May 2009

Dennis Angel

Las Vegas Blvd, running from the Arts District to City Hall

The Las Vegas Arts Commission selected Dennis Angel, a Las Vegas based artist, for a solo exhibition in the world's only mile-long gallery that is open twenty-four hours a day - The Aerial Gallery. According to Nevada Department of Transportation checkpoint estimates over 30,000 vehicles a day travel through the Aerial Gallery, which means it is viewed by more than ten million people a year! Angel's exhibit for the Aerial Gallery was expertly hand painted on twenty-four 3' x 8' rolls of unstretched military tent canvas. The paintings were installed May 20, 2009.

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DESERT TRANSPLANTS

"Since moving to Southern Nevada in 1991 I have been intrigued by the many contrasts that exist between the frenetic energy of Las Vegas and the vast desert that envelops it. The dramatic sunsets that serve as a backdrop to the manufactured glow of the strip or the silence one experiences just outside the parameters of the city serve as constant reminders of these contrasts. Ironically, in some sort of poetic collision, these two realities are drawn together with the drama of the impending and a stunning, ever changing visual presence. Thus, when I was asked to create banner designs to hang along Las Vegas Boulevard it seemed fitting that a reference to the natural beauty of the desert would coexist with the urban setting of the project."

Dennis Angel

To view more of Dennis Angel's work visit his website at:
www.dennisangelstudio.com