustrate how the old can influence the new through the interplay of the two different typefaces.  The use of Good’s name as the model for the piece lends an element of self-identity discovery to the interpretation. Jim Good is an...

12January2012December 3, 2019
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Jeffrey Keith – Faculty Triennial 2012

Above: Jeffrey Keith, “Gone”, Oil on birch, 2011. Though influenced by the Abstract Expressionists, Jeffrey says he is more strongly drawn towards the figurative work of California painters. In the early 80s, Jeffrey transitioned towards a more abstract style himself, feeling that it provided a deeper level of expression. Color theory is central to Jeffrey Keith’s work. Experimentation earlier in his career with complicated color problems led to a simplification of his process. He did away with brushes and now works with assorted blades and scrapers, working off linen (or board in this case) set on low trestles. More and...