Over the Weekend: Delirium Wave 2 Opening Photos and Video
On Friday night, things got steamy inside Illiterate for the opening of Delirium: Wave 2. The reinstallation of photographer Mark Sink's personal collection included ten new artists and nearly double the amount of art from Wave 1. For this second round Mark built further on the sense of the show's ecstactic confusion not only by increasing the quantity and variety of work, but also by displaying it in a salon style stacked manner, like a refrigerator door covered in high concept photography and painting. Before the crowd arrived, Marak's Dog Utah gave the room one last inspection. Mark's sole choice of street photographs in the exhibit came from this nefarious fel...Read more
Delirium
“ Life creates itself in delirium and is undone in ennui." ~ Emile M. Cioran' de·lir·i·um (n) 1. A disordered state of the mental faculties resulting from disturbance of the functions of the brain, and characterized by incoherent speech, hallucinations, restlessness, and frenzied or maniacal excitement. 2. Uncontrollable excitement or emotion, as of a delirious person; frenzied rapture; wildly absurd thought or speech. 3. An Illiterate art exhibit from the wild mind and private collection of one of Denver's most celebrated photographer's, Mark Sink; featuring works by mentors, colleagues, friends, disciples and himself. From Mark Sink:...Read more