China’s Gao Brothers—Gao Qiang and Gao Zhen—have collaborated on their artwork since 1985. Much of the Gao Brothers’ work has been colored by their family’s experiences during China’s Cultural Revolution (1966–76). In 1968 the artists’ father was arrested as a counter revolutionary, and days later he died while in custody. The Gao Brothers’ works of art seek to understand China’s complicated history and a government that has moved from Communism to a form of State Capitalism controlled by the Communist Party. At times, the works are politically charged, but in the end the brothers seek to forgive and understand. Featuring large-scale sculpture, painting, and photography, this is the artists’ first museum exhibition in the United States.

Please join us for the free opening reception September 17, 5:30–7:30 p.m.

Above: Gao Brothers, Saddam Hussein, 2009; oil on canvas (diptych), 157 1/2 x 236 1/4 inches (overall); Courtesy of the artists

This Argentinean artist’s work is inspired by her visits to a remote village in the mountains of Peru, where the women sing ancient songs in Quechua. The exhibition includes installation works, created from colorful Peruvian hand-crocheted petticoats, as well as cut-paper drawings inspired by the shape of flowers and using the petal-shaped remains from die-cut prints created while working with master printer Bud Shark of Shark’s Ink. Now based in Boulder, Colorado, Hernando will be an artist in residence at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art.

Please join us for the free opening reception Friday, October 1, 6:00–8:00 p.m.

Above: Ana Maria Hernando, Sobre Mi Pecho Tengo, 2010; collaged leftover papers from 2005 print, vellum, glue, inks on paper, 30 x 22 inches; Courtesy of Robischon Gallery, Denver