Emmett Culligan showing at Sellars Project Space in Santa Fe
Sellars Project Space Santa Fe is pleased to host the opening reception for gallery artists Max Boschini, Sharon Bond Brown, Emmett Culligan, Michael Dowling, Sharon Feder, Maarten Haverkamp, Heidi Jung, Mauro Manuini, Tamara Riley, Kelly Schurger and Jimmy Sellars.
Opening reception from 6 - 9 p.m. on Friday, November 20 with artists Emmett Culligan, Michael Dowling, Marie EvB Gibbons, Heidi Jung and Jimmy Sellars in attendance. For more information or directions please call 505.467.8253 or visit http://www.sellarsprojectspace.com.
This exhibition continues through December 31, 2009.
RMN Review: Culligan+Delaney+Wenzel
Staying power: If anyone actually needs a reminder, there is a reason abstract work continues to captivate artists who find that style more real than what traditionally is considered realism.
Creative freedom and the opportunity for an artist to interpret how he or she views the world are at the heart of this form of work, as is clear in the current show at T: A Gallery.
Here, new sculpture by Emmett Culligan and Robert Delaney and new mixed-media work on wood panels by Jeff Wenzel also continue to captivate viewers who wish to move beyond the confines of representational work.
All three are well-established artists based in Denver, and all three continue to evolve in terms of how their work addresses space and material. They also are members of the T stable, which gallery director Ron Judish selected carefully before the space opened late last year in a beautifully restored storefront that once housed a trophy company.
As in the inaugural show, Judish has set aside part of the gallery's northern bay for secondary market material, including work by Nancy Graves and Ricardo Mazal. The other two bays address an exhibition that claims the air, the walls and the floor.
In the southern bay and part of the middle bay, the walls are lined with new works by Wenzel that are all about layering and collage. Long known for his practice of constructing and reconstructing highly textured paintings, Wenzel here has included even more deliberately placed forms and has moved into a lighter palette. In Brahma, for instance, the color black - which once seemed to dominate Wenzel's work - becomes the source of a unifying line, while it shows a powerful presence in the beautiful Pesha.
Also in that bay, three limestone and steel sculptures from Culligan's "Crew" series march down the center of the floor. His ability to present fine craftsmanship as a way to make simplicity seem effortless is at the heart of these powerful cone-shaped objects.
Delaney's strength at capturing lyricism in metal is evident in the mobiles and pedestal pieces on view throughout the gallery.
The yellow triangles of the compact Yellow Heads recall a pair of birds taking flight, while Big Yellow Flatis a massive exploration of the plane and balance. The delicate drops of Gold Roe have the sensibility of jewelry, while the more earthbound With epitomizes the sensuous nature of the curve and the play of void against solid.
Experience counts, especially in the understanding of abstraction, and that helps define this thoughtful exhibition.
Rise and Fall opens at William Havu
William Havu Gallery presents an exhibition of new works by Emmett Culligan opening on September 9th. This exhibition continues through November 5th.
For more information visit William Havu Gallery online at http://www.williamhavugallery.com.
Culligan included in Emmanual Gallery's 35th
This exhibition will include some 35 artists who went to one of the three schools on Auraria Campus. Confluence celebrates Emmanuel Gallery’s 35 years of history by telling the success stories of these alumni and their continued impact on our arts community.
Participating artists includes Cheryl Bailey, Michelle Baldwin, Phil Bender, Loay Boggess, Karen Bozik, Carolyn Braaksma, Michael Brohman, Jim Cannata, Evan Colbert, Emmett Culligan, Martha Daniels, John Davenport, Virginia Folkestad, Carlos Fresquez, Mark Friday, Diane Huntress, Peter Illig, Christopher James, Deborah Jang, Gerald Johnson, Gwen Laine, Patricia Lehman, Mona Lucero, Merlin Madrid, Robert Mangold, Dawn McFadden, Katharine McGuinness, Lauri Lynnxe Murphy, Andy Miller, Ken Peterson, Dania Pettus, Lincoln Phillips, Elaine Ricklin, Craig Robb, Bonnie Ferrill Roman, Debra Sanders, Dave Seiler, Mark Sink, Jennifer Thompson and Carley Warren.
