Statements from A Curator:

My Curatorial Statement: 

 “The wonder of it all is that what looked for all the world like a diminishing horizon - the art-object's becoming so ephemeral as to threaten to disappear altogether - has, like some marvelous philosophical riddle, turned itself inside out to reveal its opposite. What appeared to be a question of object/non-object has turned out to be a question of seeing and not seeing, of how it is we actually perceive or fail to perceive "things" in their real contexts. Now we are presented and challenged with the infinite, everyday richness... which seeks to discover and value the potential for experiencing beauty in everything.”

~ Epilogue from: Being and Circumstance, Notes Toward a Conditional Art by Robert Irwin, The Lapis Press, Larkspur Landing, CA.

The fourth annual Front Range Museum/Gallery Studies exhibit entitled Object, No Object; Sculpture of Ideas aims to explore the evolving definition of sculpture through the use of objects, conceptual ideas and social media. The exhibit aims to challenge preconceived notions of sculpture through concurrent on-line and site/time specific installations but also hopefully facilitates a public dialogue about the very nature of contemporary art, it's direction, and the commentary it makes on a digitally enhanced, hyper-modern society.

Personal Note:

I am only one of four curators associated with the Object, No Object; Sculpture of Ideas exhibit. However this blog serves as both my individual project meant to explore the context in which each artist works but also as a means for the audience to become more engaged in the process of putting together an installation of this kind. 

To see the additional curatorial statements please click here!

Meet the Invited Artists

Within Object, No Object: Sculpture of Ideas are two simultaneous exhibitions curated by FRCC Museum & Gallery Studies participants in Fort Collins, Colorado to be presented December 3, 2010 at the Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art and online through the use of associated social media sites.

Artists presenting their work at  FCMOCA:

• Rachael Browning
• Keith Jentzsch
• Martin Mayer
• Elizabeth Morisette
• Amy Reckley
• Frank Stanley
• Sarah Vaeth

Two Blogs, One Aim

Today FRCC Museum & Gallery Studies participants met with local artists to formulate plans for our on-site invitational exhibit December 3, 2010 at the Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art. During the round-table discussion with curators, artists and logistical taskmasters all in attendance it was made clear that additional virtual space was needed in order to accommodate the discourse surrounding the conceptual ideas and  pedagogical stance of each artists as it pertains to the aim of the exhibit Object, No Object: Sculpture of Ideas.Therefore a second blog.

It is my intention over the next month to introduce you to the artists invited to the exhibit allowing the audience to approach the work with new insight into a variety of  individual artistic processes. Comments and questions are highly encouraged in hopes of engaging our audience in discourse related to the evolution of sculpture.