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Austin TX 78701 blanton http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/129873/1_poster.jpg http://blantonmuseum.org 93305 Swimmer by Bill Lundberg The Blanton Museum of Art is pleased to announce that it will exhibit, for the first time since its acquisition, University of Texas at Austin professor and artist Bill Lundberg's film installation, Swimmer. The piece was created in 1975 and is one of the earliest examples of conceptual film works. The Blanton's presentation offers viewers a rare opportunity to experience this important work by a forefather of film and video installation, and I hope that you will consider covering it. It will be on view in the museum's modern and contemporary galleries from May 2 – August 20, 2009. It will make its debut during the <a href="http://blantonmuseum.org/experience_the_blanton/b_scene/index.cfm">May B scene</a> on Friday, May 1. Similar to Teresita Fernandez' Stacked Waters, Bill Lundberg's Swimmer creates the illusion of a water–based environment within the museum's walls. The sounds of splashing water fill the darkened gallery and the image of a man treading water is cast onto the floor. The horizontal projection brings the illusion of film into the realm of reality, confronting the vertical viewer. Placing emphasis on image rather than dialogue or explanatory text–a practice typical in Lundberg's work–he artist sets up an open space for viewers to construct narratives about the swimmer based on their own interpretations and experiences. Art critic Guy Brett wrote of this installation, “Projected onto the floor in the vicinity of wall-'hung paintings in a museum, Swimmer (1975) creates, with great wit and economy of means, a confrontation between two spaces, art gallery and swimming pool; two media, water and film; and two orientations, the vertical (the viewer) and the horizontal (the swimmer). So elemental are these confrontations that one cannot easily decide if the swimmer in his rectangle of water is a metaphor or freedom or entrapment.” Lundberg created this seminal work while living in London in the early 1970s, filming it from scaffolding built over a resident–based works that explored social interactions and misunderstandings between people. A painter by training, Lundberg is considered a forefather of film and video installation, and is a professor here at The University of Texas at Austin and founder of the university's Transmedia program. http://do512.com/event/2009/05/05/swimmer-by-bill-lundberg http://do512.com/event/2009/05/05/swimmer-by-bill-lundberg.xml Tuesday 05/05/09 20090505T150000Z/20090505T150000Z false 0 0.0 10:00 AM Tue, 05 May 2009 10:00:00 -0500 Tue, 05 May 2009 10:00:00 -0500 0 TUE http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/238254/lundberg_swimmer_sq_90.jpg Blanton Museum of Art http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/238254/lundberg_swimmer.jpg 79319 Stacked Waters by Teresita Fernandez The Blanton Museum of Art is pleased to announce a major acquisition to its collection of American and contemporary art. Commissioned by the Blanton, renowned artist Teresita Fernández has transformed the museum's Rapoport Atrium with her installation titled Stacked Waters. The two–story, site specific work was generously underwritten by Jeanne and Michael Klein of Austin, and purchased in conjunction with The 2009 Blanton Museum Gala, Essence of Cool: Honoring Jack Blanton, Sr., held on January 31. Stacked Waters consists of 3,100 square feet of custom–cast acrylic that covers the cavernous atrium walls in a striped blue pattern resembling water. Horizontal bands of saturated color shift and fade from deep blue to white in varying gradations. The title of the work is a nod to Donald Judd's stacked pieces, and his exploration of box interiors. (The Blanton atrium functions similarly, suggesting a container.) Utilizing the natural light afforded by the space's many skylights, the work will appear as a mirror, reflecting the activity of museum visitors and becoming what the artist refers to as, “a changing portrait of Texas light…” Fernández has emerged as a major player in the contemporary art scene, with an impressive history of national and international exhibitions and awards. The addition of this new work affirms the Blanton's commitment to assembling a world–class collection of contemporary works by internationally recognized artists. <h2>ABOUT THE ARTIST:</h2> Teresita Fernández A recipient