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Vis-A-Visage, a group exhibit now on-view at Object+Thought, focuses on the question of the feminine, specifically the female face as it relates to beauty, pop-culture and history, but successfully avoids all the bad metaphors that can disempower the subject. Formal comparison of woman-to-flower, singular emphasis on fertility, and the idealization of female sexuality are not to be found here. The images though striking (and in a few cases, rather disturbing) also avoid hyperbolic gestures of female identity that push and thus expose the cultural/masculine gaze to the nth degree.

More than once have I heard in the last few months that RiNo (River North Art District, located in the warehouse neighborhoods, an expansive square between Park Ave W and 30th St, and extending from Welton to Wingsby Ct) is the new "it" scene in Denver. The entire district, founded by local artists Tracy Weil and Jill Hadley Hooper, includes almost 50 galleries, workshops, and studios, as well as the widest collective of Denver's most energetic figures, ranging from savvy Plus Gallery owner, Ivar Zeile, to hip and innovative Travis Egedy at Rhinoceropolis.

Plus Gallery's Newest Show with Denver's Wes Magyar & Robin Schaefer
by Lisa Gedgaudas

Plus Gallery opened a show on April 19th that features two of Denver’s beloved representational painters, Robin Schaefer and Wes Magyar. Both artists have a taste for high, visual enticement, detail, and perfection. The subject matter is usually blatant- a face, food, or flower, but each piece conceals complexities, and evoke multifaceted sensations.