Place-less-ness in Suburbia at GOCA Colorado Springs

Written by Leanne Goebel // March 23, 2012 // Art, Denver // No comments

The downtown annex of the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Gallery of Contemporary Art is featuring Phil Bender, Christopher Coleman and Michael Salter, Michael Whiting exploring the cultural phenomenon of conformity and sameness found in the American suburbs otherwise known as “placelessness”.

According to the press release: “As people increase their mobility, they identify less with one place (a “hometown”) and may be attracted towards a sense of sameness wherever their modern nomadic life leads them. As a concept, SUBURBIA offers rich fodder for artistic interpretation.”

The interpretations in this exhibition range from metal sculpture to found object installation, video framed in laser-cut vinyl and repetition of collected items. Industrial nature meets similar sameness.

Suburbia runs through April 13, 2012, however the gallery is only open Tuesday-Friday, 12 – 7 p.m., or by appointment.

Written by Leanne Goebel // March 23, 2012 // Art, Denver // No comments

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Leanne Goebel began blogging in 2005 (leannegoebel.com). In 2007 she was a Creative Capital | Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant recipient and in 2009 an NEA International Arts Journalism Fellow in the Visual Arts. By 2010 she'd won several awards for reporting and art criticism from the Society of Professional Journalists including first place art blog in the Top of the Rockies competition.