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
Ian Kiaer: Melnikov Project
Ian Kiaer’s work takes the form of carefully composed landscapes of found objects and materials, architectural models, and paintings. For Kiaer, these installations are ways of exploring paradigms and testing concepts. What exactly constitutes the category of “painting” today? How do we understand the relationship between sculptural fragment and architectural model? Far from didactic, Kiaer’s tableaux create subtly evocative relationships between different elements, allowing us to construct our own narratives from these fragments. The often spare, provisional nature of his objects compels a…
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On View
Arte en Español
Jun 8, 2019
3:00 PM
637 E. Hyman Ave
Drawing on the wealth of Spanish speakers in the Roaring Fork Valley, the museum presents an afternoon of activities for all ages, entirely in Spanish. Featuring guided tours, family art-making activities, and more, this special event is free and open to the public en Español. This special event will include a walkthrough with artist Gabriel Rico.
AAM education programs are made possible by the Questrom Education Fund. Support for Arte en Español is provided by the Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation for Latin American Art. Arte en Español is presented in collaboration with La Tricolor Radio 107.1/Entravision Communications Corporation. Additional funding in 2018–19 is provided by the Laffey-McHugh Foundation.
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