Accomplished artist and Colorado State University alumnus Pard Morrison will install a bold, new multi column sculpture at the entrance to the University’s Center for the Arts during a public ceremony on April 18th. Titled, 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑊ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝐻𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑠 𝑈𝑠 𝑇𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟, the artists’ spirited signature artwork will be his second permanent sculpture at CSU, following his earlier totemic work, 𝐴𝑛 𝐴𝑐𝑐𝑢𝑚𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝐵𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒.

Providing an undeniably artful presence on the campus grounds of his alma mater, Morrison’s exuberant artwork is intended to be an enlivening experience for students and faculty alike. At the installation event and in the video shown here, Morrison offers his support and professional experience to emerging artists at the University.

Through vivid moments of color and captivating pattern, Morrison’s practice subtly intertwines richly pigmented, brushed surfaces with commanding architectural form, merging painting and sculpture into an identifiable hybrid. Fundamentally concerned with the “felt mark,” Morrison sees the “fusion of surface and medium” as a metaphor for the human condition, and evidence of care and persistence.