Seach & Destroy

Search & Destroy is a series of citywide exhibitions, concerts and events in Denver exploring punk's historical and ongoing relationship to visual art, coordinated around the exhibition Bruce Conner and the Primal Scene of Punk Rock at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver. This collaboration, in partnership with Gildar Gallery, Colorado Photographic Arts Center and Carmen Wiedenhoeft Gallery, will take place March through August 2012.

Thursday & Friday, March 29 & 30 | Doors at 9PM
Girl Wreck presents:
Flipper
at Lion's Lair


Friday, March 30, 2012 | 6–MIDNIGHT
Museum of Contemporary Art Denver
Exhibition Opening: Bruce Conner and the Primal Scene of Punk Rock and
Richard Peterson: Artist and Rockers
with performances by Modern Witch featuring Mario Zoots, Magic Cyclops and DJ Ginger Perry

Thursday, April 19 | Doors at 8PM
MCA and the UMS present:
Land Lines, Ending People and Sweet Tooth Meat Tooth
at Hi-Dive

Saturday, April 21
David J of Bauhaus and Love & Rockets
4PM Conversation at MCA Denver
6–9PM Reception at Gildar Gallery
10PM Performance at MCA Denver

Tickets to April 21 David J lecture and DJ set are
still available at the Front Desk

June 2 | Detail TBA
MCA Denver presents
The Mutants with the Moderators
at Hi-Dive
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Other Exhibitions:

March 23–April 21
Richard Peterson and the Art of a Warrior Tribe
Gildar Gallery

March 29–May 12
Ruby Ray: Punk Passage - California and Beyond, 1977-1981
California Photographic Arts Center

June 1–August 31
Bruce Conner Portraits
Carmen Wiedenhoeft Gallery

Tuesday, June 5 | 6PM
Appropriate Punk
Art-Punk at Hinterland


Lectures:

Saturday, March 31 | 1–4PM
Music Scene: Presentations and Critiques
by Ruby Ray, Richard Peterson and Cinthea Fiss
at Colorado Photographic Arts Center

Wednesday, May 30 | 6:30–8PM
Curator's Conversation
Steven Wolf in conversation with
Penelope Houston of the Avengers
at MCA Denver
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Saturday, June 2 | 4PM Lecture
Artist Lecture: Richard Peterson
$10 / $5 members, $1 student tickets available with student ID
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Search & Destroy, a series of citywide exhibitions, concerts and events in Denver exploring punk’s historical and ongoing relationship to visual art, is coordinated around the exhibition Bruce Conner and the Primal Scene of Punk Rock at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver. Partner institutions include Art-Plant, Carmen Wiedenhoeft Gallery, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Gildar Gallery, Hi-Dive, Lion's Lair, Museum of Contemporary Art Denver and Underground Music Showcase.