AUDIO GUIDE / AUDIO GUÍA
Learn more about Ellsworth Kelly’s Austin by listening to our audio guide!
Si quiere aprender más sobre Austin de Ellsworth Kelly, escuche nuestra audio guía!
ENGLISH
LISTEN VIA SOUNDCLOUD: Click each track to listen directly on SoundCloud and/or click to read the PDF transcription.
ESPAÑOL
PARA ESCUCHAR VIA SOUNDCLOUD: Pulse cada una de las pistas para oír directamente en Soundcloud y/o pulse en el PDF leer la transcripción.
PAST PROGRAMS
ELLSWORTH KELLY: AUSTIN
Co-published in 2020 with Radius Books, this comprehensive book provides a thorough look at the project, from its inception to its current position as one of the artist’s most important and enduring works. An incisive, thorough essay by Blanton Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs Carter E. Foster includes archival material, drawings, historic photographs, and nearly all related works Kelly created as he developed the building’s design. The perfect companion to your coffee table art book selection.
The hardcover version is available for purchase online.
FORM INTO SPIRIT GALLERY GUIDE
The exhibition Form into Spirit: Ellsworth Kelly’s ‘Austin’ on view at the Blanton from February 18, 2018 to April 29, 2018 explored Austin’s conceptual origins from throughout Kelly’s seven-decade career.
In the Gallery Guide below, you can delve into the four sections that illuminate Kelly’s explorations of Austin’s major motifs: Spectrum, Black and White, Color Grid, and Totem. These formal concepts were deeply meaningful to him throughout his career, and he created them in drawing, painting, printmaking, and sculpture.