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The new Allan Houser blockbuster at the Denver Botanic Gardens is the show that’s getting everyone’s attention this season, but Between the Real and the Imagined, the contemporary installation by artist, curator, scholar and Ho-Chunk Indian Truman Lowe that’s tucked into the nooks and crannies of the Boettcher Memorial Center, definitely deserves some time, too. Originally contacted by the DBG to participate in its lecture series — and specifically to speak about Houser — Lowe was so inspired by the gardens and their use of one of his pet themes, flowing water, that he wanted to do a site-specific work there.
“Water is such a strong presence here at the gardens,” explains DBG assistant director of exhibitions Kim Manajek. “And now [Lowe] has a wonderful installation in the Gates Garden Court Gallery. Also, in the lobby, there are some suspended pieces with translucent paper that really play off of the light and water in that space. It’s one of those things that we’d just been talking about, and now here we are, all agape at how fabulous it is. One of the beauties of this is how it ended up, being that he, as an artist, really responded to our space and gardens. It’s really a beautiful marriage.”
Meet Lowe at a reception that runs from 5:30 to 8 p.m. tonight at the Denver Botanic Gardens, 1007 York Street; the exhibit will continue through August 7. For details, go to www.botanicgardens.org or call 720-865-3500.
May 19-Aug. 7, 2011
