Art in the City, Denver

Denver is a very arty city. A number of public art pieces can be found throughout downtown and the Denver Art Museum is massive. I only had the chance to check out the contemporary and modern floors, but I was, well, floored. They most memorable piece is an installation of a restaurant full of tables set for dinner all painted red. The floor, the walls, the vases on the tables, the chairs. Everything in the exhibit was red. Except for tons of grey foxes at play throughout the frozen scene. Leaping from table to table, sitting on the tables and chairs. It was fascinating. We also had the chance to check out the Museum of Contemporary Art. The collection is small but very interesting. But it’s the building that steals the show. The massive walls, the rooftop garden, the mod café, the angles and halls and natural building materials made me think that I would have had just as good of a time there had the place been completely empty.

Jenny Block is the author of “Open: Love, Sex, and Life in an Open Marriage” (Seal Hardcover, June 2008 and Seal Paperback, March 2009), which has been nominated for a Lambda Literary Award. She writes a weekly column for the Dallas Morning News publication Quick called “Sex Talk with Jenny Block” (quickdfw.com). Jenny holds both her BA and her MA in English from Virginia Commonwealth University and taught college composition for nearly ten years. She writes for a wide variety of publications and websites, including huffingtonpost.com, yourtango.com, American Way, Veranda, the Dallas Morning News, the Dallas Voice, edgedallas.com, literarymama.com, Spirit, chow.com, and ellegirl.com.