"Fiddler," by Luis Eades, oil on canvas.
"Hero Complex," by Wes Hempel, oil on canvas.
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Reality + Imagination
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William Havu Gallery, 1040 Cherokee Street
303-893-2360
Robischon Gallery, 1740 Wazee Street
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The final artist in Reality + Imagination is Celeste Rehm, a professor in CU's fine-arts department, where she's worked since 1973. The Rehm paintings installed on the mezzanine are beautifully painted -- but absolutely hideous. Rehm is clearly an expert in her craft, so perhaps it was her intention to create perfectly done parodies of hideous paintings. If so, she's succeeded.
So has gallery director Bill Havu, who's known for his raucous and unlikely selections of artists. For Reality + Imagination, he put together artists who have nothing more in common than their interest in recognizable subject matter. But by giving all of the painters their own clearly defined space, he's made it work.