Current Exhibition
Denver painter Bruce Price returns to Plus Gallery for the fourth time in a solo exhibition with "I am a cloud," a new body of work culled from an intense exploration into abstract painting. The works presented are modestly scaled and in a variety of formats that fully represent an engagement with ideas and boundless energy the artist has recently tapped into, including his recent inclusion of fabric as a source of inspiration. Landscape is now a strong reference within the works, but Price is more concerned with the duality of static concepts versus continual shift in form and medium.
The exhibition introduces a dynamic element in which two of the four gallery walls will be re-installed each week according to the desires of a guest curator from a large selection of Price’s experimental works on small canvas. The initial installation will be performed by Singer Gallery director Simon Zalkind, with others to follow each week as announced on our gallery newsletter and facebook page. The gallery will host a gathering on each successive Wednesday evening after the opening from 6-7pm for patrons to engage with the new view, listen to the artist play the viola and drink tea. Guests who support the most viewings of each iteration will be eligible to be selected as the final guest curator for the last week of the show, to be determined by random drawing or most convincing argument submitted to the gallery.
"I am a Cloud" represents the confidence of a fully-realized artist looking at his career as a continual flow of ideas with few constants and without the typical ramifications an exhibition might entail relating to showmanship, instead tapping into a vein more congruent with his stature as the Director of the "Institute for Experimental Studies" at the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design. Without losing sight of the fundamentals and signature nature of his output, Bruce Price delivers some of the most honest and relevant cutting-edge abstraction ever presented in the region.
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Plus Gallery artist Bill Amundson is one of the featured talents in the exhibition "Face to Face" currently on view in the Works on Paper Gallery at the Hamilton Wing of the Denver Art Museum. Amundson's "Self Portrait with Pricey Mountain Homes" resides amongst some of the most famous artists of all time including Francesco Clemente, George Condo, Marlene Dumas, Lucien Freud, Philip Guston and Richard Phillips. The exhibition has been curated by Julie Augur and consists of portraits from the DAM's collection as well as various private collections in Colorado.
Other Plus Gallery artists on view outside the state include:
Kate Petley is featured in a solo exhibition "The Spaces in Between" at the Nicolaysen Art Museum in Casper, Wyoming through April 11th.
Jenny Morgan is featured in the group exhibition "The Artist's Guide to the L.A. Galaxy" at the West Los Angeles College Art Gallery in Culver City, CA, through March 18th.
R. Justin Stewart is featured with a solo exhibition "2am-2pm" at Mesa Art Center in Mesa, AZ from March 27th to August 2nd.
Dave Yust is featured in the group exhibition "100+ Years of Colorado Art from the Kirkland Museum Collection" at the Arvada Center for the Arts and also with a solo exhibition of his elliptically-shaped monotypes at the Saint Paul Gallery in Saint Paul, Minnesota in March.
Plus Gallery has enriched Denver's contemporary art scene since 2001, providing one of the leading, reputable platforms for prestigious artist representation and exhibitions of note in the region. The gallery recently relocated to the corner of 25th and Larimer in North Downtown Denver, into a unique renovation of a remnant parcel of the Benjamin Moore Paint Factory. This singular redevelopment adds a two-story gallery space to the dramatic architecture of the historic Benjamin Moore complex, serving as a visual anchor for the entrance to the Upper Larimer corridor and River North Arts District. The gallery was named "Art Space of the Year" in 2009 by the Denver Post and has been hailed as the "Best New Gallery" by the Westword Weekly the same year. Plus Gallery is a member of the Denver Art Dealers Association.
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Plus Gallery has released its first major publication "Jenny Morgan: New Territory," a 240 page book featuring a comprehensive view of paintings by Jenny Morgan from the time she debuted in 2003 through her 2009 Plus Gallery and NYC exhibitions. To preview the book or order a copy visit blurb.com
