Posted February 21, 2011 by Erin Algiere, Former Exhibitions Project Associate
In support of the exhibition Native Roots | Modern Form: Plants, Peoples & the Art of Allan Houser (opening May 1, 2011), the Gardens is partnering with the International Institute for Indigenous Resource Management (IIIRM) to present a year-long film series highlighting indigenous voices and issues from around the world. Films are free with a suggested donation of $5. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Films showing at the Gardens in Gates Hall Wednesday, Feb. 23, 7 p.m. :
Te Whare (The House) (New Zealand) and The Artists of Ali Curung (Australia)
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Posted February 9, 2011 by Erin Algiere, Former Exhibitions Project Associate
Planting Seeds in the Dirt at Wide Ruins, acrylic on canvas, 30" x 30", 2010.
Story Keeper: Works by Melanie Yazzie marks the first of an innovative, year-long look at contemporary Native arts that explore ideas and issues facing today’s American Indian communities.
This new body or work created by Melanie Yazzie (Dine, the term Navajo use to identify themselves) tells plant-inspired stories. While colorful and whimsical, her work has serious undertones, and references Native post-colonial dilemmas. She often brings images of indigenous women to the forefront, alluding to matrilineal systems and pointing to the possibility of female leadership.
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Posted January 28, 2011 by Erin Algiere, Former Exhibitions Project Associate
Mon, Jan. 31 the monumental sculptures of Henry Moore will start to be craned and crated and begin their long journey back to Moore’s estate at Perry Green in the countryside of England. The sculptures start getting packed up on Monday, but they’ll still be here. Today or tomorrow are the best days to visit – especially given the weather!
Reclining Figure at sunset at Henry Moore's estate in Perry Green.
It will take nearly two weeks to prepare the 100,000 lbs. of sculpture for the first leg of the journey from Denver, CO to the east coast at the New Jersey port.
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Posted December 30, 2010 by Erin Algiere, Former Exhibitions Project Associate
As the chill in the air finally gives way to snow, you may be feeling too snugly to get outside and see Moore in the Gardens. Whether you’re on a visit to see the Gardens in their winter glory or are reading this on your couch with a cup of tea in hand, here are 5 ways to stay warm and experience the majestic works of Henry Moore.
- Henry Moore, Locking Piece, 1963-64. Reproduced by permission of the Henry Moore Foundation. Photo by Scott Dressel-Martin
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Posted December 10, 2010 by Erin Algiere, Former Exhibitions Project Associate
“Sculpture should always at first sight have some obscurities, and further meanings. People should want to go on looking and thinking; it should never tell all about itself immediately.” – Henry Moore, 1968
The impressive and seamless interaction of Henry Moore’s sculptures with the landscape of the Gardens gives the impression that Moore (1898-1986) had been working intently with form and landscape from the early days of his art career. However, it wasn’t until he was nearly 50 years old during the end of World War II that he began to focus on creating sculpture for landscape, and it wasn’t until he was well into his 60s that he began to reference natural objects in his sculpture work.
"Goslar Warrior" (LH 641, 1973-74) Reproduced by permission of the Henry Moore Foundation. Photo by Scott Dressel-Martin.
After losing his home and studio in London to damages from air raids, Moore and his wife moved to Perry Green at Hertfordshire in 1940. The lush rolling hills enveloped by the Chestnut and Beech trees became inspiration for Moore to focus on creating dialogue between sculpture and landscape and a source for working pure, organic forms into his work.
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Posted November 19, 2010 by Erin Algiere, Former Exhibitions Project Associate
The Gardens brings the multimedia work of Digital Nature artists Ten and Tracer, Offthesky and Pillow Garden to the fundraising art party Test Market, hosted by Yes Please More this Saturday night, Nov. 20 at the Pavilions on 16th St. Mall.
For one night, in one place, Test Market pushes collaboration to a new level with contributors including Ballet Nouveau, Denver Art Museum, Denver Botanic Gardens, Westword, Denver Handmade Alliance, MCA Denver, Foodie Call and more.
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Posted November 15, 2010 by Erin Algiere, Former Exhibitions Project Associate
Sweetrocket, "Blackberry", Soft Pastel, 2010. 68" x 47"
Like a group of Sirens, the pastel paintings of Riva Sweetrocket beckon to be admired. Her large canvasses fill with feminine images that intertwine with nature: the curve of a leg intersects with a pile of juicy cherries; feet envelope a pair of dusty butterfly wings. Sweetrocket elevates these organic elements to a luscious transcendence of synergy that speak to the majesty of nature and human existence.
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Posted October 29, 2010 by Erin Algiere, Former Exhibitions Project Associate
Detail, “Upright Motive No. 8” (LH 388), 1955-56. Reproduced by permission of The Henry Moore Foundation.
Prepare your calendars! In celebration of Denver Arts Week’s Night at the Museums , the Gardens will host “Moore by Moonlight” on Saturday, Nov. 6. We’re collaborating with 3rd Law Dance/Theater to bring you a stunning evening full of drama, light and dance inspired by the works of artist and sculptor Henry Moore.
The abstracted human figures of Henry Moore’s works are a natural inspiration for dance and performance art. If Moore was looking to the human form when he was crafting his colossal sculptures, then drawing on Moore’s work to explore dance and mulitmedia performance becomes a fascinating study in movement.
3rd Law Dance/Theater and multimedia artist Darwin Grosse draw upon the ideas in Moore’s works and writings to create new work inspired by human form. This formative collaboration between dance and multimedia art is certainly going to have us all thinking about the works of Henry Moore in a new way.
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