Aspen Snowmass to Partner with Artist Jose Dávila  

ASPEN SNOWMASS, Colo.— Nov. 8, 2022 — Aspen Snowmass announces a partnership with renowned artist Jose Dávila for the 2022-23 season. Dávila’s work will appear in an original installation at Elk Camp in Snowmass in both a mural and hanging mobile sculpture and also in the newly-renovated Buttermilk Mountain Lodge. Dávila will also lead a lecture this winter in Aspen to discuss his work. 

Born in Guadalajara, Mexico in 1974, Dávila’s unique perspective has explored spatial occupation and the dynamic nature of physical structures. Drawing on his formal training as an architect, Dávila creates sculptural installations and photographic works that simultaneously emulate, critique, and pay homage to 20th century avant-garde art and architecture. Referencing artists and architects including Herbert Bayer and the Bauhaus movement, Dávila’s work investigates how the modernist movement has been translated and reinvented. The Getty Foundation has recently awarded the Los Angeles Nomadic Division a grant to develop a mid-career survey of Dávila’s work.  

Aspen Snowmass has been highlighting art and artists across its mountains and properties to bring unique artistic visions to its guests for years. Now in its 18th year, the resort’s Art in Unexpected Places program brings revered artists to Aspen throughout the season to connect with local and global communities through installations, workshops, lectures, and on-mountain experiences. 

In previous years, Aspen Snowmass has featured commissioned works by internationally recognized artists such as FriendsWithYou, Susan Te Kahurangi King, Hank Willis Thomas, Paula Crown, Yutaka Sone, Peter Doig, Karen Kilimnik, Jim Hodges, Carla Klein, Mamma Andersson, Mark Grotjahn, David Shrigley, Mark Bradford, Anne Collier, Takashi Murakami, Laura Owens and Paola Pivi. The lift ticket art program started as a partnership between the Aspen Art Museum and Aspen Snowmass in 2005.