John Hazlehurst
A few days ago two back-to-back emails popped up on my screen â the first from the Denver Art Museum and the second from the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College.
The FACâs missive announced a summer show featuring âforty-eight works from renowned photographer Ansel Adamsâ Museum Set, a series which he felt best represented his lifeâs work.â The traveling show was âorganized by Turtle Bay Exploration Park, Redding, CA, in association with Landau Traveling Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA.â Itâll be up from May 26 to Sept. 4.Â
Created more than a decade ago, the show is well traveled, having been exhibited in scores of small museum venues throughout the country (including the Museum of Contemporary Art in Fort Collins in 2011 and the Foothills Arts Center in Golden in 2016). For the FAC, it seems like a worthwhile but somewhat lazy endeavor, prepackaged, pleasant and predictable. Think of it as summer brea