“Three Visits” a Three Person Show with Friend of a Friend Gallery
Curatory and Photography by Derrick Velasquez
May 13th - June 17th 2023
Three Visits gathers a trio of Denver-based artists whose work grips and infiltrates the boundaries of narrative-based experience and body-objectness.
In many fairy tales, the character of the visitor, helpful or mischievous, encounters the (pseudo) protagonist multiple times over the course of the story. This visit becomes a marker in time and the focus of narrative story-telling while the actual transformation of characters is implied within these gaps. This exhibition aims to spotlight the magic that happens when makers are given the softest push beyond the confines of their normal practice.
"Trial and Error and Find a Purpose" 2023, Colored pencil and collage on paper, 26 x 19 in/ 66 x 48 cm
"Do It With the Heart or Else Don't Do It" 2023, Thread, citric acid, water, natural dye, and oil sticks on canvas, 28 x 22 x 1.5 in/ 71 x 56 x 4 cm
"There Is No Right Time. Be and Do" 2023, Colored pencil and collage on paper, 26 x 19 in/ 66 x 48 cm
"To See the Good and Bad in All" 2023, Watercolored pencils and thread on canvas, 26 x 20 x 1.5 in/ 66 x 50 x 4 cm
"You Are Not Creating a Bomb. You Are Creating Life. Just Look at the Sun" 2023, Watercolored pencils and oil pastels on canvas, 12 x 12 x 1.5 in/ 30 x 30 x 4 cm
"Listen to Your Body’s Pain" 2023, Natural dye, citric acid, watercolored pencils, and thread on canvas, 6 x 16 x 1.5 in/ 40 x 40 x 4 cm