The Laboratory of Art and Ideas

LAKEWOOD, CO.- This fall The Laboratory of Art and Ideas at Belmar, in Lakewood, Colorado, will present the United States premiere of an exhibition of works by the international mixed-media artist Melanie Smith. “Melanie Smith: Spiral City/Ciudad Espiral” includes paintings, photography and video pieces, and collaborative works representing Smith’s aesthetic and social investigation of Mexico City, where she has lived and worked since 1989. Smith’s work explores, through a diverse range of media and multiple perspectives on the city, the economic and social patterns of the city and how they translate into artistic forms. “Spiral City/Ciudad Espiral” opens at The Lab at Belmar on September 26, 2007 and will be on view through December 30, 2007. The Lab is the sole U.S. venue for this exhibition that originated at MUCA, Mexico City. More…