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Posted: January 28, 2012 |
Forms of Winter: Photographs by Evan Anderman
Evan Anderman Photography
February 3 - March 24, 2012
- Opening Reception: Friday, February 3rd, 6-9pm
- First Friday Hours: March 2nd, 6-9pm
- Third Friday Collector's Preview: February 17th and March 16th from 6-9pm
(from the press release)
Winter in Colorado is a constantly shifting blend of form and color. In early winter, the snow provides a clean backdrop that accentuates the shapes and colors of the trees, while the snow resting on the branches simultaneously transforms them into new forms. In deep winter, the blanket of snow simplifies the landscape: strong-blue shadows from the clear, crisp Colorado days provide a variety of abstract forms that interplay with other elements of the scenery. All of these forms are temporary, changing with each passing storm, and, ultimately, disappearing altogether in the spring. I invite you to come and experience the ephemeral nature of the season in all its different forms.
Visitors to the Art Walk on Santa Fe may take the First Friday shuttle to and from the Bolt Factory, where they will have the opportunity to visit several additional galleries and artists.
Journey Through Landscape Gallery
Evan Anderman Photography
located in the Bolt Factory
209 Kalamath, Unit 4
Denver, CO 80223
303.832.6200
http://www.journeythroughlandscape.com
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Posted: January 28, 2012 |
Daniel Luna: Why Not...
Museo de las Americas
February 2 - May 28, 2012
- Opening Reception: Thursday February 2nd; 6pm: Member Reception (Free for Members); 7pm: Public Reception (Admission $5.00)
- Curated by Maruca Salazar
 Daniel Luna "Why Not..." at the Museo de las Americas
(from the press release)
There is no other artist in Colorado that can claim to be a "Regional Mythologist." Daniel Luna's paintings of chickens crying over a frying pan of eggs or a native woman holding a toaster to roast watermelons will remind you of a magic that reality holds within our dreams.
Museo de las Americas
861 Santa Fe Drive
Denver, CO 80204
303.571.4401
http://museo.org
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Event Announcements
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Posted: January 25, 2012 |
Laundry on Lawrence Grand Opening
Friday January 27, 2012 from 6-10pm
- Grand opening of the "Laundry on Lawrence" artists studios from The Space Creators
- 6pm: Juried Art Awards
- 7pm: Ribbon Cutting
- 8pm: Latte Art Throwdown
- Complementary h'orderves, cocktails, and live music until 10pm
Please help us celebrate while enjoying films by Image Brew, dressing up in costumes for our photo booth in the lighting studio, culturing yourself with a juried art exhibition, filling your empty bellies with coffee, menu samplings from local restaurants and distillers, listening to live music, and enjoying an evening with other artists and creatives!
Laundry on Lawrence
Lawrence and 27th St
Denver, CO
http://thespacecreators.com
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Call for Artists
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Posted: January 25, 2012 |
Call For Entry: ASLD Summer Art Market 2012
- Registration for the 20th Anniversary Summer Art Market Opens Wednesday February 1st
- Application deadline is Wednesday February 29th
- Summer Art Market 2012 dates: Sat/Sun June 9th/10th
- Details at http://asld.org/samartists.php
(from the press release)
In this our 20th year, the 2012 Summer Art Market is expected to be our best one yet. Selected by 5280 magazine as one of 155 Things Every Denverite Must Do! This Year, we are expecting record crowds. Our new layout was wildly popular with artists and Market-goers alike, and we plan to add more exciting attractions for our 20th Anniversary. We listened to the 2011 artist feedback and will be including the following improvements in 2012:
- breakfast & coffee vendors
- even easier load-in & load-out procedures
- additional activities and attractions to increase traffic to end streets
- and much, much more
Click here to learn more about applying for the 2012 Summer Art Market
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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Call for Artists
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Posted: January 25, 2012 |
Call For Artist Member: CoArt Gallery
(from the announcement)
CoArt Gallery, in the heart of the Art District on Santa Fe Drive is looking for the ideal Artist Member to join this dynamic co-operative. Membership is based on the jury process. Gallery information can be found at www.co-art.net. For further info, email
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CoArt Gallery
846 Santa Fe Dr.
Denver CO 80204
303.573.5503
Mon-Sun: 11am-4pm
http://www.co-art.net
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Local News
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Posted: January 25, 2012 |
 "Hey Denver, Trust Yourself" by Georgia Amar 8th and Santa Fe Drive - photo by Ken Hamel/DenverArts.org |
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Posted: January 24, 2012 |
Garry Winogrand: Women are Beautiful
Denver Art Museum - North Building, 7th floor
January 29 - September 16, 2012
 Garry Winogrand, Woman Riding Bicycle, 1975
The Denver Art Museum (DAM) presents a selection of 50 photographs from the museum’s permanent collection in Garry Winogrand: Women are Beautiful. The masterworks are culled from the hundreds that Garry Winogrand took of women on the street, a selection of which were published in the 1975 book Women are Beautiful. The exhibition will be on view January 29 through September 16, 2012, in the Delisa and Anthony Mayer Photography Gallery on level seven of the North Building.
