Unbound: Sculpture In The Field At The Arvada Center

Along the west side of Wadsworth Blvd in Arvada just north of 68th is the Arvada Center For The Performing Arts and Humanities, aka The Arvada Center. 

In the large field that lies south of the actual center is a display of twenty-seven sculptures selected for an exhibition titled "Unbound: Sculpture In The Field" (Clever, eh?)

The exhibition is in partnership with the Museum Of Outdoor Arts in Englewood. It opened in June 0f 2014 and runs through September of 2015.

The sculptures were created by fifteen Colorado artists, from the very well-known Robert Mangold to young up and comers like Joseph Riche (yep, the same guy who is responsible for the painted shipping containers used as sculpture in the area around 20th & Park in Denver).

Here, without critique, are the sculptures:

               The field south of the Arvada Center, no longer available for classic car shows.

                                                           Vanessa Clarke, Big Love

                                                Bill Vielehr, Tactile Visual Continuum

                                                        Bill Vielehr, Metal Response

                                                          Erick C. Johnson, Beacon

                                                             Erick C. Johnson, Navigator

                                                           Kevin Robb, Chop Sticks

                                          Kevin Robb, Chop Sticks - dramatic angle view!

                                                      Kevin Robb, Whimsical Dances

                                                         Emmett Culligan, Rubric #4

                                                        Emmett Culligan, Bilge #5

                                                Robert Mangold, Tetrahedralhypersphere

                                                    Robert Mangold, PTTSAAES 8/09

                                                        Patrick Marold, Serrated Crest

                                                          Patrick Marold, Prominence

Patrick Marold, Prominence (side view)

    Charles Parson, Tintinnabulation (this is an interactive sculpture - those are basically large chimes)

                Charles Parson, Tintinnabulation (close up of hammer with which to strike chime)

                                          Charles Parson, Dual (a steel and glass sculpture)

                                      Charles Parson, Dual (close up to show the glass part)

                                                           Carl Reed, Kindred Spirits

                                                Carl Reed, Braced Ring With Outlier

                                                     Joe Riche, The Doom 06. 09. 11

                                                         Joe Riche, Untitled 09. 06. 19

                                                     Nancy Lovendahl, Fractual Echo

                                 Nancy Lovendahl, Fractual Echo (close up of the spiral's end)

                                                              Andy Miller, Cocoon

                                                           Andy Libertone, Flag Ship

Andy Libertone, Upper Deco

                                                             Dave Mazza, Achernar

                                                              Dave Mazza, Spica

John Ferguson, Second Wind

This exhibition does boast a guide-by-cell feature that allows you to call a number on your cell phone and, after entering the appropriate prompt, listen to the artist speak about their work.

Also, many of these works are for sale, and the galleries representing the individual artists are listed on the one-sheet handout. If you happen to have a large field and are into conceptual/abstract sculpture, you're in luck.

Hmmm...I realize I wrote that I was presenting the sculptures without critique, but...I can't resist. Submissions for most pretentious name of any of the sculptures in the exhibition are currently being accepted by yours truly - my own vote goes to Joe Riche's "The Doom 06. 09. 11."