Recovering Beauty: Argentina in the 1990s
Dates: 9/26/2010 - 1/2/2011
Location: The Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
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Times:8am-8pm
Phone:512-475-6784
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1 University Station D1303
Austin, TX
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In the first comprehensive presentation of art from the 1990s in Argentina, Recovering Beauty: Argentina in the 1990s places the Centro Cultural Rojas (CCR) at the core of this creative period. The CCR or ¡°el Rojas,¡± as it was later known, opened in 1989 under auspice of the Universidad de Buenos Aires as a gallery space that exhibited work from emerging artists. The artists of ¡°el Rojas" distanced themselves from the traditional aesthetic and the political discourse of previous generations, instead creating introspective narratives that looked towards the ordinary as a source of inspiration. After years of oppression and violence during the dictatorship in Argentina, the 1990s were characterized by drastic and dramatic changes at all fronts. The introduction of a neo-liberal political practice was accompanied by a sense of social liberation and the need of free expression. Working under these conditions, artists such as Feliciano Centuri¨®n, Sebasti¨¢n Gordin, Jorge Gumier Mier, Miguel Harte, Graciela Hasper, Benito Laren, Marcelo Pombo, Cristina Schiavi, and Omar Schiliro, began exploring concepts such as beauty, color, and fantasy, projecting their own psychology as artistic expression.Recovering Beauty: The 1990s in Argentina is organized by the Blanton Museum of Art. Support for the exhibition is provided by Judy and Charles Tate. The accompanying catalogue is made possible by Michael Chesser.
Turner to Monet Masterpieces from the Walters Art Museum
Dates: 10/2/2010 - 1/2/2011
Location: The Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
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Times:8am-8pm
Phone:512-475-6784
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1 University Station D1303
Austin, TX
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Forty of the finest nineteenth-century paintings from the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, including works by Eug¨¨ne Delacroix, J.A.D. Ingres, Edgar Degas, Edouard Manet, Claude Monet, J.M.W. Turner and Asher B. Durand, among others, illustrate the striking range of styles, techniques, and approaches practiced during this era of artistic revolution.Organized by the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. Major support for the exhibition at the Blanton provided by Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long.
