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CORE New Art Space

900 Santa Fe Dr.

Denver, CO 80204

303-297-8428

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One Hundred Famous Views of Denver and Destinesia

Date/Time: Daily from Thu., January 24 until Sun., February 10

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CORE Matters

Mark Penner-Howell and Anne Thulson return to their roots.

Susan Froyd

<i>One Hundred Famous Views of Denver</i> and <i>Destinesia</i>

The two new shows opening today at CORE New Art Space couldn't be more different: One artist's works are small and full of all the space and mystery of Giorgio de Chirico's metaphysical worlds; the other's works are large, funny and bluntly colorful mixtures of popular and found imagery. But they are similar, too, in more ways than you might imagine: Both artists are visual storytellers; this is the first CORE show for each; both found their way back to making art after taking professional detours; and they are the best of friends. Of course. Grade-school art teacher Anne Thulson rediscovers (or, as she puts it, "re-enchants") sometimes-forgotten landmarks and people -- from the long-razed Chappell House that once stood at 13th and Logan to regional WPA artists who now seem like footnotes of an era -- in dreamy style for her gallery offering, One Hundred Famous Views of Denver. And, in contrast, Mark Penner-Howell, who toiled in the advertising business for twenty years before quitting to redefine his artistic ambitions, splashes everything from Dick and Jane textbook illustrations to SPAM e-mail titles together, after first collaging the images in Photoshop, for the paintings displayed in his show, Destinesia. "I might be new talent, but I'm really not so new," Penner-Howell says of his delayed entry into the art world. One look at his canvases will have you asking why it took so long.

Both shows remain on view at CORE, 900 Santa Fe Drive, through February 10; attend an opening reception tomorrow from 6 to 9 p.m. For details, visit www.corenewartspace.com or call 303-297-8428.

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