Opening Tonight!: Ideal Woman at Hinterland
Denver artist Allie Pohl presents her Barbie molded body of work titled Ideal Woman: 36: 24: 36 tonight at Hinterland gallery which runs until April 23rd. Andrew Hoffman wrote a nice interview on the 303 blog. Here's the intro: I first encountered Allie’s work last November at the “Where the Wild Things Art” show at Illiterate. I was very intrigued by her series of ceramic sculptures that depict the lower torso of a barbie doll. According to Allie, her objective in her art is to critique cultural trends that she finds impractical or destructive to the female form, and that her work falls into the category of feminist satire packaged in a post-modern wrapp...Read more
Illiterate Grand Opening! = Where The Wild Things Art
About the space Five years ago, Illiterate began as an arts and literary student group and publication at the University of Colorado Boulder. Two years later, after it and many of the staff graduated, Illiterate grew to include an interactive online community of creative individuals submitting content for a chance to get published. As of October 2009, Illiterate now occupies a multifunctional two story facility. That's right, we have a zip code! Located in Denver, Colorado's historic Baker district at 82 S. Broadway (click for map), Illiterate's new HQ serves a number of creative uses: as an art gallery, artists' studio, and the center of operations for Illiterate's interactive web...Read more