PLUS GALLERY ARTISTS IN EXHIBITIONS THROUGHOUT COLORADO AND NY

Jon Rietfors: "Value Added" solo exhibition. Opens December 9th, on view through March 25th at the Loveland Museum of Art

Kate Petley: "Gline: Time and Light" installation in group exhibition. Opens December 2nd, on view through January 14th at the Lincoln Center Art Gallery in Fort Collins

Tsehai Johnson: "Strange Beauty: Baroque Sensibilities in Contemporary Art" group exhibition. Opens December 6th, on view through February 14th, 2012 at IDEA Space in the Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center, Colorado College, Colorado Springs

Justin Stewart: "Fully Empty #2" installation in group exhibition "The Longest Night. "Opens December 9th, on view through December 18th at Gowanus Ballroom in Brooklyn, NY

Melissa Furness: "A Feminine Contemporary Sublime" group exhibition. On view through December 21st at the A.I.R. Gallery in NYC

JON RIETFORS ADDS VALUE TO THE LOVELAND MUSEUM OF ART STARTING DECEMBER 9TH

Plus Gallery artist Jon Rietfors has been a curator's favorite ever since emerging as an artist with his trademark approach to dimensional photography, utilizing consumer packaging as the substrate for his creations.  Denver's Center for Visual Arts just featured the artist in the summer group exhibition "Reclamation" with three recent examples of his work, and next month the Loveland Museum of Art follows suite with a more expansive solo exhibition of Rietfors work as a post-Chuck Close tribute to a particular approach to contemporary art.

Rietfors "Value Added" will open next Friday, December 9th with a reception up in Loveland, and will remain on view through March 25th.  Don't miss this opportunity to see one of the regions most original bodies of work in depth.

View of West Glenwood Springs with Nerds Candy Packages (2009)

PLUS GALLERY ARTISTS IN NOTABLE BIENNIAL EXHIBITIONS AROUND DENVER

A few artists from the Plus Gallery stable will have works on view for and during the Biennial of the Americas in select locations.  Here's a brief rundown of what you might find:

Tsehai Johnson unveils an exquisite new ceramic work as part of the official Biennial exhibition "Artists' Footprints" at Redline just three blocks from Plus Gallery.  This exhibition, curated by RedLine artist in residence Viviane Le Courtois, explores the boundaries of art and life through innovative systems of creation and production, and will be on view starting July 8th.  Johnson will discuss her work at Redline on Wednesday July 7th at 7pm.

Bill Amundson, Jon Rietfors and Patti Hallock will all have a work on view in the official Biennial exhibition "Objectophelia" which commences tonight at a temporary location next to the MCA Denver and at 1900 16th Street.  The exhibition has been curated and organized by former Plus Gallery artist Lauri Lynnxe Murphy.

Finally, Riva Sweetrocket and Colin Livingston have works on view as part of the Denver Art Dealer Association's spotlight exhibition for the next three months at DIA.