Anthony McCall, Landscape for Fire, 1972. © Anthony McCall

The Eyes On Series

Eyes On introduces audiences to a broad range of practices, ideas, and approaches to exhibition making explored by living artists working at pivotal moments in their careers. Projects in the series are organized as single-gallery exhibitions or site-specific installations.

Anthony McCall, Landscape for Fire, 1972. © Anthony McCall

Abstract colorblock painting of a woman sleeping and dreaming in her bed

Susan Wick, Dreaming, 2002. Acrylic paint on canvas; 36 x 60 in. Courtesy of the Artist and David B. Smith Gallery. © Susan Wick. Photo by Wes Magyar

Eyes On: Susan Wick

April 20, 2025 – July 26, 2025

Susan Wick's dreamy and playful paintings exemplify the desire to foster community and connection and encourage us to see the artfulness of everyday life in the objects we behold.

Performers walking away from fire

Anthony McCall, Landscape for Fire, 1972. Film still. © Anthony McCall.

Eyes On: Anthony McCall

November 21, 2019 – November 29, 2020

In Landscape for Fire, five performers dressed in white set fire to pots of gasoline laid in a vast grid across an airfield in North Weald, England.

Mixed media tile installation

Jonathan Saiz, Study for Utopia, 2019. Mixed media; 2 x 2 in. Courtesy of the artist and K Contemporary. Photo by Wes Magyar. © Jonathan Saiz.

Eyes On: Jonathan Saiz

May 12, 2019 – November 17, 2019

The artist employs social media to spark conversation about utopia and a digital interface to document responses.

Installation view meant to simulate the camps at the U.S.-Mexico border

Erika Harrsch, installation view of Under the Same Sky … We Dream (2017-19). Dimensions and duration variable. Photo by Denver Art Museum.

Eyes On: Erika Harrsch

March 10, 2019 – November 17, 2019

This multi-media installation was comprised of imagery, music, text, and furnishings that reference the circumstances faced by immigrants and refugees subject to the DREAM Act.

Fox with the body shape of a woman wearing a bright pink dress

Julie Buffalohead (Ponca), A Little Medicine and Magic, 2018. Oil paint on canvas; 60 x 84 in. Denver Art Museum: Indigenous arts of North America acquisition fund, purchased with funds from Loren G. Lipson, M.D., 2018.301A-B. Image courtesy of Julie Buffalohead and Bockley Gallery.

Eyes On: Julie Buffalohead

July 29, 2018 – April 21, 2019

Julie Buffalohead's depiction of animals are a vehicle to explore both familiar and unfamiliar narratives related to their personal heritage and the world around them

Snow monkeys out in the wild

Shimabuku, Do snow monkeys remember snow mountains? (video still), 2016. Courtesy of the artist and Freedman Fitzpatrick, Los Angeles © Shimabuku.

Eyes On: Shimabuku

July 29, 2018 – February 3, 2019

Shimabuku showcased a video by Japan-based artist Shimabuku titled “Do snow monkeys remember snow mountains?"

Side view of old book

Xiaoze Xie, Through Fire (Books that Survived the Anti-Japanese War of Resistance at Tsinghua University, No. 1), 2017. Oil on linen; 48 x 74 in. Purchase with funds from DAM Contemporaries and Modern & Contemporary Acquisitions Funds, 2018.28 © Xiaoze Xie.

Eyes On: Xiaoze Xie

Decembe 3, 2017 – July 8, 2018

Xiaoze Xie has a lifelong passion for books. In his worldview, books are conveyers of prestige and signifiers of collective cultural knowledge: repositories of historical meaning, cultural conflict, and political strife.

Eyes On is organized by the Denver Art Museum. It is presented with the generous support of Vicki and Kent Logan, the donors to the Annual Fund Leadership Campaign, and the residents who support the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD). Promotional support is provided by 5280 Magazine, CBS4, Comcast Spotlight, and The Denver Post.