Aspen Art Museum
Current Exhibitions
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
Cathy Wilkes
Cathy Wilkes belongs to a generation of artists educated in Glasgow, Scotland, who fuelled the development of the city’s strong art scene in the mid-1990s. Best known for sculpture and installations that work associatively rather than according to a strict narrative, Wilkes has created a distinctive, personal vocabulary that explores the relationship between inner reality and the experience of the physical world. In her deeply personal practice, found objects are placed in precise, but unexpected relationships to one another, recalling the fragmented nature of the human psyche and revealing…
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Margaret Kilgallen “that’s where the beauty is”
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On View
Artists in the Making: Middle School
Apr 30, 2019
4:00 PM
Aspen Youth Center
Spring theme: Design by Hand
The Aspen Art Museum offers after-school workshops for middle school students that develop skills of self-expression, teamwork, and creative art-making techniques using a variety of materials. Participants will work together over several weeks to present an exhibition of their work in the final session.
To register:
education@aspenartmuseum.org
970.925.8050
AAM education programs are made possible by the Questrom Education Fund. Education Workshop support is provided by Melva Bucksbaum and Raymond Learsy and Mary and Patrick Scanlan. Additional funding in 2018–19 is provided by the Laffey-McHugh Foundation.
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