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Posted: March 10, 2010 |
Art & Cocktail Hour(s)
Art, food, and Cocktails
Mario’s Double Daughter’s Salotto
Friday March 12 from 6-11pm
- Art featured will be Re-Purposed Paintings, digital art prints, and the NEW 15 min. Gnome T-Shirt
- Classical Music mixed with the electronic skills of DJ White Girl Lust
- Tasty gourmet mushroom hors d'oeuvres as well as fancy gnome drink specials at the bar
(from the press release)
On March 12, 2010 there is an exciting art exhibition featuring the work of Samuel Schimek (15 min.). The event is from 6pm to 11pm. The event is the special debut of a new product for 15 min., the “Gnome T-Shirt” designed by Samuel! As a treat for viewers, Double Daughter’s will be will be serving complimentary Two Fisted Mario’s gourmet mushroom pizza hors d'oeuvres as well as fancy gnome drink specials at the bar. With a special music performance from DJ White Girl Lust, this opening event is designed to mix art, design, food, and music for the contemporary Denver art lover.
Samuel Schimek: http://15minutes.info
Samuel Schimek is an artist in Denver and principal of 15 min. a project that works with creatives to manage and promote their crafts in today's changing markets. He has created and promoted many events within the Denver art and design community, and shown artwork exhibitions in gallery spaces and unique environments that cater to art/design supporters. Samuel's artwork is 99% recycled art pieces and digital works that explore new developments in pop culture and "Green" trends. He has also used his artwork as a platform for product development to explore current design trends in the same vein.
Mario’s Double Daughter’s Salotto: http://tastieconcepts.com
Located on Market St. between 16th and 17th street, and is an innovative public concept in Downtown Denver. It has developed itself as a source for inspired expression and thoughtful atmosphere. The lounge provides a social center and an arts channel for a discerning culturally savvy following.
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Posted: March 10, 2010 |
Colorado Clay
Foothills Art Center
March 13 - May 1, 2010
- Opening Reception: Friday March 12, 6-9 pm
(from the press release)
In our newly renovated gallery, Foothills Art Center presents one of its most distinguished and celebrated exhibitions—Colorado Clay. A stunning compilation of contemporary ceramics by fourteen Colorado artists, Colorado Clay will challenge a viewer’s perception of traditional pottery with its exceptional collection of abstract, whimsical, and traditional works of ceramic art. Forget ordinary. View the extraordinary at Foothills Art Center.
- Slide Presentation with juror Adrian Arleo
Thursday, March 11, 6 pm
The 2010 juror will discuss her remarkable artwork & noteworthy career
- Reception & Awards Presentation with juror Adrian Arleo
Friday, March 12, 6–9 pm
Awards Presented at 8 pm
Juror Adrian Arleo will be on hand to present awards to exhibiting artists
- Target Free First Monday: March 15 and April 5
Free admission to the general public
Saturday, March 27, 11 am–2 pm
- Gallery Talk with Exhibiting Artists
Saturday, April 24, 11am
Gallery Talk with Exhibiting Artists, 11 am
Art activities for kids, 11 am–2 pm
- FAC: Friday Afternoon Club
Friday, April 16, 2–4 pm
Demonstration by exhibiting artist Marie E.v.B. Gibbons at E.v.B. Studio in Denver. Create a ceramic work. Space is limited. $10/person. Call 303.279.3922 to register.
Golden High School Ceramics: March 8 – April 2
Through a continued dedication to our community, FAC is pleased to present the work of Golden High School ceramics students in conjunction with Colorado Clay in our main gallery.
Boulder Potters’ Guild: April 8–30
Ceramics enthusiasts will have even more reason to visit FAC with this exhibition featuring dozens of works available for sale by members of the Boulder Potters’ Guild.
Foothills Art Center
809 15th St.
Golden, CO 80401
Mon - Sat: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sun: 1:00 - 5:00 pm
303.279.3922
http://www.foothillsartcenter.org
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Posted: March 10, 2010 |
David Kroll and Karen Kitchel
Robischon Gallery
March 6 - April 17, 2010
- Opening reception for the artists: Thursday March 11 from 6-9pm
 David Kroll Egret on Globe oil on canvas 2010  Karen Kitchel Dead Grass: Early Spring 19 oil on panel 2006-2008
(from the press release)
David Kroll "New Work" and Karen Kitchel "Seasonal Overture"
Robischon Gallery presents new paintings by noted Pacific Northwest based artist David Kroll. Kroll proffers each painting as a kind of meticulously constructed refuge of nature. Environmentally conscious, the artist states that through his work he strives to "add balance, order and beauty to a world that is weighted in the opposite." Kroll's favored elements in his compositions include exquisite, jewel-toned avian specimens and uniquely colorful moths, elevated from their usual commonplace status. Birds and koi are often reverently positioned within the artist's sparsely staged still-life paintings and are often in relationship to porcelain bowls or natural objects like fragile eggs or flowers at the peak of bloom. The paintings possess small ironies which reveal a contemporary view such as a stately egret poised on a globe surrounded by lively fluttering moths and inestimable pools of spilled water or three small songbirds balancing the metaphoric weight of the world on a free-rolling globe. Set against atmospheric landscapes, Kroll creates paintings about paintings offering up both visions of transcendence through nature and reminding us of our own brief, temporal nature.
On view previously in museums until now, the singular "Seasonal Overture" series of Karen Kitchel's widely-admired, forty highly-detailed grass paintings make a much-anticipated scheduled engagement at Robischon Gallery. With Kitchel's characteristic meticulous painting style and intimate pinpoint vantage point, this series examines the seasons from the perspective of four different locales. Embracing the natural world with a commitment to seeing it flourish, the artist brings her audiences an intimate view of what is often overlooked. Her subjects respectfully convey the elemental contemporary Western landscape; early spring in Montana, summer in California, autumn in Colorado, and winter in Wyoming. Kitchel's obsessive and finely-rendered brushstrokes enliven the perpetual cycle of a landscape microcosm from nascent beginning, through vital fullness, inevitable dormancy and eventual rebirth.
Robischon Gallery
1740 Wazee Street
Denver, CO 80202
303.298.7788
Tue-Sat: 11:00-6:00
http://www.robischongallery.com
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Posted: March 10, 2010 |
UCD Annual Juried Student Art Show 2010
Emmanuel Gallery
March 11 – April 1, 2010
 Tony Ortega at the Cherry Creek Arts Festival, 2009 - photo by Ken Hamel/DenverArts.org
(from the press release)
Emmanuel Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of our annual UCD Juried Student Art Show. The University of Colorado Denver’s visual art student’s artwork was guest juried by Tony Ortega. Mr. Ortega had a tough job with over 140 works to evaluate with a final selection of 65 works in exhibit. Mr. Ortega teaches art at Regis University and is represented by Havu Gallery in Denver, Colorado.
