#blanton museum

[artphotocollector]

Ellsworth Kelly, Austin

[laf-outloud]

genpadalecki About last weekend… Had the privilege of getting up close and personal at the @blantonmuseum with renowned journalist @jeffgoodell Jeff and museum director @simonewicha . The exhibit, If the Sky Were Orange, is an extraordinary amalgamation of science and art on the very exigent and challenging topic of climate change. Curated by the masterful, prolific, and talented journalist Jeff Goodell, it was eye-opening having a translator of the climate change movement walk us through the doorways and halls of this creation. Equally inspiring, Simone expounding on the pieces themselves was SUCH. A. TREAT. I implore you to get your butts to the Blanton — it’s only there until Feb 11, so hustle! Oh and if you want to explore more on this hot topic, pick up Jeff’s book, The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet.

They finally found a place with high enough ceilings for Jared, lol!

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[aviel]

Blanton Museum of Art's reimagined public realm by Snøhetta in Austin, Texas

[eva-eyre]

met my doppelgänger today 💙

[aristoteliancomplacency]

JUST LOOK AT THAT GIANT BLOBO BOI.

[sunshinesere]

The Floating World: Masterpieces of Edo Japan from the Worcester Art Museum

[garadinervi]

Richard Tuttle, Light Pink Octagon, (canvas dyed with Tintex), 1967 [Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX. © Richard Tuttle]

[angel-oftheday]

The Angel of the Day is...

The Goddess Nike

From the Greek Mythology

Thank you for 150 followers!

[lionofchaeronea]

Ancient Roman portrait bust (marble) of a bearded man. Originally sculpted in the late 2nd or early 3rd century CE, the bust was subsequently re-carved between 262 and 268. Now in the Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX.

[simply-sithel]

The Obstruction of Action by the Existence of Form

A good reminder that having friends enriches many things-- adding or heightening the joy of something that one might not initially highly value on it's own.

Walking through the Blanton art museum in Austin, TX this weekend I did a sudden double take when I passed the image on the left- turns out I do in fact love all the work by R. Eric McMaster the museum had- but the initial "hockey = @aetherseer = good!" knee jerk association brought special delight. The image on the right, beautiful on its own right, also made me think of several Discord folks and thus held extra charm.

Normally I'd say I have negative interest in all things "sports ball" but second hand Tumblr mutual subject matter and view points does leave a mark. The helmets above provoked a sudden "I should show this to @odense" thought.

Thankfully the whole thing appears to have been uploaded to Vimeo by the artist.

Text accompanying the exhibit below the cut

R. Eric McMaster's work explores the protocols that govern various sports by manipulating, isolating, or restricting the rules and conditions that determine athletes' movements. For example, the gymnast in the video A Change of Atmosphere performs his pommel horse routine underwater, struggling with the awkwardness of breathing and the challenge of buoyancy rather than balance in the absence of gravity. In the photograph and video The Obstruction of Action by the Existence of Form, two hockey teams play shoulder to shoulder in a rink McMaster constructed at less than one- tenth of regulation size. The compressed space creates an event that is both comical and even more combative than a typical match-the players cannot avoid physical contact. The Obstruction of Action by the Presence of Order appropriates footage from the 2012 Summer Olympics of gymnasts awaiting the signal to perform. The video is silent, with no sportscaster commentary distracting from the tension evident in the athletes' faces as they await permission from an unseen, unheard authority figure. Despite years of practice, they-and we-know that perfection is impossible. McMaster has stated, "When we experience the familiar disrupted, we often can't clearly categorize the experience." His challenging of athletic norms suggests the possibility of new ways of seeing and being in the world. While the results are often humorous, they also create empathy for the vulnerability and pressure athletes experience. Heightened awareness of the regulations to which they are subjected likewise encourages us to reflect on the social dynamics and conventions governing our own lives.

I sat through all the videos & watched The Obstruction of Action by the Presence of Order twice in fact as A joined me halfway through A Change of Atmosphere. The gif comes from the brief shaky video I took to immediately send to @aetherseer -- not captured was the snickering and snorting of A & I laughing throughout the game (w/ much respect and admiration for the piece)

If you can, you should absolutely check it out-- it's on display till August 25, 2024

[laf-outloud]

genpadalecki

Beautiful art, beautiful people!

[mike-jacque-c-the-world]

04/11/23 - Austin, TX - LOOK SKYWARD - Stopped by the Blanton Museum of Art on the way to the Airport this afternoon and saw some great art. It’s my favorite kind of art museum: something you can do in less than two hours but still see a lot of cool art. Even the entrance to the museum has an artistic bent. Here’s what you see from there when you look skyward on a beautiful Spring day.

[sildarmillion-grounds]

A Walk Along Speedway Across Time

Entrance to Speedway from Deen Keaton St. 11 Mar 2019.

Engineering Education and Research Center (EER). UT Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE). 30 Dec 2018.

Moffet Molecular Biology Building. 20 Mar 2019.

Wells Auditorium. Department of Chemistry. 1 July 2022.

Norman Hackerman Building (NHB) featuring Nancy Rubins' Monochrome for Austin, July 1, 2022.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Computer Science Complex / the Gates-Dell Complex. From top: 30 Mar 2018, 17 Dec 2019 (featuring Sol Lewitt's Circle with Towers), 13 Jan 2020.

Courtyard outside the William C. Powers Student Activity Center (WCP, formerly SAC). 21 Mar 2019.

Speedway in between McCombs CBA and Gregory Gym. 15 Apr 2021.

Left: McCombs School of Business CBA Hall of Honors (CBA North Entrance) from Speedway. 18 Jul 2018. Middle: Gregory Gymnasium featuring the Make it Y(our) Texas campaign. 6 Oct 2022. Right: View of Gregory Gym and McCombs CBA from Perry-Castañeda Library (PCL). 30 Dec 2019.

Left: New Undergraduate Admissions Center (attached to PCL). 15 May 2023. Middle: Inside the Perry-Castañeda Library (PCL). 21 Sep 2019. Right: View of Blanton Museum Smith Building (where the gift shop is) fro PCL. 30 Dec 2019.

Blanton Museum of Art. Top: Pictures from the Brazos St. side. 1 Mar 2019. Bottom: Blanton Museum of Art's Moody Patio, featuring Austin by Ellsworth Kelley and the Petals art installations. 15 May 2023.

End of Speedway on E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd: The Capitol Mall. 15 May 2023.

[mossandfog]

Massive 'Petals' Define Snøhetta's Art Museum Campus in Austin

Snøhetta‘s new campus for the Blanton Museum of Art has recently completed, and brings with it a sense of modern, airy lightness. On the edge of the University of Texas at Austin, the new buildings are bridged by a courtyard that features 10, 40-foot petal shade structures that have a delightful aesthetic quality, and also serve multiple purposes. The perforated surfaces let dappled light come…

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