Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Some Current Exhibits Denver Wants You To See

By Marsha Silva


Even though you are only going to be in the Mile High city on business for a few days, you will have the opportunity to do some sightseeing. You are aware of the various exhibits Denver art galleries and museum have on display, but you were sort of hoping to find some of the unique, off beat, and weird things around. You can see the usual tourist things any time.

You first came up with the idea while you were collecting your luggage at the airport. You had heard about the bizarre and somewhat frightening set of murals in the airport here, but when you actually had a chance to see them up close you were speechless. If this was the kind of crazy thing they put in high traffic public facilities in this town, what on Earth would the stranger little museum have?

As it turned out, weird little museums were not really necessary. Even the main art museum in town has weird and unusual displays. Presenting a selection of Italian Renaissance paintings is one thing, but to fill that installation with pictures which feature creepy looking children is quite another. Still, that didn't sound like something you were that interested in.

More to your taste was the interactive and environmental installation on Curtis Street known as Soundwalk. This is an example of audio sculpture and involves the generation of strange and unusual sounds as pedestrians interact with the grates in the sidewalk.

A haunted tour of The Brown Palace sounds like fun. You love those old buildings with their creepy hallways and secret underground tunnels. There is a particularly spooky legend about room 904 and the death of a socialite who lived there for fifteen years which claims that the front desk still receives ghostly phone calls from that room to this day.

No matter what else happens, you have already decided that you are going to try to get back to that airport. You can spend a few hours before your plane leaves getting up close and personal with these frightening and bizarre images. The raw aggression and surreal nature of the depicted figures is just impossible to adequately convey, so you might want to see if you can take pictures.

There are plenty of exhibits Denver galleries and museums would like you to come and see. But some of the strangest and most memorable sights in the Mile High City are to be found in some rather unusual places. Which seems only appropriate, after all. Read more about: exhibits denver




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