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Model State: A Local Cosmology

There are three wall mounted constructions that make up “Model State: A Local Cosmology.” They each measure 16’x24’x8’, with some dimensions varying. The materials used are polyester resin and fiberglass coating over hand-modeled and cast forms, in addition to fiberglass tubing and metal brackets. All elements are painted entirely in flat black.  All three pieces are located in the same …

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Indeterminate Line

In the context of Venet’s sculptural work on the theme of “the line,” the “Indeterminate Line” is of central importance. Up to 1979, Venet’s activity was based on principles which accorded considerable importance to the presentation of “mathematical objects” such as arcs, angles and straight lines.  Their measurements in degrees were written directly on the works. …

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Wood Water Rock

Trine Bumiller’s “Wood Water Rock” is made of eighteen separate wood panels painted in oils. The work is located at the new Colorado Convention Center, and is installed on the curved wall outside the amphitheater on the ground floor of the Speer Boulevard side. The location has high visibility. It is at the end of …

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March of Progress

“March of Progress” was created to pay homage to the construction of the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in the era in which it was born, the Great Depression. A sweeping  panorama, it features workers in the forefront looking over the Great Plains, the foothills of the Rockies to Red Rocks and the amphitheatre itself. It is …

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Grand Poobah & the Office Fairy Cut Through the Red Tape

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Colorado Pioneers; Ute Elder

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Inter Spirit of the Created Colorado Vision

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Canyon Walls

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Workers

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Walk the Rocks

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