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| Joseph Stashkevetch, Memory Palace (detail). 2011 Conte crayon on watercolor paper Courtesy the artist and Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, CO. Photo courtesy Christopher Burke. |
Epic in size, epic in content, Joseph Stashkevetch’s drawings assault
one’s senses by their obsessive detail, incredible size, and links to
civilizations past and present. The disintegrating towers in Memory Palace
might poke our recognition of a past life where civilization thrived,
but look again and we might see it as an imaginary place influenced by
an amalgamation of former cultures. In the seven lifelike drawings that
comprise this exhibition, the artist critiques the questionable
conclusion that modern times are an improvement from the past.
View @ Denver Art Museum
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