State Vibe :: Colorado » Westword http://statevibe.com Citizen Supported News Tue, 25 Jan 2011 00:12:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Remembering abstract-expressionist ceramics pioneer Paul Soldner http://statevibe.com/colorado/remembering-abstract-expressionist-ceramics-pioneer-paul-soldner/ http://statevibe.com/colorado/remembering-abstract-expressionist-ceramics-pioneer-paul-soldner/#comments Thu, 20 Jan 2011 07:00:00 +0000 Westword http://www.westword.com/2011-01-20/culture/paul-soldner-ceramics-obituary Colorado has a rich history in ceramics going back to the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, but it was in the period from the 1950s to the 1990s that the ceramics scene here really hit its stride, with masters of the medium Nan and Jim McKinnell, Betty Woodman and Paul Soldner...]]> Colorado has a rich history in ceramics going back to the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, but it was in the period from the 1950s to the 1990s that the ceramics scene here really hit its stride, with masters of the medium Nan and Jim McKinnell, Betty Woodman and Paul Soldner…

]]> http://statevibe.com/colorado/remembering-abstract-expressionist-ceramics-pioneer-paul-soldner/feed/ 0 Joan Moment and Monroe Hodder get the Havu gallery off to a running start in 2011 http://statevibe.com/colorado/joan-moment-and-monroe-hodder-get-the-havu-gallery-off-to-a-running-start-in-2011/ http://statevibe.com/colorado/joan-moment-and-monroe-hodder-get-the-havu-gallery-off-to-a-running-start-in-2011/#comments Thu, 13 Jan 2011 07:00:00 +0000 Westword http://www.westword.com/2011-01-13/culture/joan-moment-monroe-hodder-william-havu-gallery The continuing appeal of abstraction some hundred years after it was developed in France by the gods of art history — Picasso, Matisse, Braque and on and on — is both astounding and predictable. Astounding because, like hip-hop, it seems to be an inexhaustible source for newness; pred...]]> The continuing appeal of abstraction some hundred years after it was developed in France by the gods of art history — Picasso, Matisse, Braque and on and on — is both astounding and predictable. Astounding because, like hip-hop, it seems to be an inexhaustible source for newness; pred…

]]> http://statevibe.com/colorado/joan-moment-and-monroe-hodder-get-the-havu-gallery-off-to-a-running-start-in-2011/feed/ 0 Ask a Mexican: What’s with the trash dump in the Sonoran Desert? http://statevibe.com/colorado/ask-a-mexican-whats-with-the-trash-dump-in-the-sonoran-desert/ http://statevibe.com/colorado/ask-a-mexican-whats-with-the-trash-dump-in-the-sonoran-desert/#comments Thu, 06 Jan 2011 07:00:00 +0000 Westword http://www.westword.com/2011-01-06/news/trash-dump-sonoran-desert-arizona-ask-a-mexican Dear Mexican: I was today alerted to the problem of trash dumped on the Sonoran Desert in Arizona and am trying to track down more articles about the issue. That is how I found you. There are lots and lots of piles of trash — looks like clothes — in a wash in Arizona. Can ...]]> Dear Mexican: I was today alerted to the problem of trash dumped on the Sonoran Desert in Arizona and am trying to track down more articles about the issue. That is how I found you. There are lots and lots of piles of trash — looks like clothes — in a wash in Arizona. Can …

]]> http://statevibe.com/colorado/ask-a-mexican-whats-with-the-trash-dump-in-the-sonoran-desert/feed/ 0 Our 55 favorite musical releases of 2010 http://statevibe.com/colorado/our-55-favorite-musical-releases-of-2010/ http://statevibe.com/colorado/our-55-favorite-musical-releases-of-2010/#comments Thu, 30 Dec 2010 07:00:00 +0000 Westword http://www.westword.com/2010-12-30/music/55-best-music-releases-2010 At the end of each year, after everyone's weighed in on their favorite releases, the overall critical consensus is always interesting. Invariably, a number of titles consistently crop up on countless lists (ahem, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy). But while you'll find many of those accla...]]> At the end of each year, after everyone’s weighed in on their favorite releases, the overall critical consensus is always interesting. Invariably, a number of titles consistently crop up on countless lists (ahem, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy). But while you’ll find many of those accla…

]]> http://statevibe.com/colorado/our-55-favorite-musical-releases-of-2010/feed/ 0 See the late Edward Marecak’s works at Z Art Department http://statevibe.com/colorado/see-the-late-edward-marecaks-works-at-z-art-department/ http://statevibe.com/colorado/see-the-late-edward-marecaks-works-at-z-art-department/#comments Thu, 23 Dec 2010 07:00:00 +0000 Westword http://www.westword.com/2010-12-23/culture/edward-marecak-z-art-department-exhibit-modernism In the '90s, people started getting interested in historic Colorado modernism, and I've always thought it had something to do with the retrospective mood created by the coming turn of the millennium. Edward Marecak, who died in 1993, became one of the first local modernists to have his reputation...]]> In the ’90s, people started getting interested in historic Colorado modernism, and I’ve always thought it had something to do with the retrospective mood created by the coming turn of the millennium. Edward Marecak, who died in 1993, became one of the first local modernists to have his reputation…