of the coveted MacArthur Foundation Fellowship in 2005, Fernández is one of the most accomplished artists of her generation and is known for her evocative large–scale sculptures and immersive installations that address space, light and perception. She lives and works in Brooklyn, <abbr title="New York">NY</abbr> and is represented by Lehmann Maupin Gallery. Recent commissions include Seattle Cloud Cover for the Olympic Sculpture Park at the Seattle Art Museum, a work for the Public Art Fund in 2001 and a special project at The Museum of Modern Art in New York in 2000. She has had solo exhibitions at many prestigious institutions including the Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia; SITE Santa Fe in New Mexico; the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia; the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, D.C.; the Castello di Rivoli in Turin, Italy; and most recently, at the Centro de Arte Contemporaneo de Malaga in Spain. http://do512.com/event/2009/05/05/teresita-fernandez http://do512.com/event/2009/05/05/teresita-fernandez.xml Tuesday 05/05/09 20090505T150000Z/20090505T150000Z 0 1.0 10:00 AM Tue, 05 May 2009 10:00:00 -0500 Tue, 05 May 2009 10:00:00 -0500 1 TUE http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/238242/installation_sq_90.jpg Blanton Museum of Art http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/238242/installation.jpg 102226 Jerry Bywaters: Lone Star Printmaker <h2 style="text-align: center;">Jerry Bywaters: Lone Star Printmaker</h2> July 18 – November 8, 2009 The Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas at Austin presents an exhibition of one of Texas' most loved and celebrated artists, Jerry Bywaters (1906 – 1989). Organized by the Meadows Museum of Southern Methodist University, Jerry Bywaters: Lone Star Printmaker features 39 prints from 1935 to 1948, source photographs and select archival materials that illuminate the artist's process. Included are Bywaters famous renderings of the American Southwest, West Texas landscapes and architecture, and depression-era scenes from daily life. Many visitors to the Blanton have come to know Bywaters through his famous 1940 painting, Oilfield Girls, from the museum's permanent collection. Indeed, this “regionalist master” began his career as a painter, studying at Southern Methodist University and later at the acclaimed Art Students League in New York City and the Old Lyme Art Colony in Connecticut. A member of the Dallas Nine, a group of young painters from the 1930s that helped establish a regionalist artistic identity and recognition for Texas art, Bywaters was often compared to Grant Wood and Thomas Hart Benton. Beginning in 1935 Bywaters developed an interest in printmaking — a medium that allowed him to inexpensively produce multiple copies of his work and to circulate his regionalist aesthetic to a wider audience. From 1935 – 1948, the artist created over 39 prints, and in 1938, became a founding member of the printmaker's organization, the Lone Star Printmakers. His unique interpretations of landscapes, portraits, and architectural and urban scenes helped propel Texas artists into the national spotlight, securing them a prominent position in the development of printmaking in the 20th-century. Bywaters became a pivotal figure in the emerging Dallas art scene, serving as a professor of Art and Art History at Southern Methodist University for over 40 years and director of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts (now Dallas Museum of Art) from 1943 – 1964. A gifted writer, he was a frequent contributor to the Southwest Review, and art critic for the Dallas Morning News from 1933 – 1939. Bywaters' accomplishments have been recognized by the Dallas Art Association and the Texas Arts Alliance, among other prestigious organizations. http://do512.com/event/2009/09/01/jerry-bywaters-lone-star-printmaker http://do512.com/event/2009/09/01/jerry-bywaters-lone-star-printmaker.xml Tuesday 09/01/09 20090901T150000Z/20090901T150000Z 0 0.0 10:00 AM Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:00:00 -0500 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:00:00 -0500 0 TUE http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/283149/bywaters_sq_90.jpg Blanton Museum of Art http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/283149/bywaters.jpg 102227 European Prints and Drawings: Posing in the Prints of Hendrick Goltzius and His Circle <h1 style="text-align: center;">European Prints and