Wow....with marketing illustrations like this from one of the most sophisticated gallery/museums in Denver, I have to say that The Lab continues to humor and impress me. Btw Lab, are you "at the trailing edge" because you are in Lakewood?
The Lab at Belmar hosts its new exhibition opening on September 24th,
In Plain Sight: Street Works & Performances, and
Orientalist Photography: Japan in the Baumatsu-Meiji Period, 1868-1912. The exhibition host two gallery shows, a performace on opening night and a curator's talk the following evening.
In Plain Sight proposes to be the full-examination of the important late 1960s phenomenon of street works and performances - dedicated years where a few NYC writers took their poetry readings off stage and created an experiential dynamic environment for poets, artists and dancers. Their point was to show that artists and poets were not to be constrained by the assumption that art should be contained and perhaps approachable. John Perreault will recreate a 1971 performance entitled,
Critical Mass. Sounds totally interesting and nostalgic, doesn't it? (Perraeault was the art critic for The Village Voice from 1966 to 1974.)
Orientalist Photography is a collection of 19th century photographs using a simple and early Collodian process. The resulting images are warm and rich in detail of tourist photos from early 20th century Japan. Curator, Mark Sink's great grandfather originally collected the pieces as a New York society photographer.
Opening Reception
Wednesday, September 24th, 6-8pm (Members 5-6pm)
Performance by John Perreault, 7:30pm
Curators Talk
Thursday, September 25th, 6:30pm
Members $5/General $10
The Lab at Belmar
404 S. Upham Street, Lakewood
http://www.belmarlab.org/
This week The Fabric Lab (www.fabriclab.com) presents a fashion designer trunk show called "Prototype". A small studio it is, but the union of the neighboring cupcake shoppe The Shoppe (www.theshoppedenver.com) , as well as the media sponsor FM Magazine (www.fm-mag.com), will make it another hip-to-be-seen art party with live music, cupcakes, and of course, PBR. I don't have much info on the designers but the scene is always super fun. Actually, the last time I was on east Colfax for an art party the boys in blue had helicopters overhead. It must have been The Denver Roller Girls fashion show on the storefront sidewalks that they couldn't get enough of - way extreme, but a good story none the less. See you there!!
