Artist/artrepreneur Eric Matelski earned his Westword MasterMind award (class of 2010) largely for his tireless promotion of other artists. Over the years, he’s gotten people talking at monthly events and shows hung at Dazzle and other bars and restaurants where people gather to enjoy themselves while they’re looking at the…
The wild round-about that was last night’s presidential debate came with a big load of soundbytes (“And by the way, I like coal”), none of them more Google-friendly than Romney’s take on the large yellow star of Sesame Street. Romney told the world he loves Big Bird but would still…
For many of us, our first contact with Boulder was the Pearl Street Mall. Whether we were in town to visit a friend or sibling at the University of Colorado, or maybe the school itself, the mall was the ultimate Boulder tourist attraction. And it still is — 35 years…
As a curator, artist Eric Matelski likes to have fun. And he likes to put affordable art up on the wall and plan a party around it. Add to that a seasonal tie-in, and you’ve got the second annual Bogeyman Art Show, a group exhibit that’s both fun and a…
September in Denver means that the 2012-2013 art season is fully under way, and there is a lot to recommend, including a pair of solos featuring paintings by two local abstract artists and a group show, also featuring abstracts, with most of the included artists likewise being local. See also:…
The fall art season is fully under way, and in this week’s review, Michael Paglia visits Rule Gallery, Edge Gallery and Space Gallery. Two of these galleries are offering solo shows by local abstract artists; the third is a group show also featuring abstracts by mostly local artists. All three…
It won’t be easy for some folks to get to tonight’s Logan Lecture at the Denver Art Museum, with a stretch of I-25 closed during the presidential debate at the University of Denver. But it’s worth braving the urban jungle to hear Lucas Reiner, who’s known for, among other things,…
It’s almost time: Depending on your political alliance and your favorite beers, chances are you’ve already chosen who you’re going to vote for in the upcoming presidential election. But have you chosen where you’re going to watch the debate? Stayed tuned to Westword for our upcoming list of the best…
For Now Showing, our fall arts guide inserted in the September 27 issue of Westword, we asked dozens of luminaries on the local arts scene — including winners of the Westword MasterMind awards — to take a survey about the state of the arts. We published many of the responses…
Since 2007, Design OnScreen has worked to preserve modern architecture across America by producing and presenting films focusing on unheralded architects and designers, and also curating architecture-centered film festivals around the world. And it’s fought this good fight from its headquarters in Denver, Colorado. As Design OnScreen’s Architecture + Design…
There are currently two good-looking and intelligent solos at Pirate that are definitely worth a look. In the members’ gallery up front, established Denver sculptor Michael Brohman is presenting Place, with work created during a summer-long residency at the Jentel Foundation in Banner, Wyoming. This is the second time Brohman…
Lee Camp’s fine with making you uncomfortable. It’s his stock in trade. On camera — most notably in his stints on Good Morning America, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, and various FOX, MTV and CNN shows, Camp gives audiences a this-is-how-it-really-is take on current events ranging from corporate excess to political…
His Magnet Mafia partner may have moved to San Francisco, but Harrison Nealey’s sticking with Denver. He’s been working on commissioned sculptures for artists at Demiurge, and that inspired him to put together Beauty Is, a solo show that opens Friday, September 28, at Division West. We recently caught up…
Since 2005, “I See What You Mean,” arguably Denver’s most beloved piece of public art, has been photographed, imitated and miniaturized. The sculpture outside of the Colorado Convention Center, nicknamed the Big Blue Bear, has been laughed at, loved, lingered over, tagged with a yarn-made ball and chain and pranked…
When Andrew Linares moved to Denver six years ago, he didn’t tell anyone about his passion for music and art. Which is why he was so nervous about baring his soul at his first-ever art exhibition. Anima Instincts, a display of Linares’s photography under the pseudonym A.S. Leena Res, is…
All good things must come to an end — but Lollypop Gift, the Hello Kitty store in the Denver Pavilions, seems to have come to a very abrupt end. And the reported reason for the store’s closing is something many vendors can relate to: rotten mall parents using stores as…
Can you ever have too many lists of the best kinky, BDSM — or BDSM-ish — movies out there? I don’t think so. There is just too much steamy, sensual, strange, sadistic, masochistic and prurient cinema to ignore — and these films aren’t even meant to be porn. Naked, sweaty…
Occupy Wall Street celebrated its first birthday this week. In the past year, the young political movement has inspired laws, riots and several retrospective glances, not the least among them the new documentary Occupy Unmasked. Directed by conservative filmmaker Stephen K. Bannon, the piece stays true to its title, aiming…
The Fritzler family will go down in history as proud, card-carrying Coloradans — in large part because this LaSalle family has already made its mark in corn. For the past twelve years, the Fritzlers have created epic and (mostly state-centric) corn mazes, the most recent of which honors Broncos star…
For some reason, I’m never ready for the onslaught of shows that are unleashed at the beginning of the fall season each September. If I stop to think about how many noteworthy exhibits have opened in the past two weeks or are about to open — and how many I…
In this week’s art review, Michael Paglia takes a look at two local galleries that are combining cultures. Throughout the Denver Art Museum’s “El Anatsui” and Goodwin Fine Art’s “Yoshitomo Saito,” Denver art enthusiasts can experience both Asian and African influence from veteran and first time artists. Continue reading for…
Wayne White might be the most prolific and virtually unknown contributor to popular culture of the last four decades. But the illustrator, painter, sculptor and puppet-maker from Chattanooga is getting some much deserved exposure with the release of Beauty Is Embarrassing, a documentary about White’s life and still-evolving career. The…
