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2010
Matisse as Printmaker
May 23 - August 22, 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 sixty etchings, monotypes, aquatints, lithographs, linocuts in black and white, and two-color prints-examples of every printmaking medium that Matisse utilized.
New Works for the Collection
May 23 - August 22, 2010
The Blanton is pleased to present New Works for the Collection, an exhibition highlighting more than sixty new acquisitions from among the hundreds of works recently acquired through gift and purchase. Strengthening key areas in The Blanton’s collection and offering fresh opportunities for learning, this selection includes a number of landmarks in the history of printmaking, European drawings that deepen the rich holdings of the Suida-Manning Collection, paintings by a master of modern Latin American art, and an exciting range of contemporary painting, sculpture, video and new media from artists based in Argentina, Cuba, Brazil, England, Canada and the United States, including Austin.
Manuel Álvarez Bravo and His Contemporaries
March 20 - August 1, 2010
Featuring forty-five iconic images of Mexico in the first half of the 20th-century, Manuel Álvarez Bravo and His Contemporaries: Photographs from the Collections of the Harry Ransom Center and The Blanton Museum of Art examines the life and work of Manuel Álvarez Bravo . Commonly referred to as the father of Mexican photography, Bravo is considered one of the most important figures in the development of modernism in Mexico. Organized as part of the University of Texas' celebration of the Mexican Bicentennial, the exhibition will also include photographs by Bravo's contemporaries, Edward Weston, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Paul Strand and others, drawn from the collections of The Blanton and The Harry Ransom Center.
Picasso: A Graphic Inquiry
March 20 - August 1, 2010
Pablo Picasso’s involvement with printmaking was a passionate and lifelong creative endeavor. His prolific output of prints underscored his development as an artist and revealed his seemingly limitless capacity for reinvention. This exhibition presents The Blanton’s holdings of Picasso’s prints, and highlights the artist’s uncanny ability to explore and experiment with the medium’s variety of techniques.
Desire
February 5 - April 25, 2010
Desire is a complex human emotion and a driving force in our lives from childhood through old age. We all can recall examples of literature, film, and music that are rife with expressions of desire. But how do contemporary visual artists portray desire, and all its attendant psychological states/anticipation, arousal, longing, regret, and so on? Opening in February, The Blanton will present a major exhibition of recent works in all media by an international roster of contemporary artists who have investigated notions of desire.
