Dario Robleto at D'Amelio Terras

Probably my favorite show in NY was Dario Robleto's "The Minor Chords Are Ours" at D’Amelio Terras. While most of the works are aesthetically pleasing without the rich content/back-story, they really come alive after reading through his process. I think you will agree:

Dario Robleto
I Wish The Ocean Sounded More Like Dusty Springfield 1996, 2010
32 x 49 x 1 3/4 inches
81.3 x 124.5 x 4.4 cm
Apple blossom seashells, altered sound of shells, glue
A collection of seashells were grouped into a series of pairs. Each couple was then serenaded with a different Dusty Springfield song for 48 hours at a time. Each seashell’s partner was then returned to the shore

(center) The Remorseless Force 2011
dimensions variable
lithographic and digital prints in 32 parts, a collection of ephemera (posters, flyers, handbills, tickets) from live events of now deceased musicians

(left) Untitled (Don't Decay In The Wrong Arms) 2010
59 1/2 x 45 1/2 x 4 inches
151.1 x 115.6 x 10.2 cm
Silhouettes from grandmother’s and mother’s album cover collections, cut vinyl, polyurethane on wood

(back wall) The Ephemerist's Dilemma 2010
41 x 57 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches
104.1 x 145.4 x 5.7 cm
cut paper, lithographic and digital prints in 28 parts, a collection of ephemera (posters, flyers, handbills, tickets) from live events of now deceased musicians

(in the Ball jars) The Minor Chords Are Ours (detail) 2010
60 x 23 x 23 inches
152.4 x 58.4 x 58.4 cm
Vintage mason jars, vintage wooden spools, stretched audio tape, minor chords, linseed oil, willow
The minor chords from a family’s 60-year record collection were isolated to audio tape, stretched into thread, and spooled.

(image on wall) Dario Robleto
Candles Un-burn, Suns Un-shine, Death Un-dies 2010
46 x 65 1/2 x 2 inches
116.8 x 166.4 x 5.1 cm
Digital C-print mounted on Sintra, a collection of stage lights taken from the album covers of live performances of now-deceased musicians

In Detail

Details of paintings - in no particular order - photos by yours truly:

Courbet

Matisse

Pollock

Seurat

Guston

Bonnard

Inness

Twatchman

Balthus

Close

Johns

Bruegel

Picasso

Manet

Cole

Ryder

Hopper

Vermeer

Velasquez

Back from NY

I've spent most of my spring break in New York - where I saw an incredible amount of art and spent time with old friends. I'll be posting a lot of art from NY, but I'll start with what is probably one of my favorite sculptures of all time - "Liberty Enlightening the World." I was there yesterday before leaving the city:

the bottom two photos were taken through the 50 cent tourist binocular machines

Photo of the Day

taken from the car - a scene from 270 near Commerce City

More views on the Big Picture

"Big Picture" on City O City building (13th St.) Denver, CO - my three slightly-smaller-than-the-rest photos are in the fourth column from the right. Next time you get some great food from City O City - stop by the alley art show.

Soot

Daniel Turner, Sp.1, soot, plexiglass, 72" x 132". 2007.

Big Picture

Three of my landscape photo(copies) are pasted up outdoors now as part of the Big Pic show in conjunction with Illiterate gallery.

last night's moon

New Work

Untitled (rocket), Acrylic on Panel, 20x16", 2011

source.

New to Our Collection

We are now the proud owners of a Sarah McKenzie painting!

Opening Friday March 11th

Wet plate collodian photograph by Kristen Hatgi

I've got two small paintings in the WWA show, "Feminine Influence" Opening from 6-9 pm- you can read about it here and here.

found here.

Two new small works on paper

I painted both of these yesterday:

(Untitled), Acrylic on Paper, 5x7"

(Untitled), Acrylic on Paper, 5x7"

New Items on Etsy

“House Train”, 14×11″, Graphite and Colored Pencil on gray Rives BFK paper

















"Development” Graphite on Paper, 11x10"




















“Untitled” Graphite on Paper, 11x10"
SOLD










I'm hoping to sell these small drawings to buy a plane ticket. Follow the title links to Etsy.

Also opening tonight: Patti Hallock at Plus

An exceptional photographer and good friend, Patti Hallock has an opening tonight at Plus Gallery as well. Busy busy "Month of Photography" here in Denver.

Big Pic Opening tonight

March: Denver's Month of Photography

March is Denver's "Month of Photography" - tons of venues are participating - hosting exhibitions, portfolio reviews, a guide to collecting photography and prints, etc. You can find the whole (extensive) list at the Month of Photography blog.


I will be participating in two shows - "Big Pic" with the Illiterate Gallery and "Feminine Influence" at Working With Artists. Above is a process shot of the large photocopies I made of my photos (I painted on them a little)- they will be wheat-pasted up around Denver as part of the Big Pic show.