Drawings</h1> Posing in the Prints of Hendrick Goltzius and His Circle July 18, 2009 – November 15, 2009 In 1586 Hendrick Goltizus engraved the so-called Roman Heroes, a series of eight figures in the costume of ancient warriors. The figures were distinguished by their extravagant postures, their divorce from specific content, and their virtuoso technique. In turn, the series inspired a genre of extremely stylized variation upon established themes. Together they represent one of the last great expressions of Mannerism, the self-consciously stylish style that dominated European art in the second half of the sixteenth century. Along with the Roman Heroes, this exhibition presents four of the most important series by Goltzius and his immediate followers, each complete. http://do512.com/event/2009/09/01/european-prints-and-drawings-posing-in-the-prints-of-hendrick-goltzius-and-his-circle http://do512.com/event/2009/09/01/european-prints-and-drawings-posing-in-the-prints-of-hendrick-goltzius-and-his-circle.xml Tuesday 09/01/09 20090901T150000Z/20090901T150000Z false 0 0.0 10:00 AM Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:00:00 -0500 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:00:00 -0500 0 TUE http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/283161/gehyn_sq_90.jpg Blanton Museum of Art http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/283161/gehyn.jpg 102228 European Prints and Drawings: Correggio in Translation Correggio in Translation July 18, 2009 – November 15, 2009 Antonio Allegri, called Correggio after the small town of his birth, achieved a style of extraordinary sensory and sentimental appeal. Commissioned in 1522 and completed after 1530, his frescoes in the Cathedral of Parma are the most spectacular expression of this style. Only a century later would their overwhelming illusionism be fully appreciated and its lessons applied in the great ceilings of the High Baroque. In parallel response, Giovanni Battista Vanni created a series of fifteen, oversized etchings that reproduce Correggio's frescoes. At the same time, because of Vanni's fluency as a draftsman and subtlety as an etcher, these etchings possess their own spirited personality and allure. This exhibition presents the entire series for the first time. http://do512.com/event/2009/09/01/european-prints-and-drawings-correggio-in-translation http://do512.com/event/2009/09/01/european-prints-and-drawings-correggio-in-translation.xml Tuesday 09/01/09 20090901T150000Z/20090901T150000Z false 0 0.0 10:00 AM Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:00:00 -0500 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:00:00 -0500 0 TUE http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/283173/vanni_sq_90.jpg Blanton Museum of Art http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/283173/vanni.jpg 102229 European Prints and Drawings: Pro Bono Publico: James Gillray and the Art of Satire Pro Bono Publico: James Gillray and the Art of Satire July 18, 2009 – November 15, 2009 Few genres of art express cultural climate more directly and clearly than satire. This exhibition focuses on the prints of James Gillray, one of the earliest and best-known British satirists. Adopting the battle cry Pro Bono Publico (“for the public good”), Gillray's prints informed, amused and shaped opinion at every level of society and are the direct ancestors of the modern political cartoon. http://do512.com/event/2009/09/01/european-prints-and-drawings-pro-bono-publico-james-gillray-and-the-art-of-satire http://do512.com/event/2009/09/01/european-prints-and-drawings-pro-bono-publico-james-gillray-and-the-art-of-satire.xml Tuesday 09/01/09 20090901T150000Z/20090901T150000Z false 0 0.0 10:00 AM Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:00:00 -0500 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:00:00 -0500 0 TUE http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/283185/gillray_sq_90.jpg Blanton Museum of Art http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/283185/gillray.jpg 102230 European Prints and Drawings: 1890s: A Decade of Desire – A Decade of Dissent 1890s: A Decade of Desire – A Decade of Dissent March 21 – July 5, 2009 and July 18 – November 15, 2009 The effects of the advances made during the industrial and social revolutions culminated in the 1890s in both anticipation and apprehension of a new century. The first exhibition of this two–part series examines the triumph of consumerism expressed in the exuberant advertisements