04/25/2021
Charles Livingston: Next to Art Pirate: Contemporary Art
An obsessive compulsive photographic survey of 14 or so years of art shows and the viewers at them that questions what art is and who makes it. Hint hint, it's not just the artists. For those that frequent such events, the gargantuan collection on display reads like a long session flipping through family albums. Even the art and people you don't know feel familiar, giving you a sense that this is less a show about art and more about community. Livingston intersperses quotes and chunks of art-related prose amongst the sea of forms and faces, providing points to ponder, though the meta quality of viewing an art show about people viewing art shows is enough a morsel to chew on. Thoughtful, vast in scope, and open-ended, Next To Art is another worthy project from one of Denver's most patient artists.
On view through May 2.