“Winogrand is one of the great American photographers who changed the way we think about photography,” said Eric Paddock, DAM curator of photography. “His photos of unposed subjects act as small windows into a time of great change in our society. There were no special studio lights or makeup, just honest photos of people going about their daily lives.”
In the late 1960s and early 1970s Winogrand explored the creative possibilities of photographing on the streets or in crowds. When he sensed the composition of a picture falling into place, Winogrand would quickly raise his camera to his eye and take candid photos of anonymous people. He used a 35mm Leica camera that enabled him to photograph quickly and freely. Often he focused on women—in parks, getting into cars, at parties, exiting stores—creating photographs that highlighted the changing role of women and, at times, the uncertainty of their new place. Winogrand took hundreds of photographs like this, and in 1975 a small selection was chosen for a book called Women are Beautiful. The DAM has a substantial group of these masterful photographs in the museum’s permanent collection.
About Garry Winogrand: Garry Winogrand, 1928-1984, was born in New York, where he lived and worked during much of his life. Winogrand photographed the visual cacophony of the city street, people, rodeos, airports and animals in zoos. These subjects are among his most exalted and influential work. Winogrand was the recipient of numerous grants, including several Guggenheim Fellowships and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. His work has been the subject of many museums and gallery exhibits and was included in the 1967 New Documents exhibition, curated by John Szarkowski at the Museum of Modern Art. Biography courtesy of the Fraenkel Gallery.
Denver Art Museum
100 W 14th Ave
Denver, CO 80204
720.865.5000
http://www.denverartmuseum.org
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Event Announcements
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Posted: January 23, 2012 |
Untitled
Denver Art Museum
Final Fridays, February to October 2012, from 6-10pm
- Untitled events are included in general museum admission (free for DAM members)
- Students presenting valid IDs receive 2-for-1 admission when tickets are purchased onsite
- For more information, visit http://collective.denverartmuseum.org
(from the press release)
The final Friday of the month, the Denver Art Museum (DAM) offers a dose of the unexpected with offbeat art encounters, unique detours of the DAM collection, artmaking, local music, cash bar, munchies and more. At each mixed-media Untitled event, the museum explores a specific theme with exhibition related activities and community collaborations. The museum keeps its door open late; each event runs from 6 to 10 p.m. The new season kicks off January 27 with Untitled #43 (Made in China) and continues through Untitled #52 (Written Off) on October 26.
“Untitled is the moment where we highlight ongoing creative community connections while at the same time showcasing what makes the DAM and its collections unique,” says Jaime Kopke, coordinator of adult and college programs. “At Untitled, visitors get to direct their own museum experience, deciding what’s fun and relevant to them while also getting a dose of the DAM’s collections, programming and community partners.”
That means visitors get exclusive access to their favorite curators, educators and community experts for one-night only opportunities. Artworks come out of storage, curators give special critiques and specialists share and connect their passion with the museum. Visitors can choose from a full menu of activities to curate their own night.
Here is a peek at the complete 2012 lineup. For full event details, visit http://collective.denverartmuseum.org.
- January 27: Untitled #43 (Made in China)
The museum celebrates the cultural wonders of China in the special exhibitions Xu Beihong and Threads of Heaven. Guests can try their hand at water calligraphy, chat with artist Scot Lefavor, learn about the mythical beasts behind the Year of the Dragon or jump into the DAM’s KTV karaoke lounge.
- February 24: Untitled #44 (Road Trip)
Untitled #44 (Road Trip) will take you on an unexpected journey through Ed Ruscha: On the Road and our permanent collections. Visitors can take a highlight tour of the DAM’s attractions and oddities, learn about Jack Kerouac’s Denver ties or check out their own personal poet for the night. Graffiti artist Sam Flores created an artwork at Untitled with crowd input.
- March 30: Untitled #45 (Haute)
In March we celebrate designer Yves Saint Laurent with a fashion show of epic proportions. In collaboration with Fallene Wells and Forever Darling, contestants from the TV show Project Runway have been invited to design a collection inspired by Saint Laurent. The designers will walk their creations down the runway in a full-fledged fashion show and the crowd and a panel of judges will vote on the evening’s winner. Other fashionable activities include on-site interior design consultations, visitor art-induced haircuts and hands-on, haute couture skills workshop. Special tickets will be required for the runway show.
- April 27: Untitled #46 (Cipher)
In April, the museum takes a look at Madeline Albright’s cryptic collection in Read My Pins: The Madeline Albright Collection, along with artists’ hidden meanings, codes and the old-fashioned puzzle.
