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10/6/2010

Two exhibitions

Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art - BMoCA, Boulder

Tony Ortega
Background

Denver artist Tony Ortega has long been renowned for chronicling the richness of the Chicano experience. He utilizes his signature style of bold coloration, simplified forms, anonymous figures and cultural icons to explore community life, family, urban and rural sectors, youth culture, popular culture and cultural politics. Paramount in his artistic intent is the discovery of the relationship between humans and their circumstances. In a country where demographics are rapidly changing, issues of multiculturalism and hybridity are tantamount. Much of this exhibition deals with those who have crossed and continue to cross the borders, to secure a better life, obtain work, and to ensure the welfare and safety of their families. To Ortega the border is porous, with layered implications.

Through monotypes, serigraphs, charcoal drawings and a mural installation we get a glimpse of the melding of histories, traditions, culture and politics of our ever expanding and diversified population. Additionally, Ortega will create murals in collaboration with students from "I Have A Dream" Foundation of Boulder County and The Family Learning Center. Following their display at BMoCA during the exhibition, the murals will be on view at the Boulder Public Library and Denver Public Library.

Mi Frontera Es Su Frontera is presented as part of the Denver Biennial of the Americas 2010. BMoCA is a Cultural Partner of the Biennial - a month-long celebration of the culture, ideas, and people of the Western Hemisphere.

The mural project will run from June 21-July 2. The completed mural will be on display during the Ortega exhibition and may also be displayed in Denver during a part of the Biennial.

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Gary Sweeney
Background

Humor & Pathos aptly describes Gary Sweeney's approach to art and life in general. Contagiously charismatic with a refined taste for wittiness, Sweeney's visual vocabulary includes common icons of popular culture, ranging from hand-painted advertisement and neon signs to television shows and road trip memorabilia. This all-American aesthetic, reminiscent of his 1950s Southern California childhood, has an unthreatening, familiar appeal. But this keen observer of civilization's phenomena and societal oddities leaves us strangely bemused, wondering whether to laugh or to cry in the face of our own imperfections. Within the easy-going world of Sweeney's creation, we may happen upon the serious side of the human condition.

Sweeney, who is now based in San Antonio, Texas, has lived in Colorado for many years and is well remembered here, especially for his work America, Why I Love Her, a two-panel relief map of the United States on permanent display at Denver International Airport. Technically well-versed in printmaking and figure drawing, Sweeney is best known for his conceptual text and language-based work. His exhibition at BMoCA includes a neon sign installation inspired by a true love story and a large-scale house of cards as a powerful symbol for instability. The exhibition continues with a mosaic made from caps inserted into the chain link fence in Boulder's Central Park, across from the museum.

Image: Tony Ortega, Obreros de la Fresa, 2009. Details, hand colored solar etching, 8 x 10 inches

BMoCA Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art
1750 13th Street Boulder, CO 80302
Museum Hours:
Monday Closed
Tuesday–Friday 11am–5pm
Saturday 9am–4pm
Sunday Noon–3pm
Admission:
Adults $5
Seniors, Students & Educators $4
Members & Children under 12 Free

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