Past Exhibits
MY ART, MY LIFE: SO FAR
Peter A. Jacobs - Retrospective
Peter Jacobs joined the CSU Art Faculty in 1976. He has been an artist-teacher for close to half a century. During his career he has had over 70 solo exhibitions of his art. His work has been exhibited in Bulgaria, Poland, Italy, India, Canada and China as well as across the U.S. This exhibition will present a sampling of the artist's work in sculpture, painting, printmaking and drawing. This fall Professor Jacobs will be recognized by the Colorado Art Education Association as the 2007 Colorado Art Educator of the Year in Higher Education. He will retire in May, 2008.
Additional: Peter Jacobs will host an informal gallery talk in the Curfman Gallery at 5-6pm during the opening reception.
15th Colorado International Invitational Poster Exhibition
The Curfman Gallery hosts the 15th biennial CIIPE exhibition in conjunction with the department of Art's Hatton Gallery and the local arts community. Satellite exhibitions are on display at the Lincoln Center
The exhibition highlights excellence in poster design from leading and emerging graphic designers from around the globe. Featuring work by 87 artists from 31 countries, the 15th CIIPE exhibits and interprets poster design, brings outstanding examples of visual communication to an American audience, and promotes international understanding and dialogue through the graphic arts. A full color catalogue of the exhibition will be available. Exhibition copies of posters will also be for sale.
The MFA Show
This collection of works by students in CSU's master of Fine Arts program spotlights the exploration of theme, materials and the creative process. The exhibition includes work by students at various stages of the program from first year creation to thesis preparation. Students consult with the exhibit's curator to select works that represent a part of their educational journey and offer a narrative accompaniment that provides insight into their process of exploration.
This biennial exhibition is co-sponsored by CSU’s Department of Art.
Undergraduate Exhibition
With a long history at
CSU, this annual exhibition showcases the outstanding creations of
student artists and is held in conjunction with the university's
Celebrate Undergraduate Research & Creativity events. Guest jurors
visit campus to select pieces for the show from artwork submitted for
consideration, and the wide range of media selected makes it the only
exhibit of its kind on campus. The exhibit provides the audience with
an understanding of the breadth and depth of work produced by CSU
art majors and other student artists, while celebrating those students’
academic and creative accomplishments.This exhibit is co-sponsored by the Student Organization for the
Visual arts [SOVA], Associated Students of Colorado State University
[ASCSU] and CSU’s Department of Art.
Re-implacements - J. Michael Simpson
Re-implacements is a visual documentation of an on-going investigation of the sublime. Through the use of abstract re-constructions of mountain terrain Simpson aims to connect the human spirit with the forces inherent within natural places. Simpson writes in a statement about the show, "Hopefully my re-implacements can bring to mind if even for just a moment the environmental and cultural importance of the sublime place and the sublime experience."
Simpson's large scale abstractions of the natural landscape found in the mountain and river terrain seek to reconstruct the 'sublime experience' that comes through nature, while connecting the human spirit with the forces inherent in natural places. Until recently Simpson made it a point not to mention the location of these sites for environmental reasons. The named location also raised comparisons between a specific place and the painting when what he wanted was the viewer to realize the paintings in the gallery formed a new place. Since then Simpson has focused on a specific river, the Saluda, one branch at a time. The works are abstract constructions of marks and color that focus on the hydrologic rhythms of a small segment of a river. The paintings are painted as if to re-emplace the river in an artistic and spiritual context, while embodying the sense of the river as a metaphor for life.
Traces - Marius Lehene and Stefan Chinov
The dual billing of Marius Lehene and Stefan Chinov,
internationally exhibiting Eastern European artists, marks a
fusion of 2-D and 3-D art. In his recent practice Lehene
employs aspects of personal identity to create works
charged with a sense of physical history and contingency
and with overt emphasis on tactile qualities. This concept of
touch emerges in the work of Chinov as well. His 2004
bench-like installations, while attempting to embody
relationships between a human action and its environment,
engage the setting more than the presence of actual human
subjects. Chinov serves as a professor of sculpture, digital
imaging and art history at East Central University in Oklahoma
and Lehene is an assistant professor of drawing at
Colorado State University.
Woman's Work - Lindsay Obermeyer6
Woman's Work references the enduring connection of
textiles to the body offering rich metaphorical possibilities
for exploring the bond between mother and child. Lindsay
Obermeyer's use of fibers represents this bond as a
knitted garment that can stretch, rip, fray, or unravel as
the child grows and matures. Elongated sleeves and
unlikely connections illustrate both the parental bond as
well as bonds shared between those unrelated. Lindsay
Obermeyer is an adjunct instructor at the National-Louis
University and Northern Illinois University. She teaches
children through the Beverly Arts Center and Evanston Art
Center which are all located in Illinois.
Driving Force Exhibition
Colorado State University's Curfman Gallery will be hosting the touring exhibition Driving Force which showcases the works of young artists with disabilities, ages 16-25, who are living in the United States. The opening reception will be held Wednesday June 14th from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
For the third year, VSA arts and Volkswagen of America Inc. have partnered to produce this exhibition. This juried exhibition features the work of 15 finalists who are motivated by an intense desire and dedication to practice fine art. Art is their primary motivation - to use the arts as a way to understand the past, the unique contributions of all artists, the boundaries that define us, and the personal philosophies that influence their work. Self-directed by their inherent need to create, many of these artists employ the arts as personal exploration. Their work becomes a profound search for identity and a way to share their unique perspectives.
