After another weekend snowstorm, we decided to head out to the Denver Art Museum. There were two major exhibits; “Jordan Casteel: Returning the Gaze” and “Stampede: Animals in Art”. Jordan is a an artist, originally from Denver, now living in Harlem with amazing pictures of life in her neighborhoods. Animals in Art is an exhibition by a variety of different artists that explore how animals are a part of human life.
Here is one of the pictures that is like a tapestry, but the media is various types of plastic. In this image, I purposely de-focused the artwork; this still shows the detail of the original.
While meandering through the exhibit, I was captivated by the shadow cast by one of the sculptures. It was pretty dark in this area of the gallery. I preferred the monochrome version of this image.
There were several pieces from the Pacific North-West. I could not help but make this image of part of the totem pole. I just love those lips!
The Hamilton wing of the museum has some really interesting ceilings, walls and windows as part of the architecture. I was drawn to the subdued light that streamed in through the tall windows below.
Making one’s way back down to the entrance, there are more interesting architectural lines.
I made another image of one of the skylights above the stairways. I was fortunate to include a man working his way up the stairs to the floor above.
Outside the museum are the “Denver Monoliths”. In this image, these monumental blocks framed the building across the street (the library).
Two of these monoliths are separated by a narrow gap. Looking down the gap, there is one streetlight across the street that is perfectly centered between the two rock faces.
