20th Annual Masks Fundraiser & Exhibition

[au]workshop is pleased to help support the Museum of Art Fort Collins by participating in the 20th anniversary masks fundraiser and exhibition. [au]workshop architect Anne Nelsen created Sebastian, the firm’s anthropomorphic contribution to the exhibition.

Sebastian began with a desire to display only the most attractive angle of the mask and to conceal (to mask!) the rest. Anne felt that a mask is most powerful when it is accompanied by someone—when it is given life or context by its wearer.  Thus, Sebastian took on his present larger than life, human-like form and stands in contrapposto.  Like all of us from time to time, the texture of his exterior strongly contrasts with the texture of his interior; that is, he is not how he appears at first. Sebastian thinks this only makes him more interesting.

Info & Links

Come visit Sebastian and see the rest of the entries at the Museum of Art Fort Collins. The exhibit will be open April 5th – June 7th, 2024. Everyone has the option to bid on any of the masks online. See the link here.

Thank you to MoA for inviting us to participate!

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