Join us on Wednesday, May 3 at MCA Denver for an inspiring conversation between designer Maria Cornejo and her close friend, MCA Denver exhibiting artist Tara Donovan. These two creative visionaries will share thoughts and reflections on their creative practice and how each has informed and inspired the other.
This event is a precursor to the second annual MCA Max Mix Runway Show on Thursday, May 4. This singular event will celebrate MCA Denver, MAX Clothing Stores, and the vision of designer Maria Cornejo, Founder and Creative Director of Zero+Maria Cornejo.
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About the Artists
Zero + Maria Cornejo was born from the desire of Chilean-born designer Maria Cornejo to build a label that creates sophisticated, beautiful garments by cutting fabrics based on the simplest geometric forms. “Zero,” as a number that neither adds nor subtracts, came to signify a point of departure, and was adopted by Cornejo as a concept that evokes the essence of her design, cutting and garment construction, and style. It has been said of her work — “In Maria Cornejo’s hands, minimalism is not a bland word … her clothes have a sleek sophistication and always a sense of surprise.”
Tara Donovan has created large-scale installations, sculptures, and drawings that utilize everyday objects to explore the transformative effects of accumulation and aggregation for over 20 years. Known for her commitment to process, she has earned acclaim for her ability to exploit the inherent physical characteristics of an object in order to transform it into works that generate unique perceptual phenomena and atmospheric effects. Among her many accolades are her award of the prestigious MacArthur Foundation “Genius” Award in 2008 and MCA Denver’s own solo exhibition of her work in 2018.
Nora Burnett Abrams is the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver Mark G. Falcone Director. Prior to this role, she was the museum’s chief curator, responsible for its exhibition program and special artists’ projects. Her career began at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, where she worked on the Sol LeWitt on the Roof and Robert Rauschenberg: Combines exhibitions. Since arriving in Denver in 2010, she has organized over 35 exhibitions and authored or contributed over a dozen accompanying publications. Recent projects highlighting unusual or unknown episodes in artists’ careers, including Francesca Woodman: Portrait of a Reputation (2019), Basquiat Before Basquiat (2017), as well as the first survey of Senga Nengudi’s R.S.V.P. sculptures (2014). She has taught at New York University and lectured throughout the country on contemporary art. She holds art history degrees from Stanford University (B.A.), Columbia University (M.A.), and a Ph.D. from the New York University Institute of Fine Arts.
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