It is an interactive affair, and about as far away from a traditional display of pretty pictures hanging on a gallery wall as you can get.
Two gowns by Dutch fashion designer Iris van Herpen. “Biophilia” visitors are greeted by artist Jason DeMarte’s “Arcadia,” a digital college culled from photos taken in Costa Rica.
“Meadow,” created by the Dutch design team Drift, relies on “advanced robotics and complex software create a field of blooms in perpetual motion.” As a concept for an exhibition, that is not deep and it is not new. Nature has always been a dominant theme in design, probably the most persistent source of inspiration that ever existed, and there is millennia-long tour through the history of art, textiles, fashion and furniture to prove the point.
But visitors are more likely to fixate on the digital, or interactive, attractions, and those are the stars of this show. That includes the 2020 piece “Flowers and People — A Whole Year Per Hour,” by the art collective TeamLab, which formed in Tokyo. The work is a six-channel, digital projection of an animated field of pink and yellow petals that float across the gallery wall.
In the same vein, there is an impressive architectural model of Populus, the building — designed by Chicago’s Studio Gang — that is currently going up next to Denver’s Civic Center, that resembles the trunk of an aspen tree. The model offers new insight to anyone who is curious about the thinking behind the structure.Art exhibitions that attempt to show new technologies are difficult to pull off. Technology changes so quickly now that even relatively new works lack an edge.
United Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art merging with Denver Art MuseumThe Denver Art Museum and the Kirkland Museum of Fine and Decorative Art announced a merger Thursday.
Read more »
Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art merging with Denver Art MuseumThe Kirkland Museum, located down the street from the Denver Art Museum at 1201 Bannock St., will be renamed the Kirkland Institute of Fine & Decorative Art at the Denver Art Museum.
Read more »
Denver Art Museum Merges With Kirkland Museum in New PartnershipThe Kirkland will become a new curatorial department for the DAM, but will keep its gallery space on Bannock Street.
Read more »
All the Free Museum Days in Denver This YearFree dates for the Denver Art Museum, the Museum of Nature & Science, the Botanic Gardens and more.
Read more »
Reader: Why Are People on a Denver Page Complaining About Denver?After ranking as the second-best place to live in 2020, the Mile High City fell to 99th last year. Now it's bounced back to 40th.
Read more »
Denver museum's dinosaur exhibit gets an upgradeFor 47 years, visitors to the DMNS have been greeted by a 'roar.' Photojournalist Tom Cole went in search of the story behind the museum's famous saber-toothed cat.
Read more »