Future Exhibitions at AMOA- Downtown

August 28 - November 14, 2010

From Process to Print: Graphic Works by Romare Bearden

The exhibition examines the ways that preeminent American artist, Romare Bearden (1911-1988), experimented, innovated, and collaborated on his journey toward mastery of the print medium.  Seventy-five prints created over a span of thirty years demonstrate, in part, how Bearden extended his artistic imagination beyond the collages and photomontages that inspired many of the works. 

The exhibition offers a unique opportunity to examine Bearden’s print making process as he worked and re-worked a particular image, theme or technique, and to understand how key themes and motifs like trains, family life, rituals, urban scenes, jazz, and mythology extended his artistic imagination from collage into other media. The works in the exhibition show Bearden’s extraordinary facility for weaving into every art form a rich tapestry of literary, biblical, mythological, popular culture and western and non-western themes that were informed by his African American cultural experiences. 
Organized by Landau Traveling Exhibitions, Los Angeles, with the help of the Romare Bearden Foundation.

Also on view: 

New Works: Okay Mountain
AMOA’s New Works exhibition series introduces fresh contemporary art by innovative Austin artists. 

Collection Selections presents work from the Museum's and local collections.  

November 27, 2010 - February 13, 2011

Advancing Tradition: Twenty Years of Printmaking at Flatbed Press  (pending)

Celebrating the 20th anniversary of Austin printmakers Flatbed Press an exhibition of prints and work in other media by the artists that have collaborated with them. 

Advancing Tradition: Twenty Years at Flatbed Press surveys these developments through examples from this Austin, Texas, printmaking workshop. Serving as a laboratory to experiment with these new possibilities, Flatbed Press has remained committed to traditional media and techniques. The 45 works featured in this exhibition demonstrate the interplay between tradition and innovation in printmaking that have occurred over the 20 years of the workshop’s existence. Nationally and internationally renowned, the featured artists include Sterling Allen, Terry Allen, John Alexander, Michael Ray Charles, Susan Davidoff, Kelly Fearing, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Jack Hanley, Luis Jimenez, Celia Munoz, Linda Ridgway, Dan Rizzie, Margo Sawyer, Katie van Scherpenberg, Julie Speed, James Surls, and Joan Winter.
Organized by the Mid-America Arts Alliance

Also on view: Collection Selections and New Works

February 26 - May 22, 2011

New Art in Austin introduces emerging and lesser-known artists from Central Texas whose work stretches the boundaries of contemporary art. The fourth in a triennial showcase, New Art in Austin spotlights emerging artists in our community. A statewide curatorial team will evaluate the work of local artists who have been watched by AMOA staff and Central Texas art professionals over the past three years. Through this exhibition the museum seeks to create a dialogue about contemporary art in Austin, attract attention to artists within our community, and share their work with other art centers in Texas. Accompanied by a full-color scholarly catalogue, the exhibition will bring cutting edge work in a variety of media to a broad audience.

Organized by the Austin Museum of Art

Image credit: Romare Bearden, The Train, 1975, Etching and aquatint, Ed. 125, 18 x 22 1/4 inches
 

Exhibitions are subject to change.