Untitled (Picnic with Flowers), Daisy Patton, 2019
SERVICES PROVIDED: Design coordination, Materials research, Budget management, Engineering coordination and oversight, Artist selection process, Fabrication oversight, Lighting design development, Scheduling, Project close-out.
In 2018 we began working with Continuum Partners to develop a vision for the art programming for their redevelopment project at 9th Ave & Colorado Blvd in Denver, CO. This redevelopment project reintegrates the former 26-acre University of Colorado School of Medicine campus into the surrounding neighborhood fabric by blending apartments and townhomes with retail, offices and new public green spaces.
For Block 7 artist Daisy Patton, a Massachusetts-based artist who at the time of this project was based in Denver was commissioned to create an original composition to span the south facade of the parking structure adjacent to the Theo Apartments. Patton’s painting Untitled (Picnic with Flowers) was translated into two mediums, a hand-painted mural and printed Structurflex panels, that come together to create the massive 70’ - 3” x 94’ - 4” composition.
Patton’s paintings start from a found photograph that is then enlarged and printed out to life-size. She then adds layers of patterns and color to bring the image and the people within it to life. Patton’s work explores the meaning and social conventions of families, little discussed or hidden histories, and what it is to be a person living in our contemporary world. For the project at 9th and Colorado Patton selected an image that would relate to the surrounding neighborhood and the historic significance of the site.
The mural portion of Daisy Patton’s installation was completed by father and son muralist team Chris and Will Krieg in January of 2019. The Structurflex panels were installed in August of 2019 filling in the two vertical spaces and completing the composition.
We oversaw two additional exterior art projects for this campus, for Block 7 with Denver-based painter Kevin Sloan entitled The Mischief Makers and for Block 4 with Denver-based painter Andrew Huffman entitled Modulated 32 (#1 ) and Modulated 32 (#2).
Digital rendering and site plan courtesy of Continuum Partners.