For more information visit http://www.emmanuelgallery.org/schedule.htm
Installation at Havu Gallery
Announcing the installation of Bilge #5-b in front of Havu Gallery, Denver, Colorado.
Trip to Myanmar
In late 2012, Emmett traveled to the recently opened country of Myanmar, seen here visiting a happy group of children at an orphanage outside of Yangon.
Catalyst: Colorado Sculpture
Emmett is one of the participating sculptors at the Denver Botanic Gardens for the outdoor group exhibition held from May 4, 2013 - January 12, 2014.
Click here to see a photo gallery of my work at the Denver Botanic Gardens.
New Public Art Sculptures on View at PACE Center and O’Brien Park
"PACE is proud to announce that Denver artist Emmett Culligan has donated his piece titled “Colid #7” to the PACE Center. The sculpture, which is placed on Pine Drive at the western entrance to PACE, becomes the 16th piece in the Town’s permanent public art collection. The community is invited to meet the artist and join in a dedication reception on June 20th 6-8 p.m. during the Third Thursday Art Walk."
RTD art: Emmett Culligan's "Plow" at the County Line station (Denver Westward Publication)
"Let's make a gigantic agricultural plowshare," is the thought that inspired artist Emmett Culligan to create "Plow," the large sculpture that resides at the County Line light-rail station. Culligan answered a few questions about this piece in our latest installment of our RTD art series and discussed the purpose he hopes it serves.
Sculpture takes center stage at the Botanic Gardens and MCA Denver (Denver Westward Publication)
"For every artist doing three-dimensional pieces in Colorado, there are a hundred more working in two dimensions. That makes a pair of current shows featuring sculpture and installations something special.
First up is Catalyst, an enchanting outdoor exhibit at the Denver Botanic Gardens that is chock-full of impressive sculptures. Catalyst was ably organized by Lisa Eldred, the director of exhibitions at the DBG, who took a "snapshot" of a slice of Colorado's contemporary sculpture scene as exemplified by a dozen of the state's best three-dimensional artists.
The grounds of the DBG, perfectly accented by the Victor Hornbein-designed conservatory, are the ideal place to display outdoor sculptures. There's plenty of room to accommodate the artwork: 23 acres covered in meandering paths lined with flowers, bushes, trees and all manner of landscaping. With this labyrinthine maze, many areas are obscured by the plantings, so it makes sense to get a map of Catalyst before setting off...
...Resembling giant game pieces that have been casually tossed on the ground are the three simple truncated cones of stone and steel from Emmett Culligan's "Crew" series.
Most of the artists are represented by signature works, but a couple have created unexpected pieces, notably the organic abstraction by Andy Miller and the funky neo-pop Maker's Mark bottles by Terry Maker.
I've walked through Catalyst twice and loved it both times. With fall approaching and the leaves about to turn, it's the ideal time to check it out."
The West Colfax BID (with help from WeCAN) has selected a design for 6 new bus shelters on West Colfax by Denver artist Emmett Culligan.
"The West Colfax BID (with help from WeCAN) has selected a design for 6 new bus shelters on West Colfax by Denver artist Emmett Culligan.
For the design, Culligan has drawn on both West Colfax's transportation history and its diversity. In the inflated stainless steel corner columns, he seeks to call to mind the "essence of car culture", while each of six shelters features a different colored glass, evoking the ethnic and cultural diversity of the area. Culligan designed the shelter retrofits with functionality for riders as prime consideration, as reflected in the fully enclosed glass structures, capped by a translucent roof to allow for night-time ambient light. The simplicity of the design and the ability to create a strong sense of continuity through the district were also important considerations in the selection."