- May 25: Untitled #47 (LOL)
In May, visitors can search for connections between art and humor with scientific chats, funny stories and comedian led- tours.
- June 29: Untitled #48 (Anonymous)
In June, the DAM takes it to the streets with crowd-sourced activities, secret connections and a look at anonymous art.
- July 27: Untitled #49 (Ideate)
In July DAM celebrates the Colorado design community with a focus on community driven design projects. Participants can help solve neighborhood design dilemmas, take part in a mass skill swap and talk solutions with local design experts.
- August 31: Untitled #50 (Jet Set)
Jet Set, in August, takes a closer look at architecture and travel, while celebrating the work of local architecture firm, Fentress, with Now Boarding: Fentress Airports + the Architecture of Flight.
- September 28: Untitled #51 (Second Life)
In September, Untitled celebrates the work of El Anatsui: When I Last Wrote to You about Africa. Visitors will dive into the world of upcycling and repair, while getting a behind-the-scenes peek at the museum’s own fixer-upper projects.
- October 26: Untitled #52 (Written Off)
In tribute to Becoming Van Gogh, the final Untitled of the year takes a look at artists forgotten in their own times, while offering odes to the museum’s own artworks that deserve a second look
Untitled Vocabulary: A quick look at events that occur at every Untitled event
- Detour: Non-art experts lead tours through the DAM’s collections from their point of expertise. Past examples include a jazz trumpeter, dream interpreter, forest ranger and perfumer.
- Joan and Charlie Discuss Tonight’s Theme: At each Untitled event guests can watch Buntport Theater perform their sitcom Joan and Charlie Discuss Tonight’s Theme, based on a real modern and contemporary artwork hanging in the level three galleries.
- MakeARTtalk: This series invites Denver community members to produce a new creative work inspired by the museum collections, exhibitions or the space itself. During each Untitled, the MakeARTtalk participant(s) shares their ideas with the audience while discussing their inspiration, process, successes and failures, as well as the final work(s).
- Mini-Talking To: DAM staff and community members share their take on specific topics related to the evening’s theme.
Denver Art Museum
100 W 14th Ave
Denver, CO 80204
720.865.5000
http://www.denverartmuseum.org
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Posted: January 21, 2012 |
Rick Dula: Clyfford Still Museum Under Construction
Denver International Airport (Main Terminal Level 5 Art Gallery)
January 16 - May 6, 2012
 Rick Dula at his 2011 William Havu Gallery exhibit - photo by Ken Hamel/DenverArts.org
Denver International Airport
Main Terminal Level 5 Art Gallery
8500 Peña Boulevard
Denver, Colorado
303.342.2000
http://flydenver.com/artatdia
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Posted: January 21, 2012 |
Wang Gongxin: It's About Art - It's about China
RedLine
January 28 - March 11, 2012
- Opening reception: Saturday January 28th; members' reception 6-7pm, public reception 7-9pm
- Artist talk with Wang Gongxin: Thursday, February 16th from 6-8pm
(from the press release)
RedLine presents "It’s About Relating – It’s About China" Featuring Video Installations by Wang Gongxin
In partnership with The Asian Art Coordinating Council, RedLine is pleased to announce that Wang Gongxin, the godfather of Chinese video art, will open his first U.S. solo show on January 28, 2012 in RedLine’s exhibition spaces. Curated by Julie Segraves, this exhibition will bring visitors through ancient to contemporary Chinese culture through four large-scale video installations. Segraves explains:
All four works are intense video installations, flawless in execution, and compelling in presentation. Each video installation has a different emotive quality, and the exhibit takes the viewer through a wide range of emotions. Although Wang’s videos are personal statements about China, in reality they deal with universal issues that all viewers can relate to and have their own personal interpretations.
The exhibition will begin in RedLine’s Project Space with My Sun, a three-channel panoramic screen that uses the metaphor of an old Chinese peasant woman to explain what Segraves calls, “the pursuit of the unobtainable in life.” The final and perhaps culminating piece of the exhibition is It’s About Ya. This nine-channel sound and video installation will dominate over half of the large gallery space at RedLine, fusing the beautiful with the disturbing through rapid editing and chaotic sequences. The images selected for It’s About Ya draw from Wang’s personal life, but the result speaks more significantly to the state of Chinese culture today.
The opening reception and curator’s talk for Redline Members will take place on Saturday, January 28, 2012, from 6-7pm, followed by a public reception from 7-9pm. For more information about this exhibit please visit redlineart.org or call 303-296-4448.