We will open the show on Thursday, March 11 at 10:00am and host a reception for the artists at 4:00pm. During the reception we will have a short award ceremony at 5:00. The exhibition will be closed during spring break but open again when school resumes and will continue through April 1, 2010.
Gallery hours are Tuesday – Friday from 10-6 and Saturday from 11-5. Emmanuel Gallery is a tri-institutional gallery, always free and open to the public. For further information, please call or visit our website, www.emmanuelgallery.org.
Emmanuel Gallery
Auraria Higher Education Center
10th and Lawrence St Mall
Denver, CO 80204
303.556.8337
Tue-Fri: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Sat: 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
http://www.emmanuelgallery.org
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Posted: March 10, 2010 |
Expose Your Body (of Art work!)
Co-Art Gallery
March 16 - 27, 2010
- Gallery Reception: Friday March 19th, 5:30-9pm
Co-Art Gallery, an artist owned gallery, presents 19 exciting new artists: Peggy Quinn, Darrell Mason, Jessie Woodard, Bill Poliseo, Claudia Ariss, Tanis Bula, Marcia Nowak, Randall Roberts, Ann Maree Beaman, Helen Howe Braider, Marilyn Hogan, Pnina Osguthorpe, Hakan Carheden, Jean Murr, Becky Everitt, Michaele Greene, John Treinen, John Rehm, Michael Spencer
Co-Art Gallery
846 Santa Fe Dr.
Denver CO 80204
303.573.5503
Mon-Sun: 11am-4pm
http://www.co-art.net
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Posted: March 06, 2010 |
Constructive Spirit: Abstract Art in South and North America, 1920s-50s
The Newark Museum (NJ)
February 17 - May 23, 2010
Newark Museum
49 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102
973.596.6550
http://www.newarkmuseum.org
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Posted: March 06, 2010 |
Jody Chapel and Krista Falkenstein
Next Gallery
March 12 - 28, 2010
- Opening Reception: Friday, March 12 from 6-10pm
  Jody Chapel - Timing (left); Krista Falkenstein (right)
In the Front Gallery
Jody Chapel: Recurrent
The paintings and prints in Recurrent reflect an ongoing exploration of depicting sensory experiences through images of people doing ordinary things. I am interested in emphasizing the energy of instant and accessing spiritual and emotional feelings that connect me with others.
In the Associate Gallery
Krista Falkenstein: Add some Pizazz!
My work evolves around the use of color and texture. Applying mixed media I use my canvas to develop a landscape of layers to create depth and evoke emotion, to surprise with hidden areas capturing the imagination and leading the viewer to their own discoveries.
Next Gallery
3759 Navajo St
Denver, CO 80211
303.433.4933
Fri: 6:00 - 10:00 PM
Sat/Sun: Noon - 5:00 PM
http://www.nextgallery.us
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Posted: March 06, 2010 |
Germination
Red Delicious Press
March 12 – April 24, 2010
- Opening Reception: Friday March 12, 6-8pm
- Second Friday Hours: April 9, 6-8pm
- Artists: Tonia Bonnell, Tony Crowley, Lise Drost, Louise Kames, Kathleen King, Rachel Melis, Wayne Miyamoto, Karl Nelson, Debora Oden, Liz Parkinson, Teresa Schmidt, Roxanne Sexauer, Sarah Smelser, Tanja Softic
 Sarah Smelser - As a seed or as a spore
Red Delicious Press is pleased to host Germination, an exhibition displaying a suite of prints for a portfolio exchange organized by Kathleen King. Artists were asked to consider the word, idea, or concept of germination and create a print reflecting their interpretations. The portfolio includes 14 prints by artists and an essay by Dr. Glen Brown of Kansas State University reflecting on the concept of germination.
Gallery hours:
Mondays 11 am – 3 pm
Tuesdays/Thursdays 6-8 pm
Second Fridays 6-8 pm
Or call for appointment
Red Delicious Press
9901 East 16th Av
Aurora, CO 80010
303.366.2922
http://www.reddeliciouspress.com
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Posted: March 06, 2010 |
The Right Choice
Downtown Aurora Visual Arts (DAVA)
March 12 - April 30, 2010
- Opening Reception: Friday March 12th from 4-8pm
 The Right Choice by Kimberly, age 14
(from the press release)
The Right Choice is an exhibition developed by DAVA Youth based on the risks of using and abusing drugs, alcohol and tobacco. The exhibit opens to the public Friday March 12th and runs through April 30 th, with the opening reception on Friday March 12th from 4-8 pm. DAVA (Downtown Aurora Visual Arts) is located at 1405 Florence Street, one block south of Colfax in Original Aurora. Students throughout DAVA programs also developed artwork on healthy eating and exercising as part of a holistic approach to positive life choices.
Every year, youth ages 11 to 14 at DAVA research the most up to date information surrounding substance abuse through a grant from the Colorado Division of Behavioral Health. Through focused educational sessions, middle school youth from DAVA’s Job Training and Computer Arts programs learn about preventing drugs, alcohol and tobacco use. To expand their understanding of healthy choices, they also research mental health, self confidence, nutrition, and exercise. Artist-teacher Sarah Heid comments, “We also shared positive characteristics to look for in friends and in ourselves. We were able to discuss each student’s best attributes and focused on being our best selves in everything we do.”
This year, youth introduced their ideas within the context of DAVA’s overarching themes for the year: health, education, environment and economy. The exhibit is designed to educate and inform the community through the ideas of young people. Youth at DAVA explore topics in a safe creative space, using the arts to explore topics that impact them directly. By bringing their own perspectives to difficult community issues, they offer solutions in their own creative language.
DAVA’s Junior Staff, ages 15-17 created individual projects about alcohol and drug abuse through mixed media projects. Younger kids in the Open Studio started the year with drawing and clay exercises on nutrition, talking about healthy and unhealthy food. Kids drew what was in their stomach and observed the food pyramid. They made food plates in clay focusing on balancing meals. They decided to focus on exercising as part of our healthy habits focus. Kids made clay people exercising, including running, walking, swimming, playing ball games, stretching. They then made a park as a group to display the people.
