ARTIST STATEMENT
We have all thought about wearing shoes, just not these. They are my mother’s from when she returned to work after divorcing my father. In the era of first wave feminism these shoes represent her being placed in an executive assistant role to serve men in the world on corporate oil in the 70s. I consider these shoes now cast in bronze a feminist work representing through a vintage heel shape how far we come and how far we have to go.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Laura is a sculptor working primarily with cast metal from her studio in Denver, Colorado. She often creates vignettes with her cast work turning small installations into larger visual dialogues. This process has led to multidisciplinary approaches exploring mediums to expand her conceptual process & creative ideas. She received a BFA from University of Colorado Denver, studies at the Burren College in Ireland, a post graduate residency in at Otis College, a cross disciplinary residency in Hawaii and a master’s degree at the MICA Exhibited in her region, throughout the US and Internationally. Her practice includes public & performance works. She is an Artnaut, friend of the Anschutz Campus through her public work at The Center for Bioethics and Humanities. Laura has had 24 solo exhibitions with an extensive list of juried and invitational group exhibitions. The Art In The Everyday Community Quilt Project is one of her social engagement works, now 60 feet in length with over 1200 participants.
Laura’s work is influenced by female surrealists & postmodern conceptualism. Exploring points of contention, social & cultural shifts, the environment, disappearing open space, while tackling difficult & interesting subjects including contemporary interpretations of the Western Landscape. Her career in retail visual & set design inform her work. Her public speaking includes a perspective as an artist who recontextualizes objects, contemporary cast iron in Latvia, at home regional topics relating to the west & art’s influence in retail. She founded fooLPRoof contemporary art gallery in the RiNo Art District in 2018.
© Laura Phelps Rogers