Featured image: Susan Philipsz, Part File Score, 2014. 24-channel sound installation and twelve digital and screenprints on canvas mounted on wood. Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin; Promised gift of Jeanne and Michael Klein, 2015.
The Contemporary Project is a gallery on the museum’s 2nd floor devoted to recently-made art. Installations will rotate throughout the year.
Inaugurating the Blanton’s Contemporary Project gallery is Turner Prize-winning artist Susan Philipsz’s Part File Score. First exhibited at the Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin in 2014, the work is an immersive experience of sound and image. Large prints feature redacted FBI files kept on Austrian composer Hanns Eisler during the McCarthy era, while isolated violin notes from his early Hollywood film scores spill from twelve speakers. The result is a haunting landscape that captures the tragic biography of a composer whose life and art were repeatedly under siege.
Upcoming Programs
Second Saturdays: April 2024 – Designed for April
Anni Albers-inspired talks, live music, and more!
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Program Schedule
6:00 – 7:30 pm
Weaving Demonstration with Zanny Cox
Michener Gallery Building
Join Austin-based artist Zanny Cox for an interactive weaving demonstration inspired by Anni Albers: In Thread and On Paper. In this hands-on experience, visitors will have the opportunity to contribute to a collaborative textile produced on Cox’s “community loom.” No prior weaving experience required!
About Zanny Cox: Zanny Cox is a multi-disciplinary artist based in Austin, Texas. Drawing inspiration from her Mexican, Kickapoo, and Irish ancestry, her process is inspired by ancestral knowledge and honors the voices of the past. While preserving the historical elements of handweaving and goldsmithing, her work fuses a modern aesthetic with ancient craft, crossing the boundaries of art, culture, and fashion.
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Credits
Organized by Veronica Roberts, Blanton Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art.