Semi-Ascemic
Denver harkens back to their childhood and their understanding of words as images in this visual art practice. Each piece is a poem, layered with the fingerprints of Denver’s handwriting and history.
A return to form.
Denver’s earliest drawings were just scribbles. They took a marker to paper and danced it across the paper like Jackson Pollock might have. Then, they would fill in spaces between lines with colors. These works are part of them still living and learning in that space between scribbles.
You/Me
11”x14”, paper, ink
September 2020
Framed
$120
“You/Me” looks at the spaces in-between. The boundaries of self and other. Relationship is key in much of Denver’s work, and the pronouns “you” and “me” are simply terms to separate ourselves from each other. Denver looks at where these ideas intersect, and quantifies the space between them by filling in that space.
Information/War
11”x14” , paper, ink, staples
October 2020
Framed
$150
"Information/War" refers to the age of information and how information is argued, interpreted, and understood. Using a combination of both typewritten text and hand-written, the same words are placed in deep conflict with each other. The "information" of the words is inherently the same, but the presentation of the same idea is starkly different and raises questions as to how we choose to articulate ideas and information. The individual sheets of paper are both stapled to a larger piece of paper on which nothing is written. This raises further questions about what spaces hold the information we are attempting to articulate. In a world where we have begun arguing facts with each other, we must look at how we consume and digest information.
Human/Obsolescence
11”x14”, paper, ink, staples
October 2020
Framed
$150
Human/Obsolescence seems to at first imply that humans are obsolete or becoming so. What, then, are we to do about it? Between handwriting and use of a typewriter, Denver makes use of technology that in other spheres might be considered already “obsolete.” This is to ask how, if ever, a technology might become obsolete. To what entity or idea are humans becoming obsolete? Is there a balance to be found again?
What of the Names?
11”x14” , paper, ink, staples
September 2020
Unframed
$170
What of the Names? takes the first sentences of four religious texts and examines where they intersect. Using staples to connect the torn sentences and place them on a more concrete plane, Denver creates new meaning in the combination of these historic texts. It also brings into perspective the beginning of a journey, often with a name. Shakespeare wrote “what’s in a name?” Denver asks, “what of them?”
Barista Days
11”x14”, paper, ink, coffee
September 2020
Unframed
$100
Barista Days examines Denver’s relationship with coffee. While working at multiple coffee shops in Manhattan, Denver has developed many ideas, including their semi-ascetic aesthetic art practice. This piece is about gestation and the spaces in which great ideas develop. Sometimes you have to just sit with it.