Parents/guardians and 3-7 year olds in Family Arts created “Shopping for health” by painting healthy foods on tote bags. Come visit the artwork created by children and youth so that you may experience the vision of young people as they examine important community issues.
The exhibits are free and open to the public from 10 am to 5pm, Monday to Friday or by appointment. For more information about the exhibits email
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Downtown Aurora Visual Arts (DAVA)
1405 Florence St
Aurora CO 80010
Mon-Fri: 11:00 am-5:00 pm or by appointment
303.367.5886
http://davarts.org
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Posted: March 06, 2010 |
Heads of Hydra, a photographers' collective
Curated by Richard Peterson
Vertigo
March 5 – April 30, 2010
- Gallery Reception: Third Friday March 19 from 6–10pm
- Closing Reception: Third Friday April 16 from 6–10pm
In pursuit of Chance Elements and Unknown Pleasures, Heads of Hydra is: John Babcock, David Zimmer, Mark Sink, Cornelia Peterson, Sabin Aell, Richard Peterson, Carson Reed (writer)
This exhibition is based loosely on a 19th century French Symbolist writer's pursuit of the Unknown, Arthur Rimbaud. A creative writer, Carson Reed, plans to summon new words from the chance sequence of the images (instead of the usual scenario of illustrations created to illuminate the writing, words will be created from the sequence of illustrations). Carson intends to present his short story before the artists' reception on 19 March 2010, and it will be posted at the event. ...the sudden onset of vertigo in the midst of a dream...
Vertigo Art Space
960 Santa Fe Dr
Denver, CO 80204
303.573.VERT (8378)
http://www.vertigoartspace.com
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Posted: March 06, 2010 |
Patrick Espy
Eagle Valley Artists Alliance
CORE New Art Space
March 4 - 21, 2010
- Artists Reception: Friday March 12, 6-9pm
 Patrick Espy at Core
Transitions: Paintings by Patrick Espy
"With this group of work, I want to provide a meeting ground for concept and physical reality in my paintings. I want it to be indeterminate whether the geometric relationships are the primary vortex, and the objects have preceded the transformation to non logical or supra rational representation- or the converse. I place my observation within the context of order, re-creating creation within his eye's range. With the intent to present a further dichotomy, I use a rich palette and texture which is meant to be balanced and modified by several points of light emanating from the surface. I want in the works, to make for a strong tension that is at once intensified, but finally visually satisfied." Patrick Espy
 Dustin Zentz - Ship of Fools
Eagle Valley Artists Alliance
The Eagle Valley Artists Alliance is a non profit organization in the Vail Valley of Colorado whose mission is to promote visual arts in the community by developing opportunities for artists to create and show their work, and inspiring the community to participate in and experience art. This year's members juried show is the first time the EVAA will have a group show in the Santa Fe Arts District.
The Eagle Valley Artists' Alliance was formed in the summer of 2007. The members felt that the Vail Valley had a strong group of artists that could enrich the community by organizing and reaching out to the community to increase access to the arts and local artists in the community, and enrich artists through artist-to-artist connections, collaboration, and critiques.
 Ethan Rumly - part of the Denver Public Shcool Student Artwork exhibit in the annex
CORE Annex: Denver Public School Student Artwork
The CORE New Art Space gallery is proud to be hosting an invitational show of Denver Public School students’ artwork. The show will run March 4-21, 2010. There will be a special reception for the student artists on March 6, from 1-3pm. Parents, teachers, administrators, and the general public are invited to attend to the student reception as well.
Schools participating in this art show are Archuleta Elementary, Ford Elementary, Envision Leadership School, Manny Martinez Middle School, and West High School. Students from these schools will be displaying a variety of drawings, paintings, photography, and sculpture.
“I have been organizing this show with Lola Montejo, from Manny Martinez Middle School. We are both members of the CORE gallery as well as DPS visual arts teachers. We are happy to have to opportunity to show our students’ artwork in a professional setting like CORE. We are also glad that we were able to invite some other schools in DPS to participate,” says Gene Ray George, visual arts teacher at Archuleta Elementary.
CORE New Art Space
900 Santa Fe Drive
Denver, CO 80204
303.297.8428
Gallery Hours:
Fri: Noon-9 pm
Thu/Sat/Sun: Noon-6 pm
http://www.corenewartspace.com
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Posted: March 04, 2010 |
Nick Silici
Pirate Contemporary Art
March 5 - March 21, 2010
- Holly Johnson in the associate gallery
- Opening Reception: Friday March 5th from 6-10pm
 Artist Nick Silici from his 2009 Pirate exhibit - photo by Ken Hamel/DenverArts.org  Holly Johnson: anticipating my departure
Pirate Contemporary Art
3659 Navajo St
Denver, CO 80211
303.458.6058
Fri: 6:00 - 10:00 PM
Sat/Sun: Noon - 5:00 PM
http://www.pirateartonline.org
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Posted: March 04, 2010 |
Anything But Green
Artwork Network
March 5 - 27, 2010
 Christine Buchsbaum: “Untitled”
(from the press release)
Artwork Network is proud to announce the winners of its 2nd online juried show “Anything But Green”! Participants were free to interpret the theme any way they wished. Artwork was submitted and showcased online then judged by the public as well as a panel of local Denver artists. The winning pieces will be displayed in the Artwork Network Showroom from March 5 - 27, 2010 including the First Friday Art Walk at the Art District on Santa Fe. There is no artist reception scheduled for this show.
The following winning pieces were chosen by Jury Vote:
1st Place - “Untitled” by Christine Buchsbaum (Colorado)
2nd Place - “Invasive Interactions” by Jennifer Galusha (Georgia)
3rd Place - “Perception Through the Void” by Russell Wilbar (Colorado)
Artwork was judged by how effectively the work reflects the theme “Anything But Green”, as well as artistic expression and lasting impression. Jury members included Ivar Zeile of Plus Gallery in Denver; Michael Keen of Gallery Cuvee, Studio 6 Coffee House and the Untitled Art Show Podcast; Jessica Bradley and Alan Kircher of Artwork Network.
The following winning pieces were chosen by Public Vote:
1st Place - “Morning Has Broken” by Joan Marie (Missouri)
2nd Place - “Curious Cows” by Elizabeth Vismans (Maryland)
3rd Place - “El Bar” by Lorena Lopez (Colorado)
The public was encouraged to view the work and vote for their favorite pieces online. Almost one thousand individuals voted from around the world. Click here to see all entrants and click here to see the winning pieces.
