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
Shinique Smith: Resonant Tides
New York–based artist Shinique Smith combines an array of visual sources in her work. Incorporating graffiti, fashion, dance, Abstract Expressionism, and Japanese calligraphy, her practice addresses cultural and social issues around production, consumption, surplus, and waste. For the 2015–17 ski seasons, Smith created Resonant Tides, a new site-specific work at Elk Camp on Snowmass Mountain, continuing her exploration into the connections and values we ascribe to objects—both discarded and prized—and examining the very notion of “belonging.”
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Our innovative, timely exhibitions, education and public programs, immersive activities, and community happenings actively engage audiences in thought-provoking experiences of art, culture, and society.
Donor Circles members enjoy a wide array of benefits, including exclusive invitations to art trips, artist dinners, and private tours.
Every Donor Circles membership includes:
• Invitations to all exhibition openings
• Access to special members-only viewing hours and events
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- Reserved seating at all AAM public programs (reservation required)
- Special discounts on select AAM artist editions and AAM publications
- One complimentary gift membership at the Family level
- 20% discount on purchases in the AAM Shop (restrictions may apply)
- 20% discount on purchases at SO, the AAM’s Andrea and James Gordon Café
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- Personal tour of the museum with an AAM curator or educator (reservation required)
Director $5,000
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- Early purchasing opportunities for tickets to the AAM’s renowned summer and winter benefits
- Art-centric domestic travel opportunities with AAM curator
President $10,000
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- International art-focused travel opportunities with AAM Nancy and Bob Magoon CEO and Director
- Invitations to exclusive dinners with exhibiting artists and visiting lecturers
Founder $25,000
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- Complimentary copies of all newly released AAM-produced exhibition catalogues
- Priority registration for all art travel opportunities
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- Complimentary AAM artist edition
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