Blow Up: Inflatable Contemporary Art at the Loveland Museum and Gallery
*The event has already taken place on this date: Sun, 08/20/2017
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Members Only Opening Reception: Thursday, June 8, 7 – 9 pm
Enjoy a relaxing evening with fellow Museum members while previewing the exhibition before it opens to the public. Members, please RSVP by calling the Museum at (970) 962-2410 by Tuesday, June 6.
Exhibit Admission: $5; free for Museum members
EXHIBIT FREE DAYS: Thursday, June 22 and Tuesday, July 18
Free admission during Night on the Town on Fridays, June 9, July 14, and August 11 from 6 – 9 pm
BLOW UP: Inflatable Contemporary Art explores the medium of inflatable art with imagery that is figurative, conceptual, and abstract. These 21 inflatable sculptures connote fun and whimsy while challenging our everyday, grounded perspective.
This exhibition features artists who use air as a sculptural medium, creating inflatable objects typically associated with advertising, children’s entertainment, or holiday decorations. In the true spirit of Pop Art, this format is appropriated by a diverse group of artists who use it to explore complex subjects such as identity, materialism, and war. Playing with scale, color, and the inherent light-heartedness of balloons, the selected artists produce a wide variety of sculptural forms from Lewis deSoto’s sleeping Buddha to Claire Ashley’s colorful abstract shapes. This traveling exhibition includes major works by Claire Ashley (Chicago), Lewis deSoto (Napa, California), Patrick Flibotte (New York), Billie Grace Lynn (Miami), Guy Overfelt (San Francisco), Momoyo Torimitsu (Tokyo), and Christo and Jeanne-Claude.
BLOW UP engages a fascination with inflatables and investigates the imaginative ways that artists use air as a tool for creating movable sculpture. Accessible, yet rich with meaning, these pieces use perception of space to open a dialogue about pop culture and social norms.
EXHIBIT PROGRAMMING
Strings in the Gallery
Friday, July 14, 6 – 8 pm
Free Event
Sights and sounds come together in a spectacular evening of art. Enjoy musical performances by the Fort Collins Symphony Orchestra while taking in the art featured in the Main Gallery.
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