Arts and Culture

Spun spins a museum-wide web of textile-related exhibits at the Denver Art Museum

By Susan Froyd Fri., May 17 2013 at 6:00 AM
Categories: Arts and Culture, Museums, Openings, Photos

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Lucas Samaras, "Reconstruction #20," 1977. Sewn fabrics; 87 x 85 in. Denver Art Museum; National Endowment for the Arts, Dayton Hudson Foundation, Alliance for Contemporary Art M/M Edward Strauss, M/M Donald S. Graham, and anonymous donor, © the artist. Detail.
Spun: Adventures in Textiles, this summer's huge, campus-wide aggregation of exhibitions devoted to the textile arts at the Denver Art Museum, is definitely going to require more than one visit to absorb. In fact, DAM curators -- every single one of them had a hand in putting the shows together -- are banking on it. The wildly varied products of their labors collectively represent the wealth of textiles that have been tucked away for years in the museum collection, out of view.

See also:
- Spun: Adventures in Textiles, at the Denver Art Museum
- Photos: Two abstract solos showcase Colorado's best
- DIY feminist writer Margaret Wertheim discusses the Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef


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RedLine's Artist's Studio series celebrates resident artists

By Jesse Livingston Wed., May 8 2013 at 9:37 AM
Categories: Art, Arts and Culture, Events, Neighborhoods, Nightlife, Openings

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RedLine
Artist Laura Shill's strange and beautiful installation at RedLine
In the '60s, art happenings were all the rage. People got together to experience unique cultural gatherings that would never be repeated. Now RedLine is planning to provide Denver with a modern version of these aesthetic landmarks with its Artist's Studio series, which will feature events designed and facilitated by resident artists on Second Saturdays throughout 2013 and 2014.

See also:
- RedLine's group photography show is earning double takes
- Material Engagements highlights the work of RedLine artists
- RedLine Brings the House


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100 Colorado Creatives

100 Colorado Creatives: Norman Broomhall and Jean Albus

By Susan Froyd Thu., May 2 2013 at 7:59 AM
Categories: 100 Colorado Creatives, Arts and Culture, Openings, Photography

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Jean Albus, "Magpie," from Into the Within, Hinterland Art Space.
#73: Norman Broomhall and Jean Albus

Norman Broomhall raises chickens, sells vintage objects and mirrors antiqued by hand, plays the guitar and takes photographs; Jean Albus is a photographer, as well. Both are inspired by the call of nature and, together, they've created Into the Within, an installation that's been creating a buzz since it opened at Hinterland Art Space on April 12.

See also:
- 100 Colorado Creatives: Terri Bell, artist/gallerist at tbellphotographic
- 100 Colorado Creatives: Mark McCoin
- 100 Colorado Creatives: Patrick Mueller, Control Group Productions


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Yoshitomo Saito's Bemsha Swing in Denver: A Monk dance in bronze at Ironton Gallery

By Susan Froyd Wed., May 1 2013 at 6:00 AM
Categories: Arts and Culture, Openings

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All photos by David Menard.
Ironton Studios
Yoshi Saito's sculpture is a little bit wacky, but in the most delightful and natural way. His new show at Ironton Gallery -- currently on view through May 18, with a reception on Friday, May 3, from 6 to 9 p.m. -- offers new insight into what's in Saito's mind as he creates his bronze pieces, all while making you smile. Titled Bemsha Swing in Denver, insinuating a connection to the composition by Thelonius Monk, it got us wondering how Monk's music came to translate into sculpture, what Saito hopes viewers take away from it, and whether he's somehow correlating jazz and art. So we asked him, and here's what he said.

See also:
- Yoshitomo Saito's Bemsha Swing in Denver
- Two new exhibits combine cultures with beauty and intelligence
- Best Artist Debut, 2007: Yoshitomo Saito


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Popular Culture

Get your red-hot, limited-edition mockbuster posters from the Asylum at Studio 12 Gallery

By Susan Froyd Thu., Apr. 18 2013 at 6:00 AM
Categories: Arts and Culture, Film and TV, Openings, Popular Culture

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Tim Doyle, "Transmorphers."

Are the Asylum's mockbuster movies made in tribute to the films they mock or just to make campy fun of them? Either way, these flicks -- Snakes on a Train, Transmorphers, The 18-Year-Old Virgin and more -- have inspired cult followings, and it's no surprise that the posters hyping them qualify as collector's items for a certain sector of film nerds.

