Multi-Sensory Art Experience In The Hangar Until Sept. 26
by Mark Smiley
Van Gogh Alive: Playing at The Hangar at Aurora’s Stanley Marketplace through September 26. Buy tickets at denvercenter.org.
The Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Stephen Lindsay & Brett Sirota and Andrew Kay Management in partnership with Grande Experiences present Van Gogh Alive, a large-scale, multi-sensory experience that is promoted as entertaining for the entire family. Van Gogh’s works have been displayed and enjoyed around the world for over a century. For a limited time only — through September 26 in The Hangar at Aurora’s Stanley Marketplace — audiences have an opportunity to experience Van Gogh’s artistry and venture into his world.
With a career that ran a little over a decade, he produced an astonishing amount of work: 1,000 drawings, 150 watercolors, 9 lithographs, an etching, and over 900 paintings. Van Gogh is today one of the most popular of the Post-Impressionist painters, although he was not widely appreciated during his lifetime. He is now famed for the great vitality of his works which are characterized by expressive and emotive use of brilliant color and energetic application of impastoed paint. The traumas of his life, documented in his letters, have tended to dominate and distort modern perceptions of his art. This experience walks you through the different paintings and the mood and year in which they were painted. Pay particular attention to the quotes from Van Gogh that appear throughout the exhibit during the show.
Created by Grande Experiences, Van Gogh Alive, a large-scale, COVID-Safe, multi-sensory digital art experience, gives visitors the unique opportunity to immerse themselves into Van Gogh’s artistry. Traditions of tiptoeing through silent galleries and viewing paintings from afar in quiet contemplation are forgotten as visitors find themselves interacting with art in ways they never imagined. From start to finish, visitors are surrounded by a vibrant symphony of light, color, sound and fragrance that has been called an “unforgettable” multi-sensory experience. Van Gogh’s masterpieces come to life, giving visitors the sensation of walking right into his paintings, a feeling that is simultaneously enchanting, entertaining and educational. Adults and children delight in the super-scale show, viewing artworks from new angles and discovering unique perspectives. But don’t just take their word for it: experience it for yourself!
Van Gogh Alive is a multi-sensory art experience that involves high-level cinema-quality sound, large scale moving images, theater level lighting and at times loud abrupt sounds. Individual visit times vary, but most visitors anticipate spending approximately 60 minutes in the experience. The main feature of the exhibition lasts around 45 minutes.
The Denver Center for the Performing Arts, denvercenter.org, is the only authorized ticket provider for this production. There is no minimum age requirement and all attendees need a ticket. The experience is open Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Follow this experience on social media: #VanGogh Alive and @DenverCenter.