MCA DENVER

Since our new building opened in October 2007, we’ve welcomed 55,079 visitors, held 140 programs, and featured 21 exhibitions.

Monday Oct 27 · 1 pm

@MCAmember: I asked a nice volunteer to explain Damian's baby calf piece of work and she... was nice enough to explain that this calf was killed at a slaughter house and then deemed unfit for consumption. You can see the blue dot on his forehead and the incision on its stomach is from the slaughter house. The calf represents St. Sebastien who was sentenced to death by archers for teaching wounded soldiers Christianity (tied to a poll like the calf) and survived and only after being sentenced to death again by stoning was he given a proper Christian burial. I was at first slightly disturbed by the work of art but now it all comes together and you can see the calf at least now has some sort of an artistic purpose rather than be discarded by a slaughter house. Very interesting exhibit, worth going to see.

  • by MCA Visitor
  • member since 2007

Thursday Oct 23 · 10 pm

ummm, unique (to Damien Hirst) and provocative, but is it art? Seems more like unusual... resources, dead animals and cold hard marketing coming together in a kind of cowardly way. Drama without sweet redemption. Could be quirky, but not likely beautiful, to see Hirst’s dead castrated naked body pierced then placed in formaldehyde when they find his carcass.

  • by MCAmember
  • member since 2007

Friday Oct 17 · 4 pm

I go in to see Damien Hirst Saint Sebastian and its like whoa! Baby Cow in... tank. it is actually amazing how he put that piece together and how he choose a calf to represent Saint Sebastian. its kind of weird seeing the calf in a tank though i mean i have fed the little guys and all that but anyways its a pretty interesting exhibit in all, something different, something new

  • by MCA Visitor
  • member since 2007

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Thursday Aug 21 · 3 pm

Great show! Very interesting exploration of the idea of a boogy man and archetypal symbolism.... The outpost sculptural element and imagined landscape really transform the gallery space.

  • by mscobes
  • member since 2008

Wednesday Aug 20 · 5 pm

By far one of the more interesting shows that i have seen at the MCA. ... The Paperwork's Gallery continues to push the envelope yet again with this show from Mr. Helms. Two thumbs up. GO SEE THIS SHOW.

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  • member since 2007

Wednesday Aug 20 · 1 pm

I really liked the pseudo-snipers nest / fortress / battleship / outpost construction in the gallery.... Its sheer scale and construction method in combination with the juxtaposition of imagery from manifest destiny paintings, lone wolves, barren artic landscapes and subtle references to black metal build this dark ambient energy in the gallery space that you can really feel. The paramilitary soldiers draped in blood-like masks definitely add to the tense atmosphere. Although his ink on mylar drawings are a bit more abstract and help to lighten the weight of his darker imagery. Great show.

  • by felix
  • member since 2008

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Tuesday Aug 5 · 11 am

Café is a great place to work, free wifi, good deserts, and lots of light! ...

  • by BPrice2331
  • member since 2002

Monday Aug 4 · 9 am

I haven't been to a museum that I like more. I think the building -... the galleries, the circulation, the light - are better than my previous favorite, Louis Kahn's Kimball Art Museum. And since it's been open, the galleries have been filled with some excellent work. Just a great balance of art and architecture - where the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. I love it.

  • by karlk
  • member since 2001

Friday Aug 1 · 7 am

The MCA's growth over recent years is a testament to Denver's commitment to support visual art.... The new establishment adorning the corner of 15th and Delgany lends itself as a beacon for new ideas and explores artistic boundaries beyond conventional aesthetic terms. For a young growing Denver art scene the museum really proves its vitality in the area by offering work that creates new dialogue to this community. The current work by Trevor Appleson is an illustration of the MCA's visual vocabulary that pushes beyond the security of impressionism and other dead movements that young artist need see to be a part what is happening now. From the building that houses the art down to the gift shop, the MCA offers itself as an institution of artistic critical thinking that can help area artist improve their ways of seeing and work.

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