About Wang Gongxin: Born in 1960, Wang Gongxin is one of China’s earliest and most influential video artists. His innovative conceptual videos reveal a deeply personal critique of contemporary life in China today. For more information and to view an archive of his video works please visit www.wanggongxin.com
About Asian Art Coordinating Council: The Asian Art Coordinating Council (AACC) was incorporated in 1987 as a non-profit organization dedicated to generating new bonds of understanding between Asians and Americans through art exhibits and cultural programs. AACC is best known for developing and implementing the annual Contemporary Asian Art Exhibition series (CAAE), the only event of its kind in the US featuring contemporary Asian art at museums and non-profit galleries and art centers. Art from the People's Republic of China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, India, and Japan have been featured.
RedLine
2350 Arapahoe St.
Denver, CO 80205
303.296.4448
Mon-Fri: 9am-5pm
Sat/Sun: 11am-5pm
http://www.redlineart.org
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Local Exhibits
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Posted: January 21, 2012 |
Matt Doubek and Sam Mobley: Freshly Squeezed
Kathy Knaus: Body Dysmorphia
Pirate Contemporary Art
January 27 - February 12, 2012
- Gallery Reception: Friday February 3rd from 6-10pm
 Kathy Knaus - “Joni” Ink on Yupo Paper, 26” x 20”, 2012
(from the press release)
In the associate's space: Kathy Knaus
My exhibit continues the exploration of the luscious impossibility of a woman’s body and life. I explore the issues of the body and how it affects the young and old alike. The infatuation with youth and an idealized body is at the heart of my investigation. This series discusses the idea of a female looking at her body as dysmorphic or misshapen.
I use the photographs of my niece as reference to produce a blend of disparate forms by pouring ink on yupo paper measuring 5’ x 5’. The paper is flooded with ink and the paper is twisted and turned spewing and spilling, absorbing and gushing on the surface. The outcome is random and indeterminate. I use painting as a communication tool to confront my experiences as a woman yet luxuriating in the process and pleasure of the process.
Body dysmorphia is an extreme obsession with body image or appearance. It can include body parts or the body as a whole. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders defines body dysmorphic disorder as “a somatoform disorder marked by a preoccupation with an imagined or trivial defect in appearance that causes clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational or other important areas of functioning.”
My comment is to disparage the idea of negative body image and embrace the gorgeous, sexy, ravishing, curvy body of the female regardless of her shape...thin, medium stature, overweight, full-figured. I am attempting to invent a new language for embracing the body; and expel the societal views of the unattainable “perfect” body.
I’ve shown in various galleries in Denver. I am a member, an officer, and exhibitor of the prestigious Ice Cube Gallery and an associate member and exhibitor of the well-known Pirate. In 2000, I graduated summa cum laude with a BFA from Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design in Denver, Colorado under the direction of Clark Richert. I received the prestigious Chuck Mattox Memorial Scholarship, the Colorado State Merit Scholarship and “Best in Painting” in the Fine Arts Department.
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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Local Exhibits
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Posted: January 21, 2012 |
Lisa Michot: "Wild Life"
KGNU Gallery
January 20 - February 29, 2012
- First Friday Reception: February 3rd from 5-6:30pm
 Lisa Michot: "Wild Life"
Artist Lisa Michot is showing photographs of her wild characters at play, at KGNU Radio station in Boulder. The photographs feature Michot's small paper-mache sculptures grown to larger than life size against the big vistas of Colorado.
KGNU is located at 4700 Walnut St. in Boulder. The show runs now through the end of February. A First Friday reception is scheduled for February 3 from 5 to 6:30 pm.
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Posted: January 21, 2012 |
AB EX: Positions and Dispositions
Robert Motherwell, Manuel Neri, Frank Lobdell, Gary Komarin and Dale Chisman
Robischon Gallery
January 26 - March 10, 2012
- Opening reception: Thursday, January 26 from 6–8pm
 Manuel Neri - Prietas V 4/4 enamel on bronze
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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Local Exhibits
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Posted: January 21, 2012 |
Jessica Loving: Flux
Lakewood Cultural Center - Mezzanine Gallery
January 27 - April 2, 2012
- Opening Reception: Friday January 27, 5-7pm
 Jessica Loving: Flux
Lakewood Cultural Center
Civic Center North Building
470 S. Allison Parkway
Lakewood, CO 80226
303.987.7845
http://www.lakewood.org
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Posted: January 21, 2012 |
Andy Libertone, Evan Siegel, Leo Franco: Three Perspectives
Front Range Community College Visual and Performing Arts Gallery
January 17 - March 9, 2012
- Opening Reception: Thursday, January 26 from 5 - 7 pm
- Curator: Lydia Brokaw
 Artist Leo Franco - photo by Ken Hamel/DenverArts.org
Westminster Campus
3645 West 112th Avenue
Westminster, CO 80031
Mon-Thu: 9:30am - 6:00pm
303.404.5000
http://www.frontrange.edu
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