Aspen Art Museum
Featured Artist
Takashi Murakami
The Japanese artist Takashi Murakami combines highly refined classical Japanese painting techniques with distinctive Pop sensibilities. Known for his “Superflat” style, directly influenced by manga and anime, the artist creates works that explode with color and playfulness. For the 2015–16 ski season, in collaboration with Aspen Skiing Company, Murakami has produced four unique images, all of which embody his trademark visual aesthetic.
From the archive
Teresita Fernández
The artist and 2013 ArtCrush Aspen Award for Art honoree Teresita Fernández created a new mural at the restaurant at Elk Camp in Snowmass. Renowned for her experiential, site-specific sculptural installations, including the permanent works Starfield (2008) at the Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Texas, and Seattle Cloud Cover (2006), commissioned by the Seattle Art Museum for the Olympic Sculpture Park, Fernández is inspired by both landscape and place, as well as varied historical and cultural references. Fernández’s new work replaced artist Dave Muller’s Elk Camp project—a site-specific wall…
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On View
Artists in the Making: Basalt
Mar 13, 2018
3:30 PM
Basalt Middle School
Artists in the Making is an eight-week program that offers middle school students in Aspen and Basalt the opportunity to develop specialized skills driven by self-innovation. Community experts who visit select sessions and mentor students work in tandem with an AAM Educator to create a uniquely tailored experience that concludes with a celebratory showcase for friends and family. Spring theme: Design Thinking
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