Last month, Michael Paglia reviewed Unbound: Sculpture in the Field, an over-the-top outdoor exhibit for which the prairie land south of the Arvada Center has been turned into an informal sculpture garden. This week, Paglia takes a look at another of the shows in the Unbound series. For Unbound: Five…

Last month I reviewed Unbound: Sculpture in the Field, an over-the-top outdoor exhibit for which the prairie land south of the Arvada Center has been turned into an informal sculpture garden. Using newly cast concrete pads, exhibition manager Collin Parson and assistant curator Kristin Bueb oversaw the placement of sculptures…

Joseph Coniff (in parentheses) is only the second presentation to open at the Rule Gallery since the untimely death of Robin Rule late last year. It was important to Rule that the gallery continue, so three longtime associates — Valerie Santerli, Rachel Beitz and Hilary Morris — are carrying on…

No institution has played a more important role in Colorado’s art history than the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center. Among its collections is one dedicated to modern and contemporary pieces created by Colorado artists. It’s a nice collection — not on the level of the Kirkland Museum’s, mind you –…

For his latest show, Takeover, Gildar Gallery owner Adam Gildar enlisted the help of Charlie James, a Los Angeles-based art dealer, who curated the show. The two have a similar approach to conceptual art. James included artists from his own stable as well as some from Colorado. All of them…

The Gildar Gallery is housed in an anonymous-looking storefront on South Broadway, barely marked by a sign. That unassuming presence continues inside — but modest circumstances haven’t deterred owner Adam Gildar from presenting thoughtful programs not unlike those found at contemporary art museums. In this spirit, Gildar invited a guest…

The Museo de las Americas is making its mark this summer with Outside in 303, an incredible show that gives a glimpse into the scene of Latino taggers that have been more or less hidden from the rest of the art world — although their efforts have been visible on…

Outside in 303, the main summer feature at the Museo de las Americas, is absolutely spectacular, and makes a real contribution to local art literacy by revealing a scene of Latino taggers that has been more or less hidden from the rest of the art world — though their efforts…

For Paper Work, Cecily Cullen, the creative director at Metropolitan State University’s Center for Visual Art, has put together an exhibit that surveys artists from Colorado and around the country who are using paper to create 3-D compositions. Paper is a familiar art material, but it’s typically used as a…

Beyond Pop: A Tom Wesselmann Retrospective is the Denver Art Museum’s summer blockbuster. Though Wesselmann was part of the initial group of artists who launched pop art in the ’60s, his accomplishments are not as well remembered as are those of his fellow-traveling contemporaries. Maybe it’s because his chosen topics…

Rather than throw together a group show featuring work by artists whose work is unconnected, for its current exhibit, Articulated Perspectives, the William Havu Gallery focused on four artists who all do work that is based on representational imagery but also incorporates abstract sensibilities. The show begins with a monumental…

Summer is traditionally a time for group shows, but most galleries tend to feature work by their various artists, with no clear interconnecting theme. Not so at William Havu Gallery, where owner Bill Havu and gallery administrator Nick Ryan have brought together four artists, all of whom do contemporary work…

The Arvada Center sits on a very large site, but until recently, the venue had never used the seventeen-acre field just to the south to showcase art. That changed when exhibitions director Collin Parson, along with assistant curator Kristin Bueb, decided to transform the empty land into a xeric sculpture…

The Arvada Center is hosting four strong exhibits right now, all part of the Unbound series. But I will focus on just one here: Unbound: Sculpture in the Field. (I’ll discuss the others later this summer.) The show is highly visible — you can even catch a glimpse from the…

Northern New Mexico is renowned for its vibrant art scene, and lots of attention has been paid to it, especially with regard to the region’s art history. In the early twentieth century, artists began to go to Taos and Santa Fe, initially attracted by the unique scenery and the colorful…

While checking out the scene in Santa Fe, New Mexico, this past March, Bobbi Walker, director of Walker Fine Art, realized that her planned June slot had come apart and that she needed to come up with somebody quickly to fill the position. While she was looking, she came across…