Artwork Network will continue to hold online shows to increase visibility for emerging artists as well as the art and services we have to offer. “This is a great marketing tool for the participants, as they are able receive a lot of online exposure for their small entry fee,” said Creative Director, Jessica Bradley. The next online show will be held in the fall of 2010.
Artwork Network provides technology based art consulting, online marketing & management tools for artists and a variety of other art related services. Their 3,000 square foot showroom, located in Denver’s Art District on Santa Fe and is also available to rent events. The showroom is open Monday – Friday 10am – 5 pm, Saturday Noon-4 and by appointment. For more information visit www.artworknetwork.com.
Artwork Network
878 Santa Fe Drive
Denver, CO 80204
303.388.7420
Mon- Fri: 10am - 5pm
Sat: 12pm - 4pm
First & Third Fridays until 9pm
http://www.artworknetwork.com
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Posted: March 04, 2010 |
Bruce Price: "I Am a Cloud"
Plus Gallery
March 4 - April 10, 2010
- Artist's reception: Thursday, March 4th from 6-8pm
(from the press release)
Denver painter Bruce Price returns to Plus Gallery for the fourth time in a solo exhibition with "I am a cloud," a new body of work culled from an intense exploration into abstract painting. Having achieved major critical and curatorial acclaim for his work in the first half of the 2000 decade culminating in his inclusion in the major exhibitions "Decades of Influence" and "Extended Remix" at the MCA Denver, Price launched a solo exhibition at Plus Gallery in 2007 that seemingly defied followers of his work. The large scale abstractions were intensely loose and gestural, unlike the majority of his tightly ornamental work to date. A trained eye may have noticed the broad structural aspects inherent to each canvas that conveyed a major swing towards the microcosmic view, leading towards a much greater exploration within the framework that had been previously laid. Since then Price has become one of the first major Denver artists asked to join the residency project Redline as a mentor, abandoning his remote studio practice for a wider dialogue with fellow artists and the community, something that has invigorated his artwork and brought about fascinating results.
The works presented in "I am a cloud" are modestly scaled and in a variety of formats that fully represent an engagement with ideas and boundless energy the artist has recently tapped into, including his recent inclusion of fabric as a source of inspiration. Landscape is now a strong reference within the works, but Price is more concerned with the duality of static concepts versus continual shift in form and medium. "This body of work, from over the past two years, is a move towards picture making. Spatial contradiction and ambiguity are present to give an experience of indeterminacy. Landscape is more explicit reflecting the use of stream patterns, stratigraphy, perspective, gravity and the space of color. My previous interests in pattern, ornamentation, surface difference, emergence and pleasure remain useful." Even more to the point, Price presents a simple matrix with which to consider his artistic evolution:
Grids are determinant | Clouds are indeterminate
Grids are static | Clouds are change
Grids define | Clouds move
Grids are | Clouds become
The exhibition represents the confidence of a fully-realized artist looking at his career as a continual flow of ideas with few constants and without the typical ramifications an exhibition might entail relating to showmanship, instead tapping into a vein more congruent with his stature as the Director of the "Institute for Experimental Studies" at the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design. Without losing sight of the fundamentals and signature nature of his output, Bruce Price delivers some of the most honest and relevant cutting-edge abstraction ever presented in the region.
Plus+Gallery
2501 Larimer Street
Denver, CO 80202
303.296.0927
Wed-Sat: 10:00-6:00 pm
http://plusgallery.com
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Posted: March 04, 2010 |
Karen Swyler
Plinth Gallery
March 5 - 27, 2010
- Opening Reception: Friday March 5 from 6-9pm
 Karen Swyler at Plinth
(from the press release)
On March 5th, Karen Swyler returns to Colorado for a solo exhibition of her fine ceramic work. Swyler, who received her MFA in Ceramics from the University of Colorado, Boulder, joins us for an artist reception and show opening during our March 5th "First Friday", 6-9pm. Karen will also discuss her work at 3pm on March 5th, during a presentation at Arapahoe Community College. For information on this program, call 303-797-5948 or contact
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Plinth Gallery
3520 Brighton Blvd.
Denver, CO 80216
303.295.0717
http://plinthgallery.com
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Posted: March 04, 2010 |
John Grigsby and Kristophor Hutson: "The Illustrated"
Illiterate
March 5 - March 26, 2010
- Opening Reception: Friday March 5 at 6pm
(from the press release)
About The Artists: Childhood friends and creative collaborators, John Grigsby and Kristophor Hutson met at the age of twelve. Both captivated by stop motion animations using clay models, drawing became the necessary language by which they exchanged visual ideas. As their individual abilities with illustrating increased so did their abilities to realize more and more complex animations. The two continued to develop their mutual interest in moving images along parallel lines, going so far as to follow one another form city to city to work in tandem as they each built their own unique esthetic style. The latest stop on their journey: Denver, Colorado.
John Grigsby: Animator and musician, John Grigsby employs traditional and experimental techniques in his explorations of motion through visual and sonic art.
As an animator, John Grigsby utilizes claymation, drawn animations and objects captured in stop motion to create his painstaking films. In his etch-a-sketch narrative, "An Introduction to Lucid Dream Exploration" Grigsby delved into the dark internal world of his own psyche using the iconic red children's drawing tool to produce each laborious frame. In his most recent project, Grigsby manipulated clay figures as well as organic materials, such as fire and ash, to bring to life a philosophical tale of human suffering in Plato's Allegory of the Cave. He is currently working on a new stop-motion project based on an Aesop's Fable.
No less musician than animator, Grigsby often composes and plays the soundtracks to his films. A trained drummer, guitarist and pianist, now primarily focuses his acoustic attention towards playing bass in various experimental jazz groups, including Hamster Theater, Greg Harris Vibe Quintet, Static Trio and Entr'act, which will be performing live at "The Illustrated" opening reception. John's knowledge of music and visual arts has led to recent experimentation with various color and sound frequencies based on brain waves to stimulate certain brain functions.
Kristophor Hutson: Fascinated by personalities both imagined and real, one finds in illustrator and graphic designer, Kris Hutson, the anthropomorphizing caricaturist. An avid comedic voice actor and impersonator, Hutson is a student of stretching reality and playing on expectations for the sake of bringing to life a successful illusion. In his artwork this can be seen in his use and distortion of expected physical geometries. Exemplified in Hutson's "Postura Obscura" series, this suspended disbelief can be found in the faces and figures that explode into gestured abstraction and snap back again to form a cohesive loop of astonishment and recognition. Utilizing fine art techniques such as charcoal and watercolor, as well as digital manipulation, Hutson's vivid exaggerations resound with a depth of light and emotion that makes them seem to call out from beyond the page asking to be animated, as if his characters were all sitting in a casting room waiting for their chance to star in the big show.
