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1740 Wazee Street
Denver, Colorado 80202 USA
Tel: (303) 298-7788
Fax: (303) 298-7799
Tues.-Sat. 11am-6pm
Mon. by Appointment Only.
Jim Robischon and Jennifer Doran
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www.robischongallery.com
 



Robischon Gallery has been producing monthly exhibitions of regional, national and international artists in Denver, Colorado since 1976. We embrace the current pluralism in art and the artists we represent have a wide range of stylistic and contextual concerns. Similarly, the gallery represents artists who cover the range of notoriety from the likes of Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Robert Motherwell, Richard Serra and Judy Pfaff, to young emerging artists fresh to the professional level. We seek out new talent who have vision and compelling ideas, while acknowledging the historical precedence of their idiom.

In 1996 we were selected by the Dedalus Foundation as one of 4 galleries in the US to represent works from the estate of Robert Motherwell. We have access to all the prints from his catalogue raisonné as well as unique drawing and rare prints. We have mounted 4 major exhibits of Motherwell prints and drawings and maintain an excellent selection of his prints in our inventory.

One of the primary characteristics, which runs through the gallery, is a concern that the art (and our presentation of it) shows an integration of intent and concept with execution and resolution. Therefore the artists we exhibit hold similar feelings - that the idea of the work must be reflected in handling of the materials and that the details of the finished surface make a work succeed.

The exhibits focus on solo shows and often contrast one to the next; one month the exhibit may include work that is allegorical and figurative with elements of realism and narrative, followed by a show of non-objective abstraction and assemblage. Other topics that are key to recent dialogues which are featured include conceptual art, appropriation, art & language, earth art and fabricated photography, to name a few. Mediums that are shown include photography, sculpture - fixed and kinetic, drawing, prints, and painting.

The gallery space itself is ample enough for two concurrent solo exhibitions. This is facilitated through the use of large moveable walls, which tailor the space to the size and shape of each artist’s work. The building is located in the historic warehouse district of Lower Downtown Denver. We are one block from Union Station on the same block as the famed “Red House” owned by the important collectors and philanthropists Jan and Frederick R Mayer. Other art venues in our neighborhood include the Metropolitan State College Center for the Visual Arts (from masters to students), Museum of Contemporary Art – Denver (progressive contemporary), David Cook Fine Art (Native American and early twentieth century art from 1900 – 1950), William Matthews Gallery (watercolors of western and other subjects) and Sloan Gallery (Russian art).

We have free parking immediately adjacent to our building available until 6pm. Many excellent restaurants are in the immediate neighborhood. Those which are frequented by art people are Vesta Dipping Grill, McCormick’s, Dixon’s, Wazee Supper Club to name just a few of the 40+ restaurants in walking distance. We are 1-1/2 blocks from the RTD bus terminal with buses going to Boulder and DIA. Also 1-1/2 blocks away is the over mile long 16th Street Mall, a pedestrian mall with free shuttle bus service connecting the new Platte Valley with Civic Center, the State Capital, The Denver Art Museum and the Denver Public Library. Our neighborhood is immediately adjacent to the Ballpark area surrounding Coors Field home of the Colorado Rockies only 2-1/2 blocks away.

The gallery staff are: Jim Robischon - Director, Jennifer Doran - Co-Director, Anna Pollock - Registrar/Gallerist, and Jason Blamey - Preparator/Gallerist.



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