Ditto Gallery @ GRI

This gallery is a cozy little space right off of Speer. I love the brightly colored green walls and unusual triangularish (so what if that isn’t a real word?) design of the building. It’s a great space for hosting and seeing intimate exhibits.
The front portion of the building is where the exhibits exist, with art work hanging on the walls or from the ceilings on pseudo walls. And the back is more like an open work room where there are tables and someone serving wine if you’re there for an opening night event.
I went here for the opening of The Trouble With The Alphabet, which is a heart-​wrenching exhibit that focuses on the hardships of children all around the world. I highly recommend seeing it, but be prepared for some very serious scenarios being described in the voices of children.

This review is based on the Darfur exhibit which opened Monday Aug. 25, 2008 (solely). I had not been to this gallery previously, and I was really impressed with the show and with what they pulled off in under a month. Fantastic opening night! If only Denver had events like this more often. Huge turn out, press, the govenor, and lots of guest list only delegates who broke away from the DNC long enough to check out the photography exhibit.
4 artists/​photographers put together a stunningly vibrant look into what’s going on in Sudan today. The work that stood out the most to me was the artwork the children of Darfur had drawn (shown visually by digi-​canvas at Mia Farrows section). Graphic drawings of machine guns pointed towards homes with bloody aim at the innocent people inside. Shocking, yet necessary to see through a childs eyes, the horror of the genocide of Darfur.
Great exhibit — great stand for human life!