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MAIN GALLERY and MEZZANINE GALLERY
Exhibition featured in the Mezzanine gallery
The Deluge Series: Consensual Nonreproduction
Opening Reception and Bronze Casting Demonstration: Friday, December 3, 6-9 p.m.
Gallery Talk with the Artists: Saturday, December 10, 3 p.m.
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Artists Rian Kerrane and Mark Guilbeau have worked together to create an installation that fills the Mezzanine Gallery at the Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art with visual, kinesthetic and auditory components that overwhelm the senses – a deluge of sensory experiences.
This exhibition is the 16 th installation in The Deluge Series since 2000 - a group of works that examine several critical issues in contemporary life. This iteration of the series, Consensual Nonreproduction , brings the issue of world population to the table. |
Consensual Nonreproduction refers to the conscious decision that couples make to buck the normal path toward parenthood and choose not to reproduce. Here the artists have created a ‘brave new world' where vaguely familiar forms and mechanics suggest incubation and life, but all trace of humanity, or any organic relationship, is erased. The austere environment suggests that an automated factory of machinery and mechanics have taken over the task of reproduction. Motion sensors track movements of the viewers and activate a barrage of yellow rubber gloves to inflate, calling out “Mother” with pleading hands.
| In tandem with their lives as married partners and artists, the two have co-founded The Society for the Preservation of Humanity “believing society benefits when the language of art is seen, heard, and debated publicly.” They will be present for their Opening Reception, hosted by the museum on Friday, December 2, 6-9 p.m., when they will also perform a bronze casting demonstration with a live bronze pour outdoors after dark. Guilbeau and Kerrane will present a Gallery Talk on Saturday, December 10 at 3 p.m. at the FCMOCA to talk about their work. |
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Exhibition featured in the Main gallery
September 27 - January 21, 2006
Opening Reception : Friday, Oct 7, from 6 to 9pm
She Paints the Horse, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
Sponsor: 
Jaune Quick-To-See Smith is one of the country's most acclaimed artists. An
enrolled Flathead Salish American Indian, born in St. Ignatius, Montana, her
Native worldview addresses many of today's important issues, including
tribal politics, human rights and environmental issues. This exhibition, She
Paints the Horse, is the first to focus on her many images of the horse, and
represents a major survey of her career.
Also, please note that we have a tentative date of November 18 for Jaune's
visit to Fort Collins. She will hold a printmaking workshop, present a
lecture at the Lory Student Center Theatre, and give a Gallery Talk at the
MOCA. Once confirmed, more information will follow.
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