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My recent trip to the Blanton Museum of Art

By zarathus (Wed Mar 26, 2008 at 11:49:33 AM EST) (all tags)

If you're ever in Austin, check out the Blanton

I love art museums and Austin, until only recently, didn't have what I consider a "real" art museum. The new Blanton Museum of Art on the UT campus is one of my favorite places in town now.

I visited the Blanton last Friday and here are a few links to artists and items of interest from my notes:

Adolph Gottlieb along with Mark Rothko is the kind of artist who makes me wish I had a lot more money and a gargantuan ultramodern concrete and glass house so I could have some of their gigantic pieces of my own.

The Golden Legend or Lives of the Saints (Google book search) is a book I should read in order to better appreciate Renaissance religious art.

Marilyn Minter takes fashion photography and turns it into larger than life, supersaturated commentary on our image obsessed and superficial society.

Kehinde Wiley makes art that is unlike anything I've ever seen. His masterful execution of these images with meticulous attention to detail and decadent incorporation of patterns is hypnotic. Furthermore, the way he co-opts the work of the old masters by keeping the titles of their work and the poses of their subjects but using young African Americans in contemporary clothing is a clever and insightful commentary on our society that I can't fully comprehend. My new obsession is to own some reproductions of his work. I need to look for prints or books but I haven't even searched Amazon.com yet.

The color theories of German poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe promise to make for an interesting read.

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I didn't know you were in Austin... by atreides (2.00 / 0) #1 Wed Mar 26, 2008 at 11:50:51 AM EST

Live here or just visiting?

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I've been here 14 years, actually by zarathus (2.00 / 0) #2 Wed Mar 26, 2008 at 12:04:16 PM EST

And I think I met you at some HuSi gathering at Walnut Creek Park many years ago. I was there just as one of Blixco's co-worker/friends - I wasn't on HuSi at the time.

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Well Crap! by atreides (2.00 / 0) #4 Wed Mar 26, 2008 at 12:14:24 PM EST

That was like, what, 5 years ago?

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Come by on the 29th by blixco (2.00 / 0) #6 Wed Mar 26, 2008 at 12:42:34 PM EST

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I can't. :( by atreides (2.00 / 0) #7 Wed Mar 26, 2008 at 01:28:38 PM EST

County caucus + previous engagement with Welsh Girl = I have to miss. :(

Actually, let me double check times and whatnot. Since I'll be not that far for the convention, I may be able to pop in for a bit before the other thing...

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Laurea will be @ the convention by blixco (2.00 / 0) #9 Wed Mar 26, 2008 at 02:57:17 PM EST

for a bit, anyway. She's an alternate.

I'll be at home, cleaning and cooking and generally wearing a dress. Without actually doing so.
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Don't you always? by atreides (4.00 / 1) #10 Wed Mar 26, 2008 at 03:15:20 PM EST

Wear a dress, I mean...

I'm a full on delagate, as are three other people in my office. I think I may have even convinced one of them to go Obama rather than the Clinton she voted for...

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: Excellent. by blixco (2.00 / 0) #11 Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 11:47:06 AM EST

Also, please plan on attending Slam Fest 08 at the Long center. http://www.austinslam.com/
We're fully invested, emotionally, in the outcome of both the slam fest and the election.
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I was wrong about the Amazon thing by zarathus (2.00 / 0) #3 Wed Mar 26, 2008 at 12:05:35 PM EST

I just searched for "Kehinde" on Amazon.com and the results (which don't include what I hoped for) looked familiar. I must have tried the search before while in some sleep deprived state.

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The Blanton is awesome. by blixco (2.00 / 0) #5 Wed Mar 26, 2008 at 12:41:54 PM EST

We went for the opening. Place had a line around the block but it was nice to 1) see a real museum in town with some amazing collections and 2) pick up a well photographed, well printed catalog of the collection for 10 bucks.
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and yet another... by clock (2.00 / 0) #8 Wed Mar 26, 2008 at 01:44:34 PM EST

...reason to move to the capital of the republic.

we won't have time to check it out the next time we're there (next week) but hopefully soon after we can arrange a visit.

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