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Aspen Art Museum presents exhibition of the work of Rhode Island artist Don ZanFagna

ASPEN, CO.- The Aspen Art Museum presents an exhibition of the work of artist Don ZanFagna, on view from Friday, October 21, through Sunday, November 20, 2011. Since the 1950s, Don ZanFagna has been creating stunning works that examine the creative potential of ecological design. Manifested through extensive journals, drawings, collages, and architectural models, his work combines environmental consciousness, technological savvy, and utopian spirit. His works have been presented at internationally renowned museums such as the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. ZanFagna’s Aspen Art Museum exhibition will feature selections from his Pulse Domes (1975-79) series: vividly imaginative drawings of homes created, constructed, and maintained entirely with organic processes. The designs presented here are similar to, yet predate, other self-sustaining research environments like B