About This Piece

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 general area on the 14th St. side lobby, exhibition level. One of the pieces hangs dramatically over a stairwell and the other two flank the main entrance to the vast convention hall. The construct of each piece is similar to that of a snap-apart sprue system found in toy model car kits.  Instead of car parts, these are objects that are relevant to the state of Colorado.  Some objects in the piece refer to the land (no mountains though).  Some refer to industry, the people, our history and prehistory, other art works, and some objects are less identifiable.  The system of tubing, elbows and “T’s” that connect the objects together, in composition, are both physical and metaphorical.  Through the use of physical connections, the notion of interdependence is brought to bare among the disparate facets of Colorado. To bring some cohesion to the many different aspects of our state, each of the three pieces has a title and a theme.  The first is “Marking the Land.”  It focuses on the way people, animals, i

“Model State: A Local Cosmology” consists of three wall mounted constructions, each measuring 16’x24’x8′. The construct of each piece is similar to that of a snap-apart sprue system found in toy model car kits. Instead of car parts, there are objects that are relevant to the state of Colorado. Some objects in the piece refer to the land. Some refer to industry, the people, our history and prehistory, other art works, and some objects are less identifiable. The system of tubing, elbows and “T’s” that connect the objects together, in composition, are both physical and metaphorical. Through the use of physical connections, the notion of connectedness and interdependence is brought to bare among the disparate facets of Colorado.