RedLine Presents: Playing with Beauty
Curated by Mark Sink
Press Preview: March 13, 2015 at 11 AM
Opening on March 14, 2015
Member’s Preview: 6-7 PM
Public Reception: 7- 10 PM
(DENVER- January 2015) Since 2011 RedLine has served as the nerve center for Denver’s
Month of Photography exhibition and is excited to return in this same role in 2015! Mark
Sink will also return to curate this year’s Month of Photography’s signature exhibition,
Playing with Beauty. Sink is a curator, artist, photographer, and is the champion of infusing
and connecting Denver for two months with the most exciting and innovative work going on
in the field of contemporary fine art photography. Playing with Beauty specifically explores
how the loaded subject of beauty is now being approached, or “played with”, in photography
today.
As Sink explains,
I have always been interested in the impact beauty has in our lives and culture. Examples of
this are in early historical surveys of the romanticized west and continue on to todays’
contemporary visions. Through MoP’s signature exhibition, I explore this timeless interest in
the human form as well as our culture of celebrity worship. Beauty drives my personal work
and life and I am interested how others deal with the subject through the lens. Visitors to
Playing with Beauty can anticipate works exploring this subjective and often controversial
topic in art; ranging from classical to conceptual, from humorous to dark.
A long-debated subject in the medium of photography, Sink has curated 25 artists to reveal
how beauty is being portrayed, explored and interpreted today. He has also offered the
subject matter of beauty to be explored as a MoP theme (though not mandatory) and many
galleries in Denver are participating (e.g. Center for Fine Art Photography, Gildar Gallery,
and The Museum of Contemporary Art Denver).
Playing with Beauty is a group exhibition and will be on view at RedLine through April 19,
2015.
Artists: Robert Adams, Thomas Alleman, Mandy Barker, Libby Barbee, Herbert Bayer, Phil
Bender, Sir Cecil Beaton, Howard Bond, Patty Carroll, Jason DeMarte, Mitch Dobrowner,
Chuck Forsman, Paula Gillen, Laura Gilpin, J Gluckstern, Philippe Halsman, Paul Harbaugh,
Eikoh Hosoe, William Henry Jackson, Susanne Junker, Robert Glenn Ketchum, Susan
Lipper, Renluka Maharaj, Christopher Makos, Timothy O'Sullivan, Linda Elvira Piedra, Sean
Rozales, Laura Shill, Martin Stupich, Jock Sturges, Paulette Tavormina.
Press Preview
The press preview will include a tour with Mark Sink, joined by Conor King and Rupert
Jenkins, curators of Role Play, presented by the Colorado Photographic Arts Center (CPAC)
in RedLine’s Project Space. Role Play is presented by CPAC for Month of Photography and
will open the same evening in RedLine’s Project Space.
Related Programs & Events
For a full list of MoP denver events visit: www.mopdenver.com
3/14/2015 - 4/25/2015
Role Play
Opening Reception: March 13, 2015
Member’s Preview: 6 – 7 PM
Public Reception: 7 – 10 PM
3/15/2015
2-4 PM
Visiting Artists walk and talk at RedLine.
3/15/2015 - 3/17 2015
2-5 PM
Susanne Junker ID-Identity Performance at RedLine.
3/28/2015
2-4 PM
Jason DeMarte Lecture at RedLine.
4/11 - 4/12
Portfolio Review Weekend
* Info and registration: www.cpacphoto.org
About Play it Forward
Playing with Beauty and Role Play is the second set of exhibitions in a five-part series
entitled Play it Forward presented by RedLine in 2015. This series of exhibitions,
partnerships and public programs explores the intersection of art and play and its important
role in building healthy communities.
About RedLine
RedLine – a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization – is an innovative, mixed-use arts space that
combines an artist residency program with project-based engagement in the arts. Located in
Five Points, RedLine’s vision fosters an environment where youth education, community,
and artists co-exist in collaboration. Programs respond to community needs by offering arts
education for underserved youth, weekly workshops for artists experiencing homelessness,
and classes and events for neighborhood residents. Learn more about RedLine at
RedlineArt.org, on Facebook @RedLineDenver, by phone at 303.296.4448, or by email at
Contact
Louise Martorano, Executive Director
RedLine
303.296.4448
louise.martorano@redlineart.org