Steel bands and copper foil casting a shadow on the ground.

Shadow and Light: Patrick Marold

Explore a site-specific installation highlighting the ever-changing qualities of light and shadow.

Aug. 11, 2024 – Jan. 5, 2025

Created specifically for Denver Botanic Gardens, Shadow and Light is an immersive sculptural installation integrating the poetics of space with the luminosity of light. Discover an exhibition that changes with every visit, highlighting the shifting mood of light throughout the day and across the seasons.

 

About the Artist

Based in Colorado, Patrick Marold’s works are deeply tied to landscape and natural cycles. Marold has been the recipient of numerous awards and recognitions, and his works have been shown in exhibitions nationally and internationally. He has been selected for public art projects throughout the United States, including the Windmill Project in Vail, Colorado, a temporary landscape installation which seeded a local valley with a mass of light-generating turbines, and Shadow Array, a permanent seven-acre installation at Denver International Airport.

Meet the Artist: Patrick Marold

In the News

The Denver Post, Sept. 2, 2024
3 Denver Botanic Gardens shows are transforming the ordinary: They’re all impressive and each makes that special connection between nature and the human experience.

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