Byron Rogers Federal Building
“Public Jewel” by Liz Larner
“Public Jewel” is a vertically oriented, open-form, rectangular bronze structure that holds Colorado-minded stone aloft. These stones are set into the top of the bronze open-form. The sun shines through the range of translucencies of the agglomerate boulder and the atmosphere flows through the openness of the structure, inviting one to walk through or stand beneath it.
Date: 2015
Materials: Stainless steel, bronze, and minerals
Dimensions: Approximately 71” L x 64” W x 176” H
Location: Plaza of the Byron Rogers Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse
“Field Pattern” by Tsehai Johnson
Tsehai Johnson uses industrial slip casting techniques to create distinctive ceramic artworks that comprise thousands of individual elements joined together to create a low relief pattern on the wall. Her art combines the three-dimensional qualities of sculpture, such as volume and scale, with the optical aspects of painting with shifting colors and changing shapes.
Composed of 1,700 glazed porcelain forms, Johnson created “Field Pattern” specifically for the walls of the remodeled Byron Rogers Federal Building. Inspired both by the angled, lozenge shape of the floor plan of the building and by patterns that have reoccurred for centuries, these artworks have both the stability of repeated patterning and the fluidity of a changing optical experience. The artwork explores shifting experiences as the patterns change from thick relief to very thin as the colors change as well. This installation animates and decorates the second floor public spaces, revealing both a sense of order and offering a framework for exploration of the stability of pattern and mutability of change. The artwork’s delicate and glistening forms fill the walls it occupies offering viewers a moment to contemplate as the repeated geometric forms change shape and color.
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