Illiterate
82 S. Broadway
Denver, CO 80209
303.993.4474
http://illiteratemagazine.com
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Posted: March 03, 2010 |
Lisabel Filiatrault
Translations Gallery
March 5th – March 30th, 2010
- Exhibition Opening with artist in attendance: Friday, March 12th 6-9pm
 Lisabel Filiatrault, Rive (Riverbank), polymers on canvas, 72”w x 30”h
(from the press release)
Canadian artist Lisabel Filiatrault has a unique artistic approach to her painting which incorporates her passion for faces, landscapes, and abstract painting. With her background of working with composite materials, she has acquired the knowledge and skills that allow her to create and master the explosive textures and colors which are so much a part of her work. Various methods of applying the paint including using a spatula to swirl and mix colors directly on the canvas and splattering the paint in slices across the canvas result in a dynamic composition.
Translations Gallery
1743 Wazee St
Denver, CO 80202
303.629.0713
Tues-Sat: 11-6
http://translationsgallery.com
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Posted: March 03, 2010 |
Landscapes 2.0
Studio 12 Gallery
March 5 - April 17, 2010
- Opening Reception with the Artists: First Friday, March 5th from 4-9pm
- Gallery Reception: First Friday, April 2nd from 4-9pm
(from the press release)
Studio 12 Gallery presents Landscapes 2.0, March 5th, 2010 – April 17th, 2010. A group show featuring local artists: Alix Evendorff, Bill Evilsizer, Sharon Feder, Lance Jackson, Marston A. Jaquis, Nemo, Laura Politzki, Lisa Purdy.
This show brings to the public a different way of viewing our surroundings. Each work of art references the traditional landscape but interprets the world around us in a new and fresh way. Seen through the eye of the artist and utilizing a variety of mediums and techniques, these artists expand upon the concept of the landscape. This show is not about the classic landscape; rather it is about the new landscape and the proportions, colors and textures that speak to a new way of describing the world in which we live.
The artwork filling our walls in the early months of spring will bloom with vibrant color, unique form and texture, expressing unique ideas not often associated with the world around us. From post-industrial to abstract expressionism, all styles create a new visual for the surroundings in our life to think and live upon.
Sean Brown's Studio 12 Gallery is one of Denver’s newest and most dynamic galleries within the Bolt Factory, combining the energy of a working art studio within a gallery setting. Located centrally, within Denver’s Art District, Studio 12 shows an eclectic mix of original art, ranging from painting and photography to sculpture and contemporary craft. The gallery features local and national artists, as well as emerging and established artists, and presents a new show every month, each opening with an artist's reception on First Friday.
Sean Brown's Studio 12 Gallery
209 Kalamath St., Unit 12
Denver CO, 80204
303.629.8744
Mon-Fri: 10-6
Sat: 11-4
http://www.studio12gallery.com
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Posted: March 03, 2010 |
I Paint, Therefore I Am
eventgallery 910Arts
March 5 - April 12, 2010
- Opening Reception: Friday March 5 from 6-9pm
- Classic Afternoon Tea: Saturday March 27 from 3-5pm
 Sandra Kaplan - Out of the Mud
(from the press release)
Denver artist and teacher, Sandra Kaplan, and eight of her students are featured in an exhibition entitled “I Paint, Therefore I Am” at the eventgallery 910Arts, at 910 Santa Fe Drive in Denver, from March 5 through April 12.
Curated by Kaplan, the show includes her works along with the paintings of Terry Buswell, Elke, Lynn Feiger, Matt P. Hardwick, Kathy Knaus, Suzanne Mills Kramer, Tina Rowe and Katherine Smith Warren.
“The artists of ‘I Paint, Therefore I Am’ share a strong visual sense, an individual personal view of the world and clarity about image and color,” says Kaplan. “These artists have studied with me and it has been my joy to watch them emerge as accomplished, mature painters.”
The exhibition opens on March 5, First Friday Art Walk Night, with the artists attending, from 6 to 9 p.m. During the evening the Aerial Fabric Acrobats perform.
The brain disorder known as autism takes a prominent role in the exhibition because one of the participating artists has the autism-related Asperger’s Syndrome and so the Autism Society of Colorado has been selected to benefit from sales of artwork on Friday, March 19. The fundraiser takes place from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the door. The artists will once again be attending and the evening includes a wine tasting, musical entertainment and silent auction.
“The Horse Boy,” a 90-minute documentary about parents who take their autistic son to Mongolia in search of ways to help him connect with the world, is the feature on Fourth Thursday Film Night, March 25, at 7:30 p.m. Filmmaker, teacher and film critic Robert Denerstein introduces the film and leads a post-film discussion. Fourth Thursday Film Night at the eventgallery 910Arts is presented in collaboration with Transition Denver. The showing is always free and open to the public; however, contributions are welcome.
On Saturday, March 27, the “I Paint, Therefore I Am” artists host a classic afternoon tea from 3:00 to 5:00 pm. Along with teas and treats, the afternoon offers informal presentations and artist demonstrations.
Unless otherwise noted, all scheduled events during the run of “I Paint, Therefore I Am” are free and open to the public.
Located in the heart of Denver’s Art District on Santa Fe, the eventgallery 910Arts is housed within the creative community known as 910Arts. It is a complex of 17 artists’ studios and galleries, 8 live-work lofts and the Studio 6 Coffee House, anchored by a colorful open-air courtyard. Besides being an exhibition space, the eventgallery 910Arts is a venue for meetings, parties, workshops and retreats and it hosts music, literary and film events.
For more information, please call 303-815-1779 or visit 910Arts.com.
The eventgallery 910Arts
910 Santa Fe Drive
Denver, CO 80204
303.815.1779
Tue-Fri: 10:30 am - 2:30 pm
Sat: Noon - 5:00 pm
http://910arts.com
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Posted: March 03, 2010 |
Contemplating Color
The Sandra Phillips Gallery
February 5 – March 13, 2010
- First Friday March 5 open until 8pm
 Hugh Daly - Baile
(from the website)
Color, contrast, and textural intricacy of line are the focus of Robert Livsey Wells with his painting muse being classical music. In listening to the contemporary classical music of Australian composer, Barry Conyngham whose musical ideas suggest change and permanence, the artist’s lifetime interest in visually presenting that paradox in his work through light, movement and color, became the oil on linen piece, “Recurrences” and “Nocturne”. While musical ideas suggest color, movement and texture.....sounds become color for me....I do not paint the composer’s specific ideas or deliberate subject matter. The very act of painting with all the interplay of color, line, space, and shapes has a direction and intent of its own, according to artist Wells.
