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Henrique Oliviera: Magmar

Henrique Oliviera: Magmar

Tovio Roberts: Pale In Observance

Tovio Roberts: Pale In Observance

Jan Johnson - Trinity, oil on panel, 24” x 36” , 2010 Ironton Studios and Gallery 3636 Chestnut Place Denver, CO 80216 303.297.8626 Mon - Fri: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Sat: 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM http://irontonstudios.com Via Denverarts.org

Jan Johnson - Trinity, oil on panel, 24” x 36” , 2010

Ironton Studios and Gallery 3636 Chestnut Place Denver, CO 80216 303.297.8626 Mon - Fri: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Sat: 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM http://irontonstudios.com

Via Denverarts.org

Ryan Mclennan

Ryan Mclennan

William Bishop: A Winning Hand

William Bishop: A Winning Hand

Mark Penner-Howell: The New Normal

Mark Penner-Howell: The New Normal

Laurie Maves, a LolliPoppist (the only one I know but I have been assured there are others), is a Visual Artist and Live Painter based here in Denver. She recently spent some time in Ethiopia with the Cunningham Foundation and created some lovely signs of affection for the people living there. Just another way Denver artists are making the world a more beautiful place, though the mountains and people of Ethiopia scarcely need any help in that regard.

Laurie Maves, a LolliPoppist (the only one I know but I have been assured there are others), is a Visual Artist and Live Painter based here in Denver.

She recently spent some time in Ethiopia with the Cunningham Foundation and created some lovely signs of affection for the people living there.

Just another way Denver artists are making the world a more beautiful place, though the mountains and people of Ethiopia scarcely need any help in that regard.

Visions West Gallery presents, RECKLESS WEST, a solo show of Denver based artist Duke Beardsley. Visions West Galleries 1715 Wazee St. Denver, CO 80202 303.292.0909 Mon-Fri: 10am-6pm

Visions West Gallery presents, RECKLESS WEST, a solo show of Denver based artist Duke Beardsley.

Visions West Galleries
1715 Wazee St.
Denver, CO 80202
303.292.0909
Mon-Fri: 10am-6pm

Full exhibit now showing through November at Sketch (11 W 1st Ave.).

Full exhibit now showing through November at Sketch (11 W 1st Ave.).

Now on display at Translations Gallery. Translations Gallery 1743 Wazee St Denver, CO 80202 303.629.0713 inquiries@translationsgallery.com Tues-Sat: 11-6http://translationsgallery.com

Now on display at Translations Gallery.

Translations Gallery
1743 Wazee St
Denver, CO 80202
303.629.0713
inquiries@translationsgallery.com
Tues-Sat: 11-6
http://translationsgallery.com

Announcing Josh Keyes’ new solo exhibition: Collision. Keyes is a widely collected, highly regarded artist with a strong national and international following. He is well known for his technical craftsmanship, juxtaposition of real and surreal elements, and sharp commentary on the challenging issues of our time. On display from November 5 through December 11, with an opening on November 5 from 7pm to 10pm with the artist. David B. Smith Gallery 1543 A Wazee Street Denver, CO, 80202 303.893.4234http://davidbsmithgallery.com

Announcing Josh Keyes’ new solo exhibition: Collision. Keyes is a widely collected, highly regarded artist with a strong national and international following. He is well known for his technical craftsmanship, juxtaposition of real and surreal elements, and sharp commentary on the challenging issues of our time.

On display from November 5 through December 11, with an opening on November 5 from 7pm to 10pm with the artist.

David B. Smith Gallery
1543 A Wazee Street
Denver, CO, 80202
303.893.4234
http://davidbsmithgallery.com

Alane Holsteen now showing at Next Gallery from October 8th - 24, 2010 Closing reception: Friday October 22 from 6-10pm Next Gallery 3759 Navajo St Denver, CO 80211 303.433.4933 Fri: 6:00 - 10:00 PM Sat/Sun: Noon - 5:00 PM

Alane Holsteen now showing at Next Gallery from October 8th - 24, 2010

Closing reception: Friday October 22 from 6-10pm

Next Gallery
3759 Navajo St
Denver, CO 80211
303.433.4933
Fri: 6:00 - 10:00 PM
Sat/Sun: Noon - 5:00 PM

