Dam passes on critically acclaimed design exhibition
Instead of a 250 item design exhibit that looks forward to where design is going, Denver Art Museum’s new design curator Darrin Alfred has put together a show currently on display that looks backward:”The Psychedelic Experience, Rock Posters from the San Francisco Bay Area, 1965-71.”
Bud Shark’s Inkers published on adobeairstream
An exhibition of master prints made at a legendary Lyons, Colorado shop, frolics at MCA Denver through June 28.
Taking stock of the art market published by Saatchi Online Magazine
In our desire to fix what is wrong with the art market, we cannot crush the life from the Art. We need fewer artists doing the same thing and more artists pushing the boundaries stretched by artists from the past. We need independent voices willing to speak out and act as regulators of the marketplace – not regulators of the Art. We need critics willing to debate and stand up for what they believe. We need to recognize that there are artists all over the world quietly making interesting and challenging art, overlooked by the system and market.
Over The River, Land Art Disputes in Salida, Colorado from adobeairstream
“If we would never have the process, we would never realize the object,” Christo has said.
Art Week Colorado from adobeairstream
William Havu gallery explores confluence, Robin Rule takes a minimal approach to convergence, the Aspen Art Museum goes soundless and Colorado artist Monica Goldsmith shows on the east coast.
Betty Woodman revisted on adobeairstream
Woodman’s objects stand on their own. The rest of the exhibit needs some propping.
Bruce Mau to curate Denver Biennial from adobeairstream
“This isn’t a biennial of contemporary art in the traditional sense. Our goal is to reinvent the notion of a biennial and take it a step further.”
Nauman in Venice on adobeairstream
Basualdo said choosing Nauman to represent the United States was simple.
“He is an artist’s artist,” Basualdo said. Nauman was also forefront in the minds of the Philadelphia curators, because they were in the process of acquiring Nauman’s 1967 neon, The True Artist Helps the World by Revealing Mystic Truths.
New York’s New MexicoTrifecta originally published on adobeairstream
On a recent trip to New York I hit the trifecta. The New Mexico trifecta of three artists who live and work either full or part time in New Mexico: Susan Rothenberg, Richard Tuttle and Bruce Nauman.
Best new gallery space in Denver features urban ambler Jean Arnold, originally published on adobeairstream.com
The best new gallery space in Denver is Plus Gallery at 2501 Larimer Street in the ballpark neighborhood. Owned by Ivar Zeile, the gallery has been operating since 2001, but moved into their new space (pictured below) in March. On April 24, the gallery opened a solo exhibition of urban ambler Jean Arnold’s movement paintings. … Read more
