Most Popular

  • Curtain Call
    Denver mourns the loss of its favorite bipolar, one-armed comic/poet/playwright.
  • The Lords of Payback
    Jefferson County officials show Mike Zinna that what goes around comes around.
  • Doctor Eternity
    If Terry Grossman lives forever, he wants you to be there to see it.
  • Coleman's Soul Food
    Just in time for Juneteenth, a new restaurant gets to the Points.
  • Dudes!
    Jesse Jane won the Best Bod award, but the Dude got the real prize.
"Most Popular" tools sponsored by:

Recent Articles

Recent Articles by Susan Froyd

National Features >

  • Broward-Palm Beach New Times

    Sexual Healing

    For Florida's sole remaining sex surrogate, love is a many splintered thing.

    By Michael J. Mooney

  • City Pages

    Your Friendly Neighborhood War Profiteer

    It's not just giant companies cashing in on America's defense industry.

    By Jeff Severns Guntzel

  • The Pitch

    Supersizing Sonic

    How a throwaway idea at the Barkley ad agency became the "Sonic Guys."

    By Justin Kendall

  • Houston Press

    Temples of Tex-Mex

    A diner's guide to Texas's oldest Mexican restaurants.

    By Robb Walsh

Earth Mother

By Susan Froyd

Published on February 28, 2008

You might suppose that environmental artist Lita Albuquerque, who's slung giant blue orbs across the barren landscape of the North and South poles to create "Stellar Axis," a kind of earth-sky star map on ice, has a bit of a Zeus complex.

But, in fact, the project comprised the very human aim of understanding our place in the universe. And her huge blue pigment shadow-dots on the desert surrounding the Great Pyramids in Egypt? Much the same. Strangely beautiful, the blue circles became as timeless as the manmade wonders they encircled, both joined to and separate from the natural landscape. If you're familiar with the illustrations of Peter Sis, it's as if one of those came to life.

The Tunisian-born Albuquerque no doubt has a fascinating story to tell, and she'll do so this evening as part of the University of Colorado's Visiting Artist Lecture Series, beginning at 7 p.m. in room 155 of the Fleming Law Building on the Boulder campus. Admission is free; for information, visit www.colorado.edu/arts or call 303-492-2539.
Tue., March 4, 2008



Westword Insiders

  • Local food, music and news blasts
  • Free Stuff
Backpage.com