designed by Henri Toulouse–Lautrec, Alphonse Mucha and Jules Cheret. The backlash against this perceived materialism, as manifested in the work of symbolist artists, will be the focus of the second part of the series. http://do512.com/event/2009/09/01/european-prints-and-drawings-1890s-a-decade-of-desire-–-a-decade-of-dissent http://do512.com/event/2009/09/01/european-prints-and-drawings-1890s-a-decade-of-desire-–-a-decade-of-dissent.xml Tuesday 09/01/09 20090901T150000Z/20090901T150000Z false 0 0.0 10:00 AM Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:00:00 -0500 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:00:00 -0500 0 TUE http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/283191/zorn_sq_90.jpg Blanton Museum of Art http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/283191/zorn.jpg 101285 European Prints and Drawings: Prints and Drawings in the Time of Veronese In conjunction with its showing of Paolo Veronese: The Petrobelli Altarpiece, the Blanton will display its finest Venetian prints and drawings of his time. Of immediate interest are a pastel study from the artist's workshop and Agostino Carracci's engravings after some of his most famous paintings. Powerful works by Paolo Farinati suggest the artistic situation in Veronese's native city, while a fine group of preparatory drawings by Palma Giovane suggests stylistic alternatives in Venice proper. Together, they expand and deepen the context of Veronese's great altarpiece. http://do512.com/event/2009/09/01/venetian-prints-and-drawings-in-the-time-of-veronese http://do512.com/event/2009/09/01/venetian-prints-and-drawings-in-the-time-of-veronese.xml Tuesday 09/01/09 20090901T150000Z/20090901T150000Z 0 0.0 10:00 AM Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:00:00 -0500 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:00:00 -0500 0 TUE http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/283167/maganza_sq_90.jpg Blanton Museum of Art http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/283167/maganza.jpg 93308 Paolo Veronese: The Petrobelli Altarpiece - Reconstructing a Renaissance Masterpiece The Blanton Museum of Art recently announced an important discovery regarding a work by Venetian master Paolo Veronese (1528 – 1588). Head of an Angel, a painting from the Blanton's Suida Manning collection, has been identified as a fragment of a long-lost Veronese masterpiece. <abbr title="Doctor">Dr.</abbr> Xavier Salomon, a Veronese expert and curator of the Dulwich Picture Gallery outside London, confirmed the fragment to be the head of Saint Michael, the central figure in the so-called Petrobelli altarpiece from 1565. Three other fragments from the altarpiece were previously identified in the collections of Dulwich, The National Gallery of Canada at Ottawa, and the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh. These works, along with the Blanton's newly identified Saint Michael, will be reunited for the first time in more than two centuries. The reconstructed altarpiece will be exhibited alongside x-rays and other ephemera and will travel to the Blanton in October 2009. http://do512.com/event/2009/10/04/paolo-veronese-the-petrobelli-altarpiece-reconstructing-a-renaissance-masterpiece http://do512.com/event/2009/10/04/paolo-veronese-the-petrobelli-altarpiece-reconstructing-a-renaissance-masterpiece.xml Sunday 10/04/09 20091004T150000Z/20091004T150000Z false 0 5.0 10:00 AM Sun, 04 Oct 2009 10:00:00 -0500 Sun, 04 Oct 2009 10:00:00 -0500 1 SUN http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/238272/paolo_veronese_sq_90.jpg Blanton Museum of Art http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/238272/paolo_veronese.jpg 101189 Drawn Toward Light <h2 class="bm0 clear_right" style="text-align: center;">Drawn Toward Light </h2> November 1, 2009 – January 3, 2010   This exhibition culled from the Blanton's holdings and from local collections, explores the use of light as a medium for conveying ideas of perception, space, geometry, vision, and natural phenomenon through the work of four contemporary artists: Stephen Antonakos, Paul Chan, James Turrell, and Leo Villareal. Drawn Toward Light is organized by the Blanton Museum of Art. http://do512.com/event/2009/11/01/drawn-toward-light http://do512.com/event/2009/11/01/drawn-toward-light.xml Sunday 11/01/09 20091101T160000Z/20091101T160000Z 0 0.0 10:00 AM Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0600 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0600 