The provocative abstract paintings of Hugh Daly are also exhibited further exploring each artist’s exploration of color.
The Sandra Phillips Gallery
744 Santa Fe Drive
Denver, CO 80204
303.573.5969
Tue - Sat: 12:30 - 5:00 PM
http://www.thesandraphillipsgallery.com
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Posted: March 03, 2010 |
Call for Artists: Zip37
Final Selection Sunday March 21, 2010
(from the announcement)
Zip37 Gallery is looking for a new artist to join the cooperative. We will be choosing our new member on Sunday, March 21.
Dues are $55 per month and paid quarterly. 90% of sales go directly to the artist. Four other galleries (Pirate, Edge, D Gallery & Next) as well as The Bug Theatre and Patsy’s Italian Restaurant make up the Navajo Art District located on the corner of 37th and Navajo Street in NW Denver.
Each artist receives one 3-week solo show in the front room and at least one group show annually, as well as permanent year-round space in the famous salon-style back room.
If you are interested in joining our group of 15 talented and mature artists, send an e-mail to
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before March 21.
We will need a couple of pieces of your art to view and any supporting materials (portfolio, resume, statement, etc.) that may help us make a decision.
http://www.katiehoffman.com
Zip37
3644 Navajo St
Denver, CO 80211
303.477.4525
Fri: 6:00 - 10:00 PM
Sat/Sun: Noon - 5:00 PM
http://zip37.com
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Posted: March 03, 2010 |
Ray Tollison: Faces of Haiti
gallery nrc
March 5 - 27, 2010
- Opening Reception: Friday March 5 from 6-10pm
(from the press release)
gallery nrc, a photography gallery in Northwest Denver, will show the work of photographer Ray Tolison during the month of March. Ray is a photographer for World Relief, where he is documenting their programs in the United States and around the world.
The exhibition at gallery nrc during the month will include images taken by Ray earlier in the year as part of the World Relief disaster response team, as a result of the January earthquake. “Faces of Haiti” is a collection of images documenting the people and their lives after the earthquake. While photographing in Haiti, Ray “…experienced destruction like I have never seen before. In the midst of it all I met some incredible people and was able to document their experiences during and after the earthquake.”
On Friday March 5, 2010, the gallery will be open from 6:00-10:00 p.m. as it takes part in the Tennyson Street First Friday Art Walk. gallery nrc is located at 4424 Tennyson Street, behind the Historical Oriental Theater.
A portion of the proceeds from this show will go directly to World Relief. The exhibition runs from March 5, 2010 - March 27, 2010.
Located in the Tennyson Arts District of Northwest Denver, gallery nrc features the photographic works from emerging and established photographers residing in Colorado and the Rocky Mountain West. On the First Friday of every month the gallery joins over twenty galleries and shops that remain open late to provide a fun atmosphere of art and music along Tennyson Street. More information regarding gallery nrc may be found at http://www.gallerynrc.com.
gallery nrc
4424 Tennyson Street
Denver, CO 80212
303.478.7411
http://www.gallerynrc.com
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Posted: February 28, 2010 |
Clark Richert: 1960s to Present
Philip J. Steele Gallery at RMCAD
February 5 – March 12, 2010
- The Philip J. Steele Gallery is located in the Mary Harris Auditorium Building on the southeast corner of the quad
(from the RMCAD website)
To say Clark Richert has contributed greatly to the Colorado art community would be an understatement. For five decades he has explored the beauty of pattern and shape through his geometric compositions; founded innovative artist groups; and influenced generations of talent as a RMCAD faculty member and Head of the Painting Department.
Drawing inspiration from sources as diverse as Buckminster Fuller and non-representational painter Mark Rothko, Clark has a unique approach to his art—which manages to have a scientific basis while maintaining a simple beauty. Combining the analytic and rational with the creative and intuitive, his artwork is mesmerizing and timeless.
This exhibition will represent the evolution of Clark’s long career as a painter and include a piece on loan from the permanent collection of the Denver Art Museum, as well as several new canvases. This will be a rare opportunity to see the scope of work from an artist who has been—and continues to be—one of the most optimistic and influential voices in the world of fine art.
Philip J. Steele Gallery
Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design
1600 Pierce Street
Denver, CO 80214
800.888.ARTS
Mon-Sat: 11am-4pm
http://rmcad.edu
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Posted: February 27, 2010 |
Andy Warhol: The Last Decade
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
February 14 - May 16, 2010
 Andy Warhol Self-Portrait, 1986
(from The Modern website)
Andy Warhol: The Last Decade is the first U.S. museum survey exhibition to explore the work that this seminal American artist produced during the final eight years of his life. Warhol entered a period of renewed vigor and enthusiasm in the 1980s that resulted in what was arguably the most productive period of his career.
The exhibition includes approximately 55 works lent by private collections and institutions such as The Museum of Modern Art, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Baltimore Museum of Art, and Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh. Along with an introduction to Warhol, it is divided into thematic sections based on significant Warhol series: abstract works; collaborations (featuring Jean-Michel Basquiat); black-and-white ads; works surrounding death and religion; self-portraits; camouflage patterns; and a concluding section of the artist’s Last Supper series.
Andy Warhol: The Last Decade is organized by the Milwaukee Art Museum.
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
3200 Darnell Street
Fort Worth, TX 76107
817.738.9215
http://themodern.org
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Posted: February 27, 2010 |
Speaking of Clay
Art Students League of Denver
March 5 – April 21, 2010
- Opening Reception: Friday March 5th from 5:30–8:00pm
- Curators: Peter Durst, Gayla Lemke, Shelley Schreiber, and Bob Smith
(from the press release)
Clay, a most malleable material, takes form through sculptural and ceramic art with surfaces holding unlimited possibilities. Hand-built, thrown, or used in combination with mixed media, clay expresses moods -- dynamic or still, representational, classic, abstract, or conceptual. Clay speaks!
