Solo Art Exhibition in Denver Celebrates TAMIU’s Crystal Wagner
This past weekend, Mirus Gallery in Denver, CO celebrated the opening of Telos, a solo exhibition by celebrated artist Crystal M. Wagner, Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) assistant professor of Art.
Telos features hand-assembled paper sculpted into complex ecosystems encapsulated in plexi domes. Wagner's sculptural creations mimic organic forms found in nature.
In Telos, she explores the dialogue between the organic and the sublime. Her vibrant, multi-layered sculptures—rooted in the deep ecological language of the natural world, transcend the familiar, gesturing toward speculative ecosystems that exist at the threshold of the real and the imagined.
The domes serve as protective atmospheres and portals into her exploration of Telos, the ancient Greek concept of purpose or ultimate end, preserving each piece at a unique, imagined moment in its life cycle.
Wagner's practice offers a counterpoint to the flatness of contemporary digital experience. Through her meticulously hand-crafted dimensional forms, she reclaims spatiality and tactility, creating microcosms that embody the delicate tension of natural growth.
Telos becomes a meditation on the liminal spaces where the boundaries between the known and the unknown disappear, prompting viewers to reimagine their relationship with organic forms in their modern landscapes.
Telos is on display in Denver through April 11.
Wagner’s historic large-scale multidisciplinary contemporary art project at TAMIU, Rhizome , was a collaboration between TAMIU faculty and students in the music, art, dance, theater, and humanities and the community. The fully dynamic, immersive experience in art, culture, community, place-making, and sustainability bowed April 12, 2024 at TAMIU. See a video about the Rhizome experience.
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