february 2010
Check out 303 Magazine's February Art Issue and see what happens when fashion gets mixed up with art. An interview with a criminal sketch artist and feature profiling three Denver artists will get you in touch with your inner artist. And don't miss the latest on new bars, restaurants and books that we know you will want to experience.
Featured in This issue.
CLICK HERE TO READ THE FEATURE STORYI JUST KNOW WHAT I LIKE - Let’s be honest—very few people on the 303 staff are experts in art. So, producing the art Feature for our first annual Art Issue was, at the outset, a challenge. Tracking down artists of various “levels” with varying “success” proved to be a completely subjective task. Why Evan Mann, Michael Ensminger and Jason Thielke? At some basic level, it’s because we just know what we like.
The rudiment of art creation is, in general, a reaction to our current culture, a way for an artist to express himself, and more so, to process the world around him. Mann, Ensminger and Thielke all have varying sorts of intended/unintended cultural commentary, but this band of artist-men have something in common that surprisingly validates our decision to feature them. They are all part of a school of thought that art snobs may overlook and wannabe-art-appreciates may not know: Art is there to be enjoyed. Like music, theater, fine dining and literature, art is meant to be experienced however you see fit. Academia can figure out the allusions, the critique, the commentary—how to place it, theorize about it and categorize it. For most of us, we just know what we like. - Laura Standley, Editor in Chief