0 SUN http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/283215/chan_sq_90.jpg Blanton Museum of Art http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/283215/chan.jpg 102232 Teresita Fernandez <h2 class="tp1e bm0" style="text-align: center;">Teresita Fernandez</h2> November 1, 2009 – January 3, 2010   Contemporary American artist, Teresita Fernandez, is internationally acclaimed for her immersive, room-sized installations and evocative large-scale sculptures that address light, space and the perception of change. Using common materials such as steel, glass, and plastic, in subtle and precise ways, the sculptor transforms spaces into gorgeous environments that suggest, with great delicacy and refinement, the beauty and illusion of the natural world. This traveling exhibition will survey Fernandez' recent works, and will detail both her methods of process and execution. A special, new installation will precede the exhibition and will open in the Blanton atrium in January 2009.   Teresita Fernandez: Blind Landscape is organized by the University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa. The exhibition is curated by David Louis Norr, Chief Curator, <abbr title="University of South Florida">USF</abbr> Institute for Research in Art. Major support for the exhibition at the Blanton is provided by Jeanne and Michael Klein and the Linda Pace Foundation. Funding is also provided by Lora Reynolds and Quincy Lee in honor of Jeanne and Michael Klein. http://do512.com/event/2009/11/01/teresita-fernandez http://do512.com/event/2009/11/01/teresita-fernandez.xml Sunday 11/01/09 20091101T160000Z/20091101T160000Z 0 0.0 10:00 AM Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0600 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0600 0 SUN http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/283209/teresita_fernandez_sq_90.jpg Blanton Museum of Art http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/283209/teresita_fernandez.jpg 103518 Teresita Fernández: Blind Landscape Teresita Fernández is widely known for her immersive installations and evocative large-scale sculptures.  Characterized by her deft ability to transform common materials like steel, graphite and glass into forms and images invoking the natural world, Fernández' works bring ideas and experience of nature into poetic tension.  Meticulous and subtle, her sculptural scenarios offer viewers unique opportunities for contemplation and discovery.   The artist's new atrium installation, Stacked Waters, prompted The Blanton to offer Teresita Fernández: Blind Landscape.  A survey of recent works, the exhibition will include five large-scale sculptures, a series of six wall works, and a new monumental drawing made on site. http://do512.com/event/2009/11/01/teresita-fernández-blind-landscape http://do512.com/event/2009/11/01/teresita-fernández-blind-landscape.xml Sunday 11/01/09 20091101T190000Z/20091101T190000Z false 0 0.0 01:00 PM Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:00:00 -0600 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:00:00 -0600 0 SUN Blanton Museum of Art

101282 Workspace: Pablo Vargas Lugo Pablo Vargas Lugo November 14, 2009 – February 21, 2010 Pablo Vargas Lugo's WorkSpace project, Eclipses for Austin, explores solar eclipses as important collective rituals. Total eclipses of the sun provoke astonishment, anxiety, hope, joy, and fear and compel those who witness them to question their place in the world. For Vargas Lugo's WorkSpace project, 350 people will gather in the stands of <abbr title="the University of Texas">UT</abbr> 's Darrel K. Royal Texas Memorial Stadium and will stage ten solar eclipses that will occur in Texas over the course of the next 340 years. In a carefully choreographed performance, participants will hold up black and white signs in a choreographed simulation of each eclipse. Visit us on Facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/Eclipses-for-Austin/113123638399?ref=ts">eclipsesforaustin</a>. For more information, please contact <a href="mailto:eclipsesforaustin@gmail.com">eclipsesforaustin@gmail.com </a> http://do512.com/event/2009/11/14/workspace-pablo-vargas-lugo http://do512.com/event/2009/11/14/workspace-pablo-vargas-lugo.xml Saturday 11/14/09 20091114T160000Z/20091114T160000Z 0 0.0 10:00 AM Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0600 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0600 0 SAT http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/283203/6614_113147188399_113123638399_2150792_4973011_n_sq_90.jpg