Re: July 22 arts and entertainment story.
Ray Mark Rinaldi, in his review of the Denver Art Museum’s current exhibits, laments their relevance when “The world is, in the summer of 2016, going to hell in a handbasket.” He goes on to say that the exhibits lack the gravitas required in this summer of discontent. On the contrary, immersion in the arts is a fine way to escape, at least for a short while, the drumbeat of doom and gloom to which we are subjected on a daily basis.
Thank you to the DAM for the melding of dance and art into a delightful summertime escape!
Anne Necker, Castle Pines
I try to skip reviews by Ray Mark Rinaldi because he is often joyless and self-important. He criticizes the Denver Art Museum’s dance displays as “out of touch.” While visiting last week, I enjoyed listening to multiple languages and seeing smiling people of varying cultures, ages and abilities. Young children especially were interacting and expressing themselves unreservedly. Yes, art can be political, immediate, responsive and powerful. But it is sad Rinaldi does not see that art can also be an instructive and necessary solace when so many are disheartened.
A phrase sprang to mind from Berkeley book-artist Alisa Golden: “The world is sick, she cried, so letap dance.”
Kris McCusker, Denver
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