“Al’s a funny guy who approaches everything with irreverent wit,” says museum curator Lorene Joos. “But when he switched to painting, it was in a photorealist style, using the palette of the faded signs.” The resulting works cast an elegiac vibe that’s especially poignant as Lakewood’s Colfax Corridor goes through major changes and urban renewal projects.
Signs continues through March 27; beginning at 6:30 p.m. on February 16, the Heritage Center, 801 South Yarrow Street in Lakewood, will team with Lakewood Economic Development to present an artist talk, followed by a discussion with an LED expert on Colfax’s civic past and present. Get details at www.lakewood.org/hca or call 303-987-7850.
Dec. 29-March 27, 2009
