Going Rogue

Although it’s still Untitled, the Denver Art Museum’s series is never unwelcome. This year’s series, which kicks off tonight, has a rather mischievous theme: Borrowing from the concept of the current (and soon to end) Embrace! exhibit, for which a group of artists literally “took over” the museum to create...

By Susan Froyd

March 25, 2010

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Although it’s still Untitled, the Denver Art Museum’s series is never unwelcome. This year’s series, which kicks off tonight, has a rather mischievous theme: Borrowing from the concept of the current (and soon to end) Embrace! exhibit, for which a group of artists literally “took over” the museum to create site-specific installations, Untitled # 27: Rogue invites participants to act a little rascally themselves by partaking in things like “rogue” yoga with Breathe Yoga Studio, live music in unlikely places and live theater — Buntport’s ongoing serial sitcom The Joan and Charlie Show — performed “poolside” (actually in the third-floor freight elevator). Also on the agenda will be an Embrace! tour with museum curator Christoph Heinrich, a gallery tour with art historian Giulia Bernardini, a chance to meet some of the Embrace! artists in person, and a hilarious heart-to-heart with Denver draftsman Bill Amundsen.

“One of the cool things about Untitled is that it’s really buffet style; it’s not linear,” says the DAM’s Ashley Pritchard. “There are lots of things going on at the same time: art-making, quizzes — you can even get a special sticker and then go out and find your other ‘rogue’ people. It’s a great, funky way to enjoy the museum at your own speed.”

Future installments — scheduled on every last Friday of the month through August — will look into the outer limits of photography, design, slow art, the Biennial of the Americas and King Tut. Admission is free with the regular DAM fee of $3 to $13, or two-for-one at the door for students with a valid ID. The DAM is at 100 West 14th Avenue Parkway; find more info at http://untitled.denverartmuseum.org.
Fri., March 26, 6-10 p.m., 2010

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Susan Froyd started writing for Westword as the "Thrills" editor in 1992 and never quite left the fold. These days she still freelances for the paper in addition to walking her dogs, enjoying cheap ethnic food and reading voraciously. Sometimes she writes poetry.

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