EMBRACE – Installations at DAM 2

The Embrace show at the Denver Art Museum was one of the more extensive and interesting installation shows I’ve seen. Seventeen artists created their own ‘dialogues’ with the unusual architecture in various areas of the museum. Although ‘painting’ was a term often used to describe the art; the installations encompassed everything from plastic, cloth, wood, […]

EMBRACE – Architecture and Installations at DAM

When the Denver Art Museum (DAM) opened its new expansion, the Frederic C. Hamilton Building which was designed by Daniel Libeskind; art critics and some viewers complained about the unusual contemporary design. A common complaint of Libeskind’s architecture was that the slanted walls made it difficult to show lots of artwork.

However, the current show […]

Fox

In my last blog I mentioned that Zorro means ‘Fox’ in Spanish.

DAM (Denver Art Musuem) has an the intriguing exhibit of Sandy Skoglund’s 1989 installation … Fox Games, which has 28 gray fox in various poses in a totally red restaurant. The fox scampering over the floor, tables and chairs; even hanging off the […]