U OK?
June 4, 2021-August 6, 2021, GOCA-121, Colorado Springs, CO
The year 2020, fueled by the tension of rising social unrest in the United States and the global COVID-19 pandemic, produced numerous challenges that we faced individually and collectively.
U OK? is an exhibition featuring works from artists across the Front Range of Colorado whose pieces speak to individual coping and communal perseverance in the wake of physical, spiritual, and mental burnout. The exhibition, which presents a wide range of mediums, captures the emotional residue that seeped out from our past year together through works that are emotive, absurd, humorous, heartbreaking and hopeful.
Artists: Katy Batsel (Denver), Koko Bayer (Denver), Jonah Brock (Colorado Springs), Kailani Dobson (Colorado Springs), Trey Duvall (Denver), Moe Gram (Denver), Margaret Kasahara (Colorado Springs).
The exhibition is guest curated by Christine Flores and Stephanie Von Fange.
Exhibition on View:
June 4 - August 6, 2021 @GOCA Downtown
121 S. Tejon Street, Plaza of the Rockies, South Tower
(entrance off Tejon Street)
Gallery Hours:
Friday, Saturday, Sunday 12-6pm | no appt. needed
Closed Sunday, July 4th
In-Gallery Events:
Opening Friday, June 4, 2021 | 5-8pm
Live Performance by Kailani Dobson
Friday, July 2 | 5-8 pm
2 performances (8 min each) @5:30pm, 7:30pm
Gallery Chat with Artists + Curators
Thursday, July 22nd, 2021 @7pm
prophecies and potential (center-left, suspended) in U OK? at GOCA Downtown in Colorado Springs, CO
Photography courtesy of “UCCS Galleries of Contemporary Art” and Photographer: Stellar Propeller Studio
old habits and a propensity for violence (left, wall), prophecies and potential (center, suspended) in U OK? at GOCA Downtown in Colorado Springs, CO
Photography courtesy of “UCCS Galleries of Contemporary Art” and Photographer: Stellar Propeller Studio