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Cydney Payton, the director of MCA Denver and curator of the opening exhibition, says that Altmejd’s ideas mesh perfectly with her vision for the institution, which she describes as “a living, breathing physical environment, like a human body.” (In fact, the show is titled “Star Power: Museum as Body Electric.”) And any shock or horror a viewer might experience at first glance is exactly what Altmejd is going for. “For me, in order to find something really beautiful, it has to be in this kind of context of contrasts,” says the artist. “I think that a beautiful earring is more beautiful on the ear of a monster.”
Read about other emerging artists:
Adel Abdessemed
Carol Bove
Cao Fei
Yang Fudong