Blanton Museum of Art http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/283203/6614_113147188399_113123638399_2150792_4973011_n.jpg 103298 Perspectives: Asian In America Artist and UT Professor Beili Liu will discuss Mining the Material: Time and Process This event is a part of the Lectures in Art and Diaspora: Asian in America series co-sponsored by the Center for Asian American Studies; the Lectures on Art in the Black Diaspora in the Department of Art and Art History, College of Fine Arts; the Blanton Museum of Art; and the Institute for Historical Studies. It will take place in the Blanton Auditorium. http://do512.com/event/2009/11/17/perspectives-asian-in-america http://do512.com/event/2009/11/17/perspectives-asian-in-america.xml Tuesday 11/17/09 20091117T230000Z/20091117T230000Z false 0 0.0 05:00 PM Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:00:00 -0600 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:00:00 -0600 0 TUE Blanton Museum of Art

103520 Third Thursday 5:30-9 pm Third Thursday 6:30 – 7:30 pm: Yoga in the Galleries 7 pm: Panel Discussion: The Evidence of Fragments A panel of experts discuss the importance of fragments in conjunction with the recent reconstruction of Veronese’s Petrobelli Altarpiece. Moderated by Kurt Heinzelman, the Blanton’s interim director of Academic and Public Programs, panelists include: Jonathan Bober, the Blanton’s curator of prints, drawings, and European paintings; David Armstrong, leading authority on Latin and Hellenistic poetry and Professor Emeritus in Classics; Enrique Rodriguez-Alegria, assistant professor in anthropology, and Dr. Marjorie Woods, associate professor of English. 7 pm: Book Club, Sandition: Jane Austen’s Unifinished Masterpiece completed by Jane Austen and Juliette Shapiro 7:30 pm: Art Brief Tour, Paolo Veronese: The Petrobelli Altarpiece 7 pm: Book Club, Sandition: Jane Austen’s Unifinished Masterpiece completed by Jane Austen and Juliette Shapiro 7:30 pm: Art Brief Tour, Paolo Veronese: The Petrobelli Altarpiece http://do512.com/event/2009/11/19/third-thursday http://do512.com/event/2009/11/19/third-thursday.xml Thursday 11/19/09 20091119T230000Z/20091119T230000Z false 0 0.0 05:00 PM Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:00:00 -0600 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:00:00 -0600 0 THU Blanton Museum of Art

102236 Modern & Contemporary Prints and Drawings - Madonnas from the Cardenas Collection <h3 class="bm0" style="text-align: center;">Madonnas from the Cardenas Collection</h3> November 21, 2009-March 7, 2010   The Virgen de Guadalupe became a symbol of identity and empowerment for artists of the Chicano Art Movement. This exhibition puts a spin on traditional understandings of Marian iconography by examining images of the Virgen de Guadalupe in Chicano prints and posters spanning the late 1960s through the 1990s from the Gilberto Cardenas Collection of Latino Art, on long-term loan to the Blanton. http://do512.com/event/2009/11/21/modern-contemporary-prints-and-drawings-madonnas-from-the-cardenas-collection http://do512.com/event/2009/11/21/modern-contemporary-prints-and-drawings-madonnas-from-the-cardenas-collection.xml Saturday 11/21/09 20091121T160000Z/20091121T160000Z false 0 0.0 10:00 AM Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0600 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0600 0 SAT http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/283239/baray_sq_90.jpg Blanton Museum of Art http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/283239/baray.jpg 102235 European Prints and Drawings: Goya's Prints:The Dawn of Modern Art <h3 class="bm0" style="text-align: center;">Goya's Prints: The Dawn of Modern Art</h3> November 28, 2009 - March 7, 2010   Modern art is often said to begin not just with Goya's art, but with his prints in particular. The Blanton possesses some thirty impressions, representing each of the artist's major series in states and editions from the earliest to latest. They include several great rarities, like El Embozado, probably left unfinished at his death, and recent acquisitions, like a brilliant proof impression from his visionary series, Los Proverbios. This exhibition will unite these works for the first time, providing an opportunity both to appreciate his genius and to assess relative quality in his etchings. http://do512.com/event/2009/11/28/european-prints-and-drawings-goyas-prints-the-dawn-of-modern-art