See also:
- Snakes on a Train/Films of the Asylum Limited Edition Poster Show
- Black Book Gallery's Knock It Out supports the Love Hope Strength Foundation
- First look: Alamo Drafthouse's limited-edition RoboCop poster


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Openings

Sara Century reveals friends and idols with her musician's portrait series, opening Saturday

By Bree Davies Fri., Apr. 12 2013 at 9:11 AM
Categories: Openings

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"Hell-Kite," by Sara Century.
Sara Century is everywhere: running her monthly freeform open mic, Baby Hair, with co-conspirator Erica Adams; playing solo and with various bands all over the city; and hawking tape rentals behind the counter at Video One. This Saturday, April 13, Century wears yet another hat, an artist's, as Hooked On Colfax hosts her Musician's Portrait Series, an opening of her latest collection of comics-twinged works of art.

See also:
- Lucky '13: Sara Century from Night Nurses, Baby Hair, and Ladybug Fest
- Meet the 2013 MasterMinds: GroundSwell Gallery
- Photos: Hooked on Colfax completes expansion, doubles capacity


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Artist Vanessa Place wants you to confess for The Lawyer Is Present

By Bree Davies Thu., Apr. 11 2013 at 10:02 AM
Categories: Art, Openings, Performance

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Robert Ransick
As part of Vanessa Place's exhibition The Lawyer Is Present, opening this Friday, April 12, at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, the Los Angeles-based writer, attorney and artist wants you to confess. For the piece, which plays off Marina Abramović's The Artist Is Present, Place will be collecting and taping confessions from members of the audience hidden behind a mirror over the weekend. Then on Sunday, April 14, she will perform the confessions with identifying information removed. (Or participants may pay her hourly rate of $105 per hour, the state-set rate for representing indigent felons on appeal in California, to keep them completely confidential.)

In advance of this multi-faceted exhibition and performance, Place spoke with Westword about the idea of confession and what it means to experience guilt -- even when there is no reason or cause for that guilt.

See also:
- Poet Serena Chopra on contemporary loneliness and her first full-length book
- Artist Maya Gurantz on textual pornography and her installation The Whore's Dialogue
- BMoCA seeks reminders of your once-broken heart for the Museum of Broken Relationships

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Black Book Gallery's Knock It Out pays it forward to the Love Hope Strength Foundation

By Susan Froyd Fri., Apr. 5 2013 at 6:00 AM
Categories: Arts and Culture, Benefits, First Friday, Openings

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Mr. Brainwash, "Juxtapoze."
Thomas Horne of Black Book Gallery lost his twin brother, Tim, to cancer. But Horne recognizes that he's not alone in his loss. In solidarity with the thousands upon thousands of families, friends and patients whose lives are affected by cancer, he and gallery partner Will Suitts organized Knock It Out, an exhibition of original works by artists from around the globe to benefit the Love Hope Strength Foundation.

See also:
- Best Addition to Denver's Art District on Santa Fe, 2012: Black Book Gallery
- Countdown to Denver Arts Week: Ravi Zupa at Black Book Gallery
- Over the Weekend: John Fellows at Black Book Gallery


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Month of Photography

MoP 2013 continues: In Camera Abstractions explores the alchemy of photography

By Susan Froyd Fri., Mar. 22 2013 at 6:00 AM
Categories: Arts and Culture, Month of Photography, Openings, Photography

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David Sharpe, "Eastern Phenomena," color pinhole image.
Month of Photography 2013 is far from over. A reception from 5 to 8 p.m. tonight at the McNichols Building in Civic Center, will celebrate an unusual city-curated exhibit, In Camera Abstractions, which explores images manipulated within the camera, without digital effects.

See also:
- Traveling Route 40: Celebrating the Character of Colfax Avenue
- RedLine's group photography show is earning double takes
- Ten shows to see during Month of Photography


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Going to the dogs: Wazee Union's Lucky Dog Art Show tomorrow night

By Susan Froyd Thu., Mar. 14 2013 at 3:50 PM
Categories: Arts and Culture, Benefits, Openings

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The studio community at Wazee Union, peopled by artists and creatives of all kinds, shows off its diversity to the rest of the world on Second Saturdays -- often with fundraisers that showcase the building's talented denizens. Unfortunately, last week's Lucky Dog Art Show got snowed out -- but it will rise again Friday, March 15, from 3 to 9 p.m.

Eleven artists designed screen-printed gig posters on the canine theme for the show; sales of the limited-edition posters, as well as postcard sets of all the images, will benefit the MaxFund no-kill animal shelter. Maxfund's adoption van will be on hand for the festivities, which will also feature live music, aerialists and the Pink Tank food truck.

See also:
- Best Artist Community, 2011: Wazee Union/Walnut Workshop
- The artists of Wazee Union and Walnut Workshop auction off hipster Toys for Tots
- The Light Fantastic

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