Clyfford Still Museum opens in Denver
Clyfford Still was born in North Dakota, on November 30th of 1904. Like another great American abstract expressionist, Jackson Pollack, he emerged from a remote corner of America, where the sky was as big as it could get. You can see his rural American heritage at work in his art: Clyfford Still’s spaces are huge, spare, and earth-colored with sudden touches of vibrancy. The museum itself is a work of art. The concrete walls are carefully raked into variegated, light-and-shadow-gathering surfaces. On the second floor, an incredible lacework of concrete lets just enough light through to the paintings. On a semi-bright, November day, the effect is marvelous. Even on a su...Read more