http://do512.com/event/2009/11/28/european-prints-and-drawings-goyas-prints-the-dawn-of-modern-art.xml Saturday 11/28/09 20091128T160000Z/20091128T160000Z false 0 0.0 10:00 AM Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0600 Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0600 0 SAT http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/283233/goya_sq_90.jpg Blanton Museum of Art http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/283233/goya.jpg 102237 Modern & Contemporary Prints and Drawings - The Sleep of Reason: Goya's Influence in Spanish America <h3 class="bm0 clear_right" style="text-align: center;">The Sleep of Reason: Goya's Influence in Spanish America</h3> November 28, 2009-March 7, 2010   The nineteenth-century Spanish artist Fracisco Goya, with his disquieting depictions of violence and corruption and his mastery of graphic techniques, inspired many twentieth-century artists of Spanish America. The stark style and unflinching approach to reality in Goya's prints provided a model for artists wishing to convey the darker aspects of modern life. Spanish American artists felt a sense of cultural affinity for Goya and drew from his example in depicting subjects such as warfare, madness, and alienation. This selection of drawings and prints from the Blanton's permanent collection features works by artists who were inspired by Goya, including José Luis Cuevas (Mexico), Ernesto Deira (Argentina), Armando Morales (Nicaragua), and Augusto Rendón (Colombia), among others. It complements the exhibition Goya: The Dawn of Modern Art, shown concurrently in the European print galleries. http://do512.com/event/2009/11/28/modern-contemporary-prints-and-drawings-the-sleep-of-reason-goyas-influence-in-spanish-america http://do512.com/event/2009/11/28/modern-contemporary-prints-and-drawings-the-sleep-of-reason-goyas-influence-in-spanish-america.xml Saturday 11/28/09 20091128T160000Z/20091128T160000Z false 0 0.0 10:00 AM Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0600 Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0600 0 SAT http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/283245/deira_sq_90.jpg Blanton Museum of Art http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/283245/deira.jpg 103525 B scene: Winter Light Join us at the Blanton's art party!  Cash bar, live music, appetizers and more! http://do512.com/event/2009/12/04/b-scene-winter-light http://do512.com/event/2009/12/04/b-scene-winter-light.xml Friday 12/04/09 20091205T000000Z/20091205T000000Z false 0 0.0 06:00 PM Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:00:00 -0600 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:00:00 -0600 0 FRI Blanton Museum of Art

103526 UT Faculty Chamber Ensemble: A Blanton Baroque Christmas Join Professors Brian Lewis and Roger Myers as they lead a chamber orchestra of the talented Butler School of Music String Students in a selection of Baroque Christmas music and concertos. http://do512.com/event/2009/12/06/ut-faculty-chamber-ensemble-a-blanton-baroque-christmas http://do512.com/event/2009/12/06/ut-faculty-chamber-ensemble-a-blanton-baroque-christmas.xml Sunday 12/06/09 20091206T200000Z/20091206T200000Z false 0 0.0 02:00 PM Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:00:00 -0600 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:00:00 -0600 0 SUN Blanton Museum of Art

103527 Third Thursday 6:30 – 7:30 pm: Yoga in the Galleries 7 pm: Art Fix: Experience the taste of Italy! In celebration of the exhibition, Paolo Veronese, sample wines from Northern Italy with the Central Market Cooking School. 7 pm: Book Club, Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert 7:30 pm: Art Brief Tour: Teresita Fernandez: Blind Landscape   http://do512.com/event/2009/12/17/third-thursday http://do512.com/event/2009/12/17/third-thursday.xml Thursday 12/17/09 20091217T230000Z/20091217T230000Z false 0 0.0 05:00 PM Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:00:00 -0600 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:00:00 -0600 0 THU Blanton Museum of Art

103528 Third Thursday 6:30 – 7:30 pm: Yoga in the Galleries 7 pm: Art Fix: The Butler School of Music Early Music Ensemble performs using period instruments 7 pm: Book Club, The Song is You: A Novel by Arthur Phillips 7:30 pm: Art Brief Tour: Art and Music http://do512.com/event/2010/01/21/third-thursday http://do512.com/event/2010/01/21/third-thursday.xml Thursday 01/21/10 20100121T230000Z/20100121T230000Z false 0 0.0 05:00 PM Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:00:00 -0600 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:00:00 -0600 0 THU Blanton Museum of Art

