Cypress, cedar, nutmeg, lemon and vetiver are used to transport the visitor into the countryside setting of many of Van Gogh’s paintings. The other, which opens September 30, is also an “immersive” experience, draping guests in vibrant colors and inviting them into the world of a creative genius.Ĭlassical music and a specially-formulated scent diffused throughout Van Gogh Alive round out the multi-sensory experience. It’s one of two traveling Van Gogh exhibits visiting metro Denver this year. Van Gogh Alive, presented by the Denver Center for Performing Arts, brings them all to one place. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles to the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. Viewing Van Gogh’s most influential works would take art patrons around the world, from New York’s Museum of Modern Art to the J. He completed nearly 150 other works in Saint-Rémy, some copies of prints and others impressive still lifes like “Irises.” Starry Night was inspired by the view from his window. While in the mental hospital, Van Gogh continued to work.
The morning after Van Gogh’s ear incident, he was admitted to the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole asylum in Saint-Rémy. The next year in Arles would be considered his most turbulent. After a few years under the influence of modern art and city life, Van Gogh became tired of his fast-paced surroundings and boarded a train. First a peasant painter, the Dutch artist eventually moved to Paris to develop his craft. Van Gogh became a painter at the age of 27. 26, offers patrons a vision of the artist’s work in an immersive exhibit that projects the artist’s most popular works onto canvases throughout the pop-up gallery.Ĭreators of the exhibit say it’s a way to “truly venture into his world.” Van Gogh Alive, on display at the Hangar inside Aurora’s Stanley Marketplace now through Sept. It’s perhaps the reason why a room of giant scale images of Van Gogh’s most famous works is so mesmerizing. The 19th century artist most famous for Starry Night suffered nervous breakdowns, cut off his own ear in distress, spent a year in an asylum and then died by suicide in 1890. POSTON/Sentinel ColoradoĪURORA | S tepping into the mind of Vincent Van Gogh would be maddening. The exhibit is a multi-sensory experience showcasing some of Van Gogh’s most famous works.
Viewers take in the new Van Gogh Alive exhibit during a media preview, July 8, at the Hangar at Stanley, at the Stanley market Place.
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