"This show is a survey of some of the best clay work being done in Colorado by established and newer ceramists. This exhibit shows the breadth and diversity of ceramics including earthenware, stoneware, and porcelain; wheel thrown and hand built; functional and non-functional; wood-, gas-, electric-, and raku-fired; glazed and unglazed." --Peter Durst
Exhibiting artists: Bebe Alexander, Julie Anderson, Cathy Avram, Sara Behling, Cristine Boyd, Katie Caron, Doug Casebeer, Amy Chavez, Connie Christensen, Judith Cohn, Kim Dickey, Caroline Douglas, Peter Durst, Sanam Emami, Adam Field, Robin Furuta, Marie Gibbons, Caroll Hansen, Kathy Holt, Barbara Hoffman, Kate Inskeep, Tsehai Johnson, Jonathan Kaplan, Lynda Ladwig, Robert LeDonne, Heesoo Lee, Gayla Lemke, Jim Lorio, Peg Malloy, Jill Manos, Andi Mascareñas, Nan McKinnell, Julie McNair, Mia Mulvey, Kazu Oba, Megan Ratchford, Sara Ransford, Todd Redmond, Chandler Romeo, Barry Rose, Martha Russo, Shelley Schreiber, Janey Skeer, Bob Smith, Maynard Tischler, Nancy Utterback
Art Students League of Denver
200 Grant Street
Denver, Colorado 80203
303.778.6990
Mon-Thu: 8:30 AM - 9:30 PM
Fri: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Sat: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
http://asld.org
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Posted: February 26, 2010 |
Candice Breitz: Factum
White Cube Gallery (Hoxton Square Site, London)
February 12 — March 20, 2010
 Factum Kang From the series Factum 2009
(from the press release)
White Cube Hoxton Square is pleased to present 'Factum', an exhibition of new work by Candice Breitz, the artist's third exhibition at the gallery. Shot in Toronto, Canada, 'Factum' is a series of in-depth video portraits of twins - and one set of triplets - that extends Breitz's ongoing interest in doubling, portraiture and identity. Titled after Robert Rauschenberg's 'Factum I' and 'II' (1957) near-identical twin paintings, Breitz's 'Factum' explores the modes of internal and external forces that drive individuation.
Breitz has often shown an interest in the alternating modes of desire and repulsion that shift between lovers, fans and celebrities. 'Factum' looks at the intensity of these forces between identical twins. Each 'Factum' is presented as a diptych (and one triptych), with each twin or triplet beside his or her sibling, dressed almost identically and in the same setting. Breitz interviewed each individual alone for up to seven hours, asking each twin the same set of questions. The artist then transcribed and analyzed each pair of interviews before editing the material into a dynamic conversation between the siblings, with the intertwining forces of documentary and fiction constantly at play. Through candid, often emotional responses, they reveal the strangeness, joys and difficulties of living one's life in parallel to someone who shares your exact genetic code and yet who possesses a distinct identity, with desires and tastes that may differ in subtle or significant ways. While the initial interview allowed each twin or triplet to tell his or her own story unencumbered by the presence of a sibling, Breitz complicates this relationship in the finished work by introducing the other twin as an interlocutor who offers a different perspective, with the artist also implicitly present as a third 'author' to the biographies. Through this format, Breitz underlines how any biography becomes a negotiation between various relationships, circumstances and desires - not to mention one's genetic heritage.
Four diptychs and one triptych will be exhibited. In 'Factum Kang' the Kang sisters Hanna and Laurie speak about the effects of being brought up according to the strictures of a Korean-Presbyterian morality, the strain of trying to break away from this tradition, and the guilt that shaped their discovery of sexual desire. 'Factum Misericordia' features Pauline and Mary, born in 1933 in Ottawa, who seem to goad and tease one another about their vanity, intelligence and reading habits. They reveal, with different degrees of candour, their childhood ambivalence about their Italian identity, the favouritism of their difficult father, and their matching, or almost matching, cosmetic surgery. The Tangs, young triplets developing nascent careers as 'model slash actresses', speak coyly about their individual and mutual reception by the beauty industry in 'Factum Tang'.
'Factum' was commissioned by The Power Plant, Toronto, in conjunction with Partners in Art, Toronto.
Candice Breitz was born in 1972 in Johannesburg, South Africa. She lives and works in Berlin. She has participated in many major exhibitions including the Johannesburg, São Paulo, Istanbul, Kwangju, Taipei and Venice Biennales. She has had solo exhibitions at De Appel Foundation, Amsterdam (2001), Moderna Museet, Stockholm (2004), Modern Art Oxford (2003), Castello di Rivoli, Turin (2005), Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2005), Temporäre Kunsthalle Berlin (2008), The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humblebaek, Denmark (2008), The Power Plant, Toronto (2009) and Kunsthaus Bregenz (2010).
White Cube Gallery
Mason's Yard Site
25-26 Mason’s Yard (Off Duke Street)
St. James’s London SW1Y 6BU
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7930 5373
Hoxton Square Site
48 Hoxton Square London N1 6PB
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7930 5373
http://www.whitecube.com
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Posted: February 24, 2010 |
Amy Metier: Palimpsest
William Havu Gallery
February 26 - April 10, 2010
- Opening Reception: Thursday February 25th, 6-9pm
- Also featuring: Robert Delaney - Kinetic Sculptures
- In the salon: Jeremy Hillhouse 1940 – 2009
- On the mezzanine: Betsy Margolius
 Amy Metier - photos by Ken Hamel/DenverArts.org  Sculptor Robert Delaney
(from the press release)
The William Havu Gallery presents Palimpsest, an exhibition by Amy Metier in the main gallery. Also featured will be kinetic sculptures by Robert Delaney. In the salon will be small show honoring Jeremy Hillhouse 1940 - 2009. On the mezzanine will be new works by Betsy Margolius.
In her third solo exhibition at the William Havu Gallery, Metier fills the space with exuberant abstractions of objects from Metier's studio, other artist's studios and recent travels. These shapes are drawn with fluid, gestural lines, wiped away or partially painted over, and redrawn again, inviting the viewer to engage in the painting.
In several of the larger works on canvas, an atmospheric gray is sparked with shards and washes of brighter color. While not painting light and shadow in the traditional sense of the word, this work implies the sensation of light through intuitively placed color and layering of transparent and opaque paint.
Many of the small works on paper were created during a residency in France and Sweden in the summer of 2009. These small, delicate pieces combine freely painted lines in ink with color washes and collage from papers discovered while in France.
