For the art lover in your life, it's a one stop shopping venture into Mosadi's Global Art Gallery in Tamarac Square.

Many readers will remember Mosadi's when it was located at the cross section of York and Josephine at 17th in the early 1990's. Ernest Bonner, the brains and creator behind Mosadi's has been buying and selling art in Denver for nearly twenty years. His diligent and sincere efforts in bringing original African art to the people of Denver has pegged him as the premiere African American art historian of the West.

Denver Sculptor Ed Dwight next to
one of his pieces on display at Mosadi's

It was his vision that made Mosadi's the world's largest gallery specializing in African American art today. His new spacious gallery offers an insight into African history as well as featuring many of America's legendary black artists such as John Scott, Richard Hunt, Hermone Futtrell, Elizabeth Catlett, Romare Bearden, and former Bronco Ernie Barnes. Treat yourself to the small replicated bronze bust of Martin Luther King, Jr. This piece was originally carved from a 3,000 karat black sapphire by Russia's most famous sculptor Vasili Konovalenko. Bonner had the original carved black sapphire on.

Mosadi's represents Denver's famed sculptor in residence, Ed Dwight, creator of the Martin Luther King, Jr. monument in City Park. Dwight is well-known throughout the United States for his bronze sculpture series of jazz greats such as Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, and Miles Davis. He has secured a page in art history for his monumental commissions, "Black Patriots Memorial" to be installed on the Mall in Washington, D.C. and his soon to be unveiled "The Race Riot of 1921" for the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma in early 2006.

Mosadi's has a wide selection of two and three dimensional art, past and present. Inside the 11,000 square foot space visitors experience a trip through the pages of American roots art from the Southern Delta to the urban migration of the 1920's. Bonner has also managed to have on hand many authentic African icons, masks, and tribunal art for his collecting patron's. His large assortment of original African trade beads, tribal masks, shields, carved furniture and sculpture from the African savannahs has given Denver more than just another contemporary art gallery.

Mosadi's is an art experience in present day fine art as well as a lesson in art from Africa. It is a gallery of cultural interest and intrigue and a place to browse and learn not just about fine art but gaze upon art from another world and another time.

Mosadi's Ernest Bonner

Mosadi's Global Art Gallery is located on the second floor of Tamarac Square. Bonner welcomes group tours for adults and children, as well as individual tours and art discussions. Bonner offers the spectacular gallery space as the backdrop for corporate and private events and parties.

Mosadi's will host an open house every weekend through out the holiday season. Open every day from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at 7777 E. Hampton, 303-751-8300.