What is reality? Eighteen artists from all over the world explore this question and create their own interpretation of reality in an exhibition in the Myhren Gallery on campus.

The works are from the collection of Vicki and Kent Logan, who lived in Vail, Colo.

They are well-known contemporary art collectors. This is their third exhibition at the Myhren Gallery.

The Logans have also donated many pieces to the new Denver Art Museum complex.

The artwork exemplifies each artist’s own outlook on reality and includes pieces ranging from pencil on paper, oil on canvas, ink and water color on canvas, cardboard, cast resin, and much more, and are in the forms of drawings, paintings and sculptures.

One drawing “Crystal Cinema” by Paul Noble from England, uses only pencil on white paper to draw a small screen, with a single chair encased in a large crystal mountain.

On the screen, the words, “No style, only technique. No accidents, only mistakes,” pop out.

This drawing embodies the artist’s patience, concern with detail and yearning for perfection.

Another piece is “Macula A/+1” by Tobias Putrih, from Slovenia.

It is a sculpture crafted entirely out of very thin sheets of grooved cardboard.

At over five feet high, the sculpture in one of Putrih’s “Macula” collection, and is in the form of rocks.

At certain angles, the sculpture is see-through, while at other angles it is completely solid.

Perhaps the first piece one will see – without even realizing it – when visiting the gallery is Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset’s “Powerless Structures, Figure 132.”

The piece is simply a white door on a black wall with an aluminum handle.

Many guests walk right by the door, not knowing it is actually on display.

Below the door is a piece of paper with the message:

“Hi!

I knocked on your door several times but you we

Hope you are doing fine!

Best,

Guess Who?”

The artists, both from Germany, crafted the door from acrylic on wood and aluminum.

It is a very imaginative piece, and knowing it is artwork, one might be tempted to see if it really opens.

The pieces in the exhibit are thought – provoking.

The exhibit is open to the public daily from 12 – 4 p.m. through Nov 19 in the Myhren Gallery, located in the Shwayder Art Building. Visit: http://www.du.edu/art/galleries/myhren/index.html for more information on current exhibits held in the Myhren Gallery.