Pellucid by Boulder-based artist Rebecca DiDomenico is a site-specific installation featuring a gallery transformed into a fantastical cave designed as an immersive environment. Visitors are invited to walk through the space, filled with 60,000 hand-made mica scales and dangling stalactites. Pressed into each of the scales are jewel-like butterfly wings and brightly colored pieces of plastic trash. For DiDomenico, the wings and the trash meet at the junction of theephemeral and physical worlds. The butterflies quite literally turn into dust when they are touched. But the plastic is ubiquitous, unable to decompose, with its abundance transforming it into a feature of the natural world. Rebecca DiDomenico was born in Greenbrae, California. Her work has been exhibited at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, the San Francisco Craft and Folk Art Museum, and the Denver Art Museum, among others. She lives and works in Boulder, Colorado. Pellucid will be presented in the Project Gallery from September 28, 2010 through January 16, 2010. The opening celebration will be held on Friday, October 1, 2010. More at MCA DENVER.

Pellucid by Boulder-based artist Rebecca DiDomenico is a site-specific installation featuring a gallery transformed into a fantastical cave designed as an immersive environment. Visitors are invited to walk through the space, filled with 60,000 hand-made mica scales and dangling stalactites. Pressed into each of the scales are jewel-like butterfly wings and brightly colored pieces of plastic trash. For DiDomenico, the wings and the trash meet at the junction of theephemeral and physical worlds. The butterflies quite literally turn into dust when they are touched. But the plastic is ubiquitous, unable to decompose, with its abundance transforming it into a feature of the natural world.

Rebecca DiDomenico was born in Greenbrae, California. Her work has been exhibited at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, the San Francisco Craft and Folk Art Museum, and the Denver Art Museum, among others. She lives and works in Boulder, Colorado.

Pellucid will be presented in the Project Gallery from September 28, 2010 through January 16, 2010. The opening celebration will be held on Friday, October 1, 2010.

More at MCA DENVER.

Showing at William Havu Gallery through October 30, 2010. William Havu Gallery 1040 Cherokee Street Denver CO 80204 303.893.2360 http://williamhavugallery.com

Showing at William Havu Gallery through October 30, 2010.

William Havu Gallery
 1040 Cherokee Street
 Denver CO 80204
 303.893.2360
 http://williamhavugallery.com

An American painter and stencilist, Amanda Marie Ploegsma, better known as simply, Amanda Marie, has been living and painting in Colorado since 2001. She attended the Rocky  Mountain College of Art and Design and has exhibited extensively in Denver and Europe. Drawing upon illustrations and characters reminiscent of iconic mid 20th century children’s books, Amanda Marie, has co-opted a homogenized depiction of an ideal Modern American childhood to her own contemporary devices.  Using spray paint and stencils to reproduce her main character’s ad infinitum, white, well-groomed boys and girls, she plays on the sameness and ubiquity of this instantly recognizable representation of wholesome American innocence. The modified kids in Amanda Marie’s artwork, often with a distinct resemblance to the artist herself, are forever caught ungrounded and out of context, hovering in space, blasted by expressionist splatters, floating within geometric diagrams, and encountering surreal scenarios well beyond the simple comfort of seeing spot run. Art. Worth. Seeing. (Illiterate is at 82 s. broadway.)

An American painter and stencilist, Amanda Marie Ploegsma, better known as simply, Amanda Marie, has been living and painting in Colorado since 2001. She attended the Rocky  Mountain College of Art and Design and has exhibited extensively in Denver and Europe.

Drawing upon illustrations and characters reminiscent of iconic mid 20th century children’s books, Amanda Marie, has co-opted a homogenized depiction of an ideal Modern American childhood to her own contemporary devices.  Using spray paint and stencils to reproduce her main character’s ad infinitum, white, well-groomed boys and girls, she plays on the sameness and ubiquity of this instantly recognizable representation of wholesome American innocence. The modified kids in Amanda Marie’s artwork, often with a distinct resemblance to the artist herself, are forever caught ungrounded and out of context, hovering in space, blasted by expressionist splatters, floating within geometric diagrams, and encountering surreal scenarios well beyond the simple comfort of seeing spot run.

Art. Worth. Seeing. (Illiterate is at 82 s. broadway.)