Sarah Sze, Sleepers, 2024. Mixed media, paper, strings, video projectors, and aluminum; Dimensions variable. Denver Art Museum: Modern and Contemporary Art acquisition funds and support from David Gill, Nisha and Viraj Mehta, and Takeo Obayashi, 2024.897.1-3.
Fuse Box: Sarah Sze
Fuse Box: Sarah Sze relaunches the Fuse Box art series in summer 2025, presenting a six-channel video installation where moving images are projected onto over 300 hand-torn paper screens suspended from parallel lines of string.
Ana Mendieta, Anima, Silueta de Cohetes (Firework Piece), 1976. Super-8mm film transferred to high-definition digital media, color, silent; Running time: 2:23 minutes. Edition of 6 with 3 APs. © 2020 The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC. Courtesy Galerie Lelong & Co. / Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy of The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC and Galerie Lelong & Co., New York.
Ana Mendieta: Suspended Fire
December 6, 2020 – March 7, 2021
In two films, Ana Mendieta explored fire as a symbol of renewal and transformation, creation and destruction, and presence and absence.
Lorna Simpson, Easy to Remember, 2001. 16mm film, transferred to DVD, with sound; 2 min 35 sec. Denver Art Museum: Funds from the Norton Family Foundation, Cathey and Richard Finlon, and the department acquisition funds, 2002.89.1-4. © Lorna Simpson
Lorna Simpson: Easy to Remember
January 17, 2016 – April 24, 2016
Lorna Simpson transformed a catchy tune into a commentary on race through acts of erasure
Mark Wallinger (British, b. 1959), Angel (detail), 1997. Video with sound; 7 minutes 20 seconds. Denver Art Museum; Gift of Polly and Mark Addison, 2010.430. Image: © The artist; courtesy Anthony Reynolds Gallery.
Mark Wallinger: Angel
February 15, 2015 – January 3, 2016
Angel is a video that explores the theme of religion and features artist Mark Wallinger playing Blind Faith, his sightless alter ego.
Kutluğ Ataman, The 4 Seasons of Veronica Read, installation view Istanbul Modern, 2010. Photo courtesy and © Kutluğ Ataman.
The 4 Seasons of Veronica Read: A Video Installation by Kutluğ Ataman
July 19, 2015 – October 11, 2015
The 4 Seasons of Veronica Read (2002) is a four-channel video installation filmed over the course of a year, which centers around the remarkable life of Veronica Read, an Englishwoman with a special passion for Hippeastrum, commonly known as amaryllis.
Still from Spit Reverse video, 2002. © Oliver Herring
Oliver Herring: Recent Acquisitions
June 1, 2014 – January 4, 2015
German-born artist Oliver Herring creates videos that celebrate ingenuity, vulnerability, and serendipity in human interaction.
Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook, Two Planets: Van Gogh's The Midday Sleep and the Thai Villagers, 2008 video. Photo courtesy and © Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook.
Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook: Recent Video Works
December 22, 2013 – May 18, 2014
Leading Thai video artist Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook presented a selection of video projects from the series Village and Elsewhere (2011) and The Two Planets (2008).
Previous Fuse Box Installations
- Laleh Mehran: Men of God, Men of Nature (May 20, 2012 – February 17, 2013): Men of God, Men of Nature was a site-specific work designed by Iran-born artist Laleh Mehran especially for the Fuse Box space.
- Gary Emrich: Contact (September 10, 2011 – April 8, 2012): Gary Emrich’s video installation exploits the chromatic qualities of video in a digital age.
- Stacey Steers: Night Hunter (February 11, 2011 – August 13, 2011)
- Immobilité: A Foreign Film by Mark Amerika (October 20, 2010 – January 30, 2011)
- Fuse Box: Bjorn Melhus (May 22, 2008 – October 4, 2009)
