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van Straaten Gallery

760 Santa Fe Drive Denver CO 80204

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  • 2010 | Best Show About the Intersection of Art and Race

    The role of African art in the development of modernism in the early twentieth century is a well-known story. With Floyd Tunson: Remix, Colorado artist Floyd Tunson, himself African-American, turned that story on its head -- or at least its side. He painted dead-on copies of famous Picassos and Matisses, put them up sideways, then inserted exact replicas of racist cartoons and illustrations done at the same time as the original paintings. The show, curated by then-gallery director... More »

  • 2007 | Best Imitation of Carnival Spin Art

    Despite having an essentially meaningless title -- Something to Consider -- this show did have some of the freshest-looking abstracts seen last summer. The paintings were edgy examples of post-abstract expressionism, as done by Quintín González, a Denver artist who just keeps getting better and better. The small acrylic-on-canvas paintings resembled carnival spin art, though they hadn't actually been spun. González builds up layers, starting with a flat monochrome and then pouring on different colo... More »

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