]]> http://statevibe.com/colorado/see-the-late-edward-marecaks-works-at-z-art-department/feed/ 0 There’s plenty to see besides King Tut at the Denver Art Museum http://statevibe.com/colorado/theres-plenty-to-see-besides-king-tut-at-the-denver-art-museum/ http://statevibe.com/colorado/theres-plenty-to-see-besides-king-tut-at-the-denver-art-museum/#comments Thu, 16 Dec 2010 07:00:00 +0000 Westword http://www.westword.com/2010-12-16/culture/king-tut-new-exhibits-denver-art-museum The Denver Art Museum blockbuster Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs is scheduled to run through the first week of the new year, and although the museum no longer estimates attendance during a show's run, it's clear that Tut has been popular. Additional buzz ...]]> The Denver Art Museum blockbuster Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs is scheduled to run through the first week of the new year, and although the museum no longer estimates attendance during a show’s run, it’s clear that Tut has been popular. Additional buzz …

]]> http://statevibe.com/colorado/theres-plenty-to-see-besides-king-tut-at-the-denver-art-museum/feed/ 0 Construction is under way on the Clyfford Still Museum http://statevibe.com/colorado/construction-is-under-way-on-the-clyfford-still-museum/ http://statevibe.com/colorado/construction-is-under-way-on-the-clyfford-still-museum/#comments Thu, 09 Dec 2010 07:00:00 +0000 Westword http://www.westword.com/2010-12-09/culture/clyfford-still-museum-construction-underway In 2005, the City of Denver acquired more than 800 paintings and 1,500 works on paper from the estate of Clyfford Still (pictured) in exchange for the promise that a museum would be built dedicated to him. Construction of the Clyfford Still Museum is now under way just west of the Denver Art Muse...]]> In 2005, the City of Denver acquired more than 800 paintings and 1,500 works on paper from the estate of Clyfford Still (pictured) in exchange for the promise that a museum would be built dedicated to him. Construction of the Clyfford Still Museum is now under way just west of the Denver Art Muse…

]]> http://statevibe.com/colorado/construction-is-under-way-on-the-clyfford-still-museum/feed/ 0 Two young stars of the art world are on display this month in Denver http://statevibe.com/colorado/two-young-stars-of-the-art-world-are-on-display-this-month-in-denver/ http://statevibe.com/colorado/two-young-stars-of-the-art-world-are-on-display-this-month-in-denver/#comments Thu, 02 Dec 2010 07:00:00 +0000 Westword http://www.westword.com/2010-12-02/culture/chi-peng-new-large-scale-robischon-gallery-isca-greenfield-sanders-mca-denver So many young artists — those in their twenties and thirties — come out of colleges, universities and art schools every year that they often have trouble getting noticed.

Nowhere is this situation more pronounced than in China, where seemingly a million students have, upon gra...]]> So many young artists — those in their twenties and thirties — come out of colleges, universities and art schools every year that they often have trouble getting noticed.

Nowhere is this situation more pronounced than in China, where seemingly a million students have, upon gra…

]]> http://statevibe.com/colorado/two-young-stars-of-the-art-world-are-on-display-this-month-in-denver/feed/ 0 The furniture of Eero Saarinen, on display at the Kirkland Museum http://statevibe.com/colorado/the-furniture-of-eero-saarinen-on-display-at-the-kirkland-museum/ http://statevibe.com/colorado/the-furniture-of-eero-saarinen-on-display-at-the-kirkland-museum/#comments Thu, 25 Nov 2010 07:00:00 +0000 Westword http://www.westword.com/2010-11-25/culture/eeron-saarinen-furniture The Kirkland Museum of Fine and Decorative Arts (1311 Pearl Street, 303-832-8576, www.kirklandmuseum.org) is a collecting institution with three areas of focus: the work of Colorado's premier modernist, Vance Kirkland, the work of other Colorado artist...]]> The Kirkland Museum of Fine and Decorative Arts (1311 Pearl Street, 303-832-8576, www.kirklandmuseum.org) is a collecting institution with three areas of focus: the work of Colorado’s premier modernist, Vance Kirkland, the work of other Colorado artist…

]]> http://statevibe.com/colorado/the-furniture-of-eero-saarinen-on-display-at-the-kirkland-museum/feed/ 0 Denver’s art districts are mostly growing concerns http://statevibe.com/colorado/denvers-art-districts-are-mostly-growing-concerns/ http://statevibe.com/colorado/denvers-art-districts-are-mostly-growing-concerns/#comments Thu, 18 Nov 2010 07:00:00 +0000 Westword http://www.westword.com/2010-11-18/culture/denver-s-art-districts-are-mostly-growing-concerns Walking along Santa Fe Drive the other day, I gazed at the van Straaten Gallery and thought about a shift that has taken place recently on the street. As usual, the gallery was closed, though a few spotlights were on so you could tell there was art on display inside.

The first indi...]]> Walking along Santa Fe Drive the other day, I gazed at the van Straaten Gallery and thought about a shift that has taken place recently on the street. As usual, the gallery was closed, though a few spotlights were on so you could tell there was art on display inside.

The first indi…

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