102233 Desire <h2 class="bm0 clear_left" style="text-align: center;">Desire</h2> February 5 – April 25, 2010   With a stellar roster of international contemporary artists working in all media, this thematic exhibition will explore the notion of desire and how artists have portrayed its related psychological states: longing, arousal, infatuation, despair, anger, whimsy, etc. Included are video works by Bill Viola, Isaac Julien and Amy Globus; paintings by Marilyn Minter, Georgann Deen and Gajin Fugita; photo–based works by Glenn Ligon, Miguel Angel Rojas and Olaf Breuning; sculpture by James Drake, Petah Coyne and Valeska Soares; drawings by Danica Phelps and Tracey Emin; and more. New works will be created specifically for the show by Adam Pendleton, Peter Saul, Robert Kushner, and Kirsten Hassenfeld, and an accompanying selection of historic prints drawn from the Blanton's holdings will exemplify the enduring nature of this theme. The exhibition will have an illustrated catalogue with texts on desire by a diverse group of writers, and will be accompanied by a full menu of interdisciplinary programs. Desire is organized by the Blanton Museum of Art. Funding for the exhibition is provided, in part, by a grant from the Houston Endowment Inc. in honor of Melissa Jones for the presentation of contemporary art at the Blanton. http://do512.com/event/2010/02/05/desire http://do512.com/event/2010/02/05/desire.xml Friday 02/05/10 20100205T160000Z/20100205T160000Z false 0 0.0 10:00 AM Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:00:00 -0600 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:00:00 -0600 0 FRI http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/283221/minter_sq_90.jpg Blanton Museum of Art http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/283221/minter.jpg 102234 Matisse as Printmaker <h2 class="bm0 clear_right" style="text-align: center;">Matisse as Printmaker</h2> May 23 – August 1, 2010   Henri Matisse (1869–1954) may be best known as a painter and sculptor, but he himself placed no hierarchy on the mediums in which he worked. Each medium was exploited for its unique possibilities and became totally integrated with other formal and thematic concerns. Drawn from the extraordinary collection of Matisse prints that once belonged to the artist's son Pierre and is now part of the Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation, Matisse as Printmaker includes over 60 etchings, monotypes, aquatints, lithographs, linocuts in black and white, and two-color prints-examples of every printmaking medium that Matisse utilized. The exhibition is organized by the American Federation of Arts and the Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation. The exhibition is curated by Jay McKean Fisher. http://do512.com/event/2010/05/23/matisse-as-printmaker http://do512.com/event/2010/05/23/matisse-as-printmaker.xml Sunday 05/23/10 20100523T150000Z/20100523T150000Z false 0 0.0 10:00 AM Sun, 23 May 2010 10:00:00 -0500 Sun, 23 May 2010 10:00:00 -0500 0 SUN http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/283227/matisse_sq_90.jpg Blanton Museum of Art http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/283227/matisse.jpg 98125 B Scene, Abstrack Visions Join us for B scene, the Blanton's monthly art party. Enjoy a South American celebration and opening of <a href="http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/bma/works_of_art/exhibitions/matto/index.cfm">Francisco Matto: The Modern and the Mythic</a>. Plus, don't miss a live performance by Maneja Beto (9 PM), music by the Peligrosa All-Stars, and the Learning Secrets (Smith Building), free appetizers, cash bar, art activities, and more. The Blanton Café will offer tasty samples of their flatbread pizzas and will be open until 9 PM. The Museum Shop will also be open late (10:30 PM). http://do512.com/event/2010/06/03/b-scene-abstrack-visions http://do512.com/event/2010/06/03/b-scene-abstrack-visions.xml Thursday 06/03/10 20100603T230000Z/20100603T230000Z false 0 0.0 06:00 PM Thu, 03 Jun 2010 18:00:00 -0500 Thu, 03 Jun 2010 18:00:00 -0500 0 THU http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/264556/4260_85575929299_27430494299_1883450_2703696_n_sq_90.jpg Blanton Museum of Art http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/264556/4260_85575929299_27430494299_1883450_2703696_n.jpg