![]() ![]() It will be interesting to see how curator Valerie Cassel Oliver customizes the attraction for its current tour. “The Dirty South” was one of the most talked-about art exhibitions of 2021, and the MCA Denver is making a big commitment to bring it to local audiences, turning over all three floors to a show that attempts to explain how “the aesthetic traditions of the African American South have shaped visual art and musical expression over the last 100 years.” Such a large topic demands a sizable number of artists and, when the exhibition premiered at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, there were more than 120 names on the checklist, showing painting, drawing, sculpture, video and more. “The Dirty South: Contemporary Art, Material Culture, and the Sonic Impulse,” Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, Sept. El Franco Lee is one of dozens of artists in MCA Denver’s “Dirty South.” Image provided by MCA Denver. Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Thomas, Vinnie Alfonso, Nathan Hall, Brady Smith, Frank T. So many local faves are on the list of experimenters: Sabin Aell, Susan Blake, Roger Reutimann, Autumn T. And let’s just say they didn’t let us down,” gallery director Collin Parson explained in an email. “We basically gave 60 artists a sheet of plywood, paper or sheet music and said ‘Do your thing’ …. With 10,000 square feet of gallery space, the Arvada Center has room to experiment, and this new show, “One Sheet,” makes the most of that opportunity. Saturday, November 12th 2022 Home Page Close Menu ![]()
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