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As a support group of the Denver Art Museum, the DAM Contemporaries champions the mission of the Department of Modern & Contemporary Art through a wide range of educational programs including the Logan Lectures, film and video screenings, visits to artists’ studios, and travel to domestic and international art destinations. Get to know artists, curators, and other art luminaries! DAM Contemporaries puts you in the inner circle of contemporary art. |
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May 16, 2012. 7pm.
 Nick Cave creates textile-based sculpture, installation, performance, and collage. The artist trained with Alvin Ailey and modern dance inspires his exploration about community, ritual, and identity. Some of his best known works are his Soundsuits, sensuous wearable art that hides one’s identity. These are made from a variety of materials including day-glow-dyed human hair, vintage toys, twigs, beads, and feathers. The artist shares his hope that "Soundsuits will cause people to find ways to live with each other, extend our compassion to other communities and take care of our natural resources."
All lectures begin at 7:00pm in the Sharp Auditorium at the Denver Art Museum’s Frederic C. Hamilton Building. Doors open at 6:15pm. For more information, or to purchase tickets, call 720-913-0130 or visit: https://tickets.denverartmuseum.org/DateSelection.aspx?item=717
Individual Lectures:
$8 students and DAM volunteers, $12 DAMC members and artists, $15 DAM members, $18 non-members
Image credit: Nick Cave, Soundsuits, 2011. Mixed Media. Photo by James Prinz Photography, Chicago. Photo courtesy of Nick Cave and the Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. © The Artist. |
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 On view beginning May 30, 2012.
Laleh Mehran’s monumental interactive installation Men of God, Men of Nature, creates a place for viewers to evaluate their relationships to dominant culture, dissent, and its consequences. Mehran herself, a Denver-based daughter of Iranian scientists, will engage visitors in friendly dialogue about the exhibition during a series of performances in which she builds up geometric "fragments" on the exterior walls of the Fuse Box gallery.
Image credit: Men of God, Men of Nature, 2012 Courtesy and © the artist. |
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On view beginning June 17, 2012.
Landscapes, seascapes, cityscapes, even sky and dreamscapes occupy our imagination in the world presented by the drawings of about 20 artists highlighted in the upcoming exhibition "Scapes." Some works convey a sense of place using no more than a simple graphic line as demonstrated by Roy Lichtenstein and Saul Steinberg, others inject atmospheric effects as seen by Alexis Rockman, Richard Artschwager, and Jennifer Bartlett. Keith Hale's huge ethereal nightscape conjures up the magic of light in the middle of the night. Come escape to worlds envisioned by these contemporary masters.
Untitled (Vertical Glacier), 2006, oil paint on paper, Gift of the Hitchcock Foundation and the Baldwin-Edwards Charitable Foundation in Memory of Harley Baldwin, 2007.36
© 2012 Alexis Rockman / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York |
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DAM Contemporaries presents:
A private tour of Yves Saint Laurent: The Retrospective
Tuesday, June 5th 8:30-10:00am
$25 Limited to 30 DAMC members
Join the DAM's Jill Desmond as she shares behind-the-scenes stories of this stunning exhibition. You will hear about the work--and the fun--that went into bringing this exhibition to life - from gallery construction to the transportation of more than 200 haute couture outfits from Paris.
You must be a DAMC member to attend this event. For information on DAMC membership, or to join DAMC visit: http://damcontemporaries.denverartmuseum.org/membership
About the exhibition:
A sweeping retrospective of the designer's 40 years of creativity, Yves Saint Laurent: The Retrospective features a stunning selection of 200 haute couture garments along with numerous photographs, drawings, and films that illustrate the development of Saint Laurent's style and the historical foundations of his work. Organized thematically, the presentation melds design and art to explore the full arc of Saint Laurent's career, from his first days at Dior in 1958 through the splendor of his evening dresses from 2002. The DAM is the only United States venue for the exhibition. |
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Summer 2012
S T U D I O T O U R S
Saturday, June 9, 2012
2:00-4:15 pm $10
Limited to 20 DAMC members
2:00-3:00pm
Roland Bernier's Studio (located Uptown)
For nearly forty years, Roland Bernier has been making art with words and exploring the context of words in our visual world.
Roland's text-based works came on the scene early. His work was featured in a solo exhibition in the Denver Art Museum's Close Range Gallery (now Stanton Gallery) in 2001, and has also been exhibited at the Columbus Museum of Art, the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art. Bernier's work is included in the permanent collection of the Denver Art Museum.
Roland's work will be on view at Walker Fine Art April 20 - June 9.
3:15-4:15pm
Phil Bender's Studio (located Uptown)
Phil Bender's works are composed of groupings of discarded everyday objects. His masterful blending of composition and material often lead to wry and profound juxtapositions.
Phil's work was featured in a solo exhibition, Last Place at The Lab at Belmar in 2007. His work is in the collection of the Denver Art Museum and traveled with the View From Denver exhibition to Vienna, Austria in 1997, and was included in the inaugural exhibition of the Denver Art Museum's Frederic C. Hamilton Building. Phil also had a solo exhibition in the Denver Art Museum's Close Range Gallery (now Stanton Gallery) in 1996.
Phil is a founding member of Pirate: A Contemporary Art Oasis, where his work will be on view June 1 - June 17.
Reservations:
Please call 720-913-0150 by June 5th
You will receive driving directions upon making your reservation
Payment:
Credit Cards taken over the phone
or mail your checks to:
DAM Contemporaries, Denver Art Museum
100 W 14th Ave Pkwy, Denver, CO 80204
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