William Havu Gallery
1040 Cherokee Street
Denver CO 80204
303.893.2360
http://williamhavugallery.com
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Posted: February 24, 2010 |
Lydia Brokaw, Polly Chang and Karen Link
Spark Gallery
February 25 - March 20, 2010
- Opening Reception: Friday February 26 from 6-9pm
"SILENT TURNING POINT" Mixed media by LYDIA BROKAW
"A SUTRA" Mixed Media Installation by POLLY CHANG
North Gallery features: KAREN LINK "NEW PAINTINGS" Acrylic on Canvas
Spark Gallery
900 Santa Fe Drive
Denver, CO 80204
720.889.2200
Thu-Sat: 12:00 - 5:00 PM
First Friday and Openings 6:00 to 9:00 PM
http://www.sparkgallery.com
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Posted: February 24, 2010 |
Theresa Anderson and Kathy Knaus
Ice Cube Gallery
February 26 - March 20, 2010
- Opening Reception: Friday February 26th from 5-9pm
- First Friday Reception: March 5th from 5-9pm
  Kathy Knaus (left) and Theresa Anderson (right) at Ice Cube
(from the press release)
Kathy Knaus "Meat Market"
Butchering and painting are both art forms. The comparable components of each reveal their visceral and physical elements. Meat and paint are slimy, moist, sticky, and drippy. Brushes replace knives and canvas replaces the butcher block, greasy fat vs. painting mediums. Meat has been distinguished by society as crude and gross; however, for one Colorado artist she only sees the beauty of the form and colors.
Many contemporary artists can speak to something in their past that influences them and Kathy Knaus is no exception. The "Meat Market" installation exhibit is a presentation of objects based on her experiences growing up working in the family meat market.
The meat cooler built for the exhibit incorporates the cooler door (pictured) her father built many years ago. Constructing an installation based on memories attempts to say more than paintings on the wall. The installation creates a sacred space to reflect on the dialectical relationship between the imagined and the real world.
"My father made a door frame from wood and then galvanized metal was placed in the door to help conduct cold air," Kathy states. "I found it leaning against the outside wall of the meat market and it brought back memories of visiting as a child and then working at the market as a teenager and young adult. I was flooded with emotions and wanted to explore these deep-seated memories. Other meat machinery was lying around and I wanted to share my excitement of finding these old pieces with an audience."
Theresa Anderson "Coliseum"
Rejecting the limitations of traditional painting, this installation, On narcotizaion and little flagellations, is a documentation of a month long interactive performance piece that intentionally combines stacks of printed material, autobiographical nonsense, musical lyrics, and recent tabloid exposé with mark making and the original performance documentation of the "body monoprint".
"I present the viewer my own Coliseum where consuming other people's reality is part flagellation and narcotization. Personally, when I entered this place it became like no other filled with never ending people who pour their stories onto my lap as if the buckler I wear holds a map of cures."
Pieces from this ongoing series, stickywater, are part of private collections and have won grants, international contests, awards, and been included in publications such as the New York Journal of Arts and Design under "new talent". Recently identified by Fine Art Critic, Kyle McMillan as one of the region's most promising emerging artists for her solo exhibit, Teeth and Gums, at the respected Denver cooperative gallery, Pirate: Contemporary Art; Anderson also has a large piece of work on rotational exhibit at the new Saatchi Gallery in London.
Ice Cube Gallery at the Dry Ice Factory
3300 Walnut St
Denver, CO 80205
http://dryicefactory.org
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Posted: February 24, 2010 |
Laura Moretz: New Paintings
Space Gallery
February 26 - April 10, 2010
- Opening Reception: Friday February 26, 6-9pm
 Laura Moretz - Throwing Questions
(from the press release)
Boulder-based artist Laura Moretz announced today her upcoming solo show, New Paintings, at Space Gallery in Denver, Colorado. New Paintings is Laura's first solo exhibition in the Colorado area upon her graduation from the San Francisco Art Institute. For New Paintings, Moretz exhibits a series of seven large-scale paintings, her most ambitious body of work to date. Each painting builds up layers of poured acrylic and enamel paints overlaid with multiple levels of mark-making techniques that the artist is known for, including using oil paint marker, pen, charcoal, and script brush.
The series is is an exploration of movement and is inspired by a Buddhist quote the artist discovered:
“This existence of ours is as transient as autumn clouds. To watch the birth and death of beings is like looking at the movements of a dance. A lifetime is like a flash of lighting in the sky. Rushing by like a torrent down a steep mountain.”
Energetic, gestural pours celebrate medium moving on canvas and its relationship to the the canvas and two-dimensional form. Through invasive energy and properties, the artist transforms a two-dimensional plane to become a mélange of interlaced forms with juxtaposing boundaries. The space of untouched raw canvas exists as negative space, a playful dance with colorful and intricate layers of painting and drawing, carefully choreographed to create a harmonious aesthetic.
For her painting, Autumn Clouds, Moretz departs from her earlier work with a stronger emphasis on the relationship between drawn line over thick, textured paint. The use of marker symbolizes the presence of anomalies through design and technology that perpetuate and interrupt this multi-layered experience. The dialogue between the drawn line and the spontaneous spills attempts to mediate this cohabitation of nature and technology. Each painting becomes a navigation of line and form as a process of creating and dissolving systems. The viewer is compelled to deconstruct these cohabiting forms, yet allow them to exist as their own beautiful anomaly.
An opening reception for Laura Moretz will be held February 26, 2010 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. with the exhibition on view through April 10. A preview of the work will be on display in a group exhibition at Space Gallery opening on first Friday, February 5, 2010.
About Laura Moretz: Laura Moretz makes large-scale abstract paintings that are built up of layers of poured acrylic painting and mark-making. She received her MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2009. She exhibits her work nationally. Most recent solo exhibitions include New Paintings at Space Gallery in Denver. Other group exhibitions include, Vernissage at Fort Mason in San Francisco, White Space at Design Within Reach in Boulder, and Transparencies, at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art. Moretz lives and paints in Boulder, Colorado, and she is a docent for the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver. Moretz will be featured in the Spring 2010 issue of Visual Overture magazine. Laura Moretz is a current showcase winner for artslant.com. Her painting White Washed Sky was selected in the abstract section of January showcase winners. For more information about the artist, visit http://lauramoretz.com.
About Space Gallery: Space Gallery exhibits painting, sculpture, ceramics and print work from emerging and established local and national artists. The gallery specializes in non-representational abstract and contemporary artwork with a focus on new and interesting media, texture and surface treatment. Space Gallery is located in the heart of the Art District on Santa Fe Dr at 765 Santa Fe Dr. Denver, Colorado 80204. For further information about the gallery, please contact 720.904.1088 or visit www.spacegallery.org.
Space Gallery
765 Santa Fe Drive
Denver, CO 80204
720.904.1088
Tue-Fri: 11:00am-5:00pm
Sat: 10:00am-4:00pm
http://www.spacegallery.org
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