Emilio Lobato and Emmett Culligan get in shape at Havu
“Rubric #1,” by Emmett Culligan, stainless steel and rhyolite.
"Anyone visiting the William Havu Gallery right now will be thinking about constructivism — or at least the idea of making things through the assembly of rectilinear shapes — even before they get to the building and the exhibit inside. That's because of the construction site right across the street from the gallery. In recent months, half a block's worth of buildings have been cleared to provide space for a planned high-rise called EnV. The design of the building reveals a handsome neo-modernist tower with lots of geometric handling of both surfaces and details. From the drawings produced by the Denver office of Page Southerland Page, EnV promises to be an aesthetic antidote to the Prado, which is just down the block and is definitely one of the ugliest high-rises ever erected in Colorado..."
Unbound: Sculpture In the Field
Installation of Unbound: Sculpture In the Field begins. Emmett will have two scuplutes at this outdoor exhibition.
"The Arvada Center Gallery staff has been hard at work preparing for this summer’s outdoor exhibition
Unbound: Sculpture in the Fieldin partnership with the Museum of Outdoor Arts."
Read entire article here.
Review: The Arvada Center takes a leap outside with Unbound: Sculpture in the Field
Michael Paglia's review of the Unbound: Sculpture in the Field.
"The Arvada Center is hosting four strong exhibits right now, all part of the Unbound series. But I will focus on just one here: Unbound: Sculpture in the Field. (I'll discuss the others later this summer.) The show is highly visible -- you can even catch a glimpse from the car -- and it represents a genuine expansion of the center's available art space.
The facility sits on a very large site, something that allowed exhibitions director Collin Parson to imagine using a small part of it -- a seventeen-acre field just to the south of the complex -- as a xeric sculpture garden. Given all that empty space, it's an obvious thing to do, but he's the first to pull it off since the center opened, in 1976... Continue reading article here."
West Colfax corridor in Denver gets colorful new bus shelters, signs
Happen to notice West Colfax looking more colorful lately? The West Colfax Business Improvement District recently finished installing new bus shelters and signs.
The new shelters are colored in rainbow order and were donated by the Regional Transportation District. Professional artist Emmett Culligan did the artwork. There are seven shelters along the corridor, which spans from Federal to Sheridan Boulevard.
Emmett Culligan's design for 7 bus shelters on West Colfax
Check out the installation of 7 new public art bus shelters entitled "Prismatic" featuring Emmett's trademark inflated stainless steel and colored glass. All 7 bus shelters are located on West Colfax Avenue.
Sulpture at the Goodwill flagship store in Saint Paul Minnesota
New sculpture installed on University
"When people visit the new Goodwill Easter Seals store at 1239 University Ave., they will experience more than just a new place to shop and donate goods and clothing. They will be greeted by new public art, a gift to the community that reflects the positive energy of the project and the neighborhood..."
The Mayor's Design Award Winners
"The best in architecture and exterior design throughout the mile-high city. And the winners are...
By CHL Staff
WINNER IN THE 'BUILDING WELL, LIVING WELL' CATEGORY Using intentional design, these projects promote community health through active living, access to healthy food and transit, or walkability. They take a holistic approach to the question of where we live, work and play in order to connect it to how we live, work and play, and how we can do it better."
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Publication: Coloradohomesmag.com
West Colfax Keeps Moving
The West Colfax BID’s Art in Transit project was recently awarded the Governor’s Award for Best Use of Public Space in Durango, Colorado. The project includes artist-design bus shelters by Emmett Culligan, whose colored glasses glow brightly in the sun and complement color coordinated bus shelters, as well the custom way-finding signs by Hyperform Design Co-op. Dan Shah, Director of the BID notes, “Through these elements, the WCBID has set out to celebrate and enhance the transit experience, as well as develop greater support for pedestrian and bicycle use to connect the neighborhoods on both the north and south side of West Colfax Avenue in an integrated identity.”
Publication: North Denver Tribune
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