Showing Off | Denver Art Museum

Gifts, promised gifts, and works that the museum purchased over the last seven years are the focus of this rotation in the modern and contemporary galleries.

The collection is the principal artery of a museum. It’s here where the idea for the next big show might be sparked, where artists and amateurs alike find their inspiration and a museum shapes its identity. Especially in modern and contemporary art, a continuous and strategically growing collection becomes the showcase of our time. It reflects who and where we are now and tells future generations about us.

Showing Off highlights, among others, works by Nick Cave, James Drake, Leonardo Drew, Eric Fischl, Al Held, Ben Jackel, Sol LeWitt, Glenn Ligon, Christian Marclay, Agnes Martin, John McEnroe, Amy Metier, Julian Opie, Nam June Paik, Shinique Smith, Stacey Steers, Mark Wallinger.

Man viewing Ben Jackel's *Pay Attention*, 2012. Pine wood and graphite; 162 x 64 x 11 in. (411.5 x 162.6 x 27.9 cm). Promised gift from Vicki and Kent Logan to the Collection of the Denver Art Museum. © Ben Jackel. Photograph courtesy of L.A. Louver, Venice, CA.

Eric Fischl, *Pretty Ladies*, 1986. Oil paint on canvas. Gift of Susan and Larry Marx in memory of Harley Baldwin, 2011. Denver Art Museum. © Eric Fischl.

Nick Cave, *Untitled*, 2013. Mixed media. Purchased with M & C Acquisition Funds and the Support of Vicki and Kent Logan, 2013. Denver Art Museum. © Nick Cave.

Glenn Ligon, *Malcolm X, Sun, Frederick Douglass, Boy with Bubbles (version 3) #1*, 2000. Silkscreen and Flasche paint on canvas. Gift from Vicki and Kent Logan to the Collection of the Denver Art Museum, 2001.777. Courtesy Regen Projects, Los Angeles. © Glenn Ligon.