Client

Overview

The fourteen sculptures comprising Christopher Weed’s Spores have been commissioned specifically for Conflict | Resolution and will be installed in the FAC’s Sculpture Garden and Glass Corridor.

Among the most recognized sculptors on the Front Range, Christopher Weed has rapidly achieved national renown. His large-scale works can be found in the US and abroad.

As with the best of Weed’s art, Spores simultaneously suggests something playful yet threatening, natural yet out-scaled, organic yet industrial. Accordingly, the forms at-once appear as seed spores, tumbleweeds, thistles, and nautical mines.

Goals

The Conflict | Resolution project has particular relevance to the Colorado Springs community, given its unique mix of divergent political thought, religious organizations, military presence and more. The FAC is therefore partnering with a number of community organizations for the program.
The commissioning of the 14 Spores was to have enough sculptures to dot the surrounding landscape and indoor galleries with these iconic sculptures, leading the viewer throughout the gallery and this exhibit. These sculptures simultaneously suggests something playful yet threatening, natural yet out-scaled, organic yet industrial. Accordingly, the forms at-once appear as seed spores, tumbleweeds, thistles, and nautical mines.

Process

Much coordination between the artist, curators and board members of the Colorado Springs, Fine Arts Center.went into commissioning these 14 sculptures for the Conflict-resolution exhibit.
Spores have been a huge success at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center for this exhibit and the city of Colorado Springs. These Iconic sculptures have created an identifiable Gateway Sculpture at this important intersection, activating this space while adding to creative placemaking. This installation has had an instant impact on the thousands of commuters and pedestrians visiting the museum daily. Six of these sculptures are in the museums permanent collection.