Hrvoje Slovenc MFA’10 releases DIS/Inheritance: New Croatian Photography

Hrvoje Slovenc MFA’10, along with Don Mengay and Linda Mateljan, released DIS/Inheritance: New Croatian Photography, a collection of contemporary photography from nine Croatian photographers, including Slovenc himself. The photography comes from a variety of backgrounds, from academic to professional, all united under a Croatian heritage. The book features some photography which “emphasize[s] formal, aesthetic concerns related to framing, light, and …

Aaron Marcus: Early Works

Aaron Marcus MFA’68 is being featured in an exhibition at BAMPFA, which is a complete showcase of Marcus’ early works. Interdisciplinary at heart, Marcus was educated in physics, mathematics, and philosophy, until he began a career in art. His artworks are often based on the intricate details of mathematics; patterns and geometries come to life in his prints. According to …

Viel Feind, viel Ehr

Built from a collaborative project between the Peninsula Gallery and the nationalmuseum in Berlin, Viel Feind, viel Ehr is an exhibition of many artists including Jerry Blackman MFA’14. Named after musical group S.Y.P.H’s first album, the exhibition is inspired by the creative and spontaneous spirit of the punk band, who as described by the gallery: …could neither play nor did they own …

Precarious Magic

Kate Emlen MFA’77 will be showcased in Precarious Magic, through April 7th. Her Greensboro, VT exhibition features her Vermont and costal Maine paintings, skillfully melting the natural light and dark forests and ocean together. As Emlen states: “When I’m working, I’m not thinking. I let the rhythms within take over. When I stand back from the painting I look for motion …

Jordan Casteel, ’14 MFA, Returning the Gaze

Denver Art Museum presents Returning the Gaze by Jordan Casteel MFA’14. Denver-born, Harlem-based, Jordan Casteel’s works explore the human element of city life. Casteel focuses on the individuals and the pieces of everyday life that tend to be unseen. Casteel’s process follows an interesting method, starting with photography around neighborhoods, and real contact with the individuals, which is then transformed into …

Theaters of Fiction

Lisa Kerezi MFA’00, Director of Undergraduate Studies in Art, is currently featured in Theaters of Fiction, a multi-artist exhibition at the Wellin Museum of Art. According to the museum, Theaters of Fiction presents work by seven contemporary artists who have utilized a variety of means and mediums to explore themes of illusion, escapism, and artificiality through the physical space of the …

Arcadia

Emma Webster MFA’18 presents Arcadia at the Diane Rosenstein Gallery in Los Angeles starting in February. Her oil paintings depict scenes of wildlife and nature, in a whimsical, yet sometimes dark fashion. The wispy oil pieces were inspired from a recent residency in Aspen, Colorado at the Anderson Ranch Arts Center. According to the gallery, The show’s title Arcadia alludes to recycled …

Tacet

Ari Benjamin Meyers, MFA graduate, premiers Tacet, an installation of performances, which lack the ‘fundamental’ characteristics of music, sound, and movement. It’s title, Tacet, refers to the Latin word tacere, a playing instruction in music which cues the instrumentalist to pause and remain silent during a marked interval. In this work, “the visitor enters a staged situation rather than an …

John Boak YC’70 | Paintings

John Boak Shimokitazawa

March 1 — March 31, 2019 Opening, Friday March 8, 2019 808projects, 808 Santa Fe Drive in Denver John Boak will be showing oil paintings and photographic digital paintings during the month of March. Boak has been working with photography in his paintings for many years. His recent oil paintings explore the position of the photograph in our perception of  …

Jordan Wolfson MFA’91 / Solo Show

Jordan Wolfson

Jordan Wolfson to Exhibit Painting-Cycle/Installation in Solo Show January 31 – February 24 2019 OPENING: Thursday, January 31  | 6-8pm 808 Projects. 808 Santa Fe Drive, Denver Award-winning artist, Jordan Wolfson, will be exhibiting his first solo show in Colorado since 2009 at 808 Projects in Denver. The exhibition will present an abridged version of his series, “Song Cycle with Blue Cloth”, an …