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From Process to Print: Graphic Works by Romare Bearden

Presented by Austin Museum of Art at Austin Museum of Art - Downtown (AMOA-Downtown)

August 28-November 14, 2010

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AMOA invites you to an exhibition of Romare Bearden’s extensive graphic works, which he created over more than 30 years. Bearden’s memories of people, music, colors, and stories form the basis of his art, with a style that exhibits a unique blend of cultural influences from Harlem, Europe, and Africa. Like jazz, these prints sing with vibrant colors, syncopated images, and improvisational printmaking techniques. Executive Director Dana Friis-Hansen says, “AMOA is thrilled to bring to Austin the first exhibition of this important American master. Drawing upon diverse influences from art, music, religion, literature and his own life, Bearden created a dramatic, colorful world—a collage of multiple realities that dazzle the eye, stir the memory, and tickle the imagination.”

Bearden is celebrated today as a preeminent, highly prolific artist of exceptional and multifaceted talents and interests. He experimented with many different mediums and artistic styles. 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, to consider how his thinking and approaches were shaped through collaborations with master printmakers, and to understand how key themes and motifs such as 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 European African themes that were informed by his African-American cultural experiences. Featured are prints based on the collage series Odysseus and Piano Lesson that he reworked in several media through changes in technique, scale, and color and through the use of photographic processes. Also included are two important photoengraving series, The Train and The Family and the extraordinary limited edition 12 Trains. John Loring writing in Arts Magazine in 1973 proclaimed The Family “one of the ten most important prints of our time.”

 

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    Austin Museum of Art - Downtown (AMOA-Downtown)

    823 Congress Avenue
    Austin, TX 78701

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    Free with Museum Admission

  • Dates & Times

    Dates:
    August 28-November 14, 2010

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    Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 10 am - 5 pm, Thursday 10 am – 8 pm, Saturday 10 am – 6 pm, Sunday Noon – 5 pm

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    • Event Name: From Process to Print: Graphic Works by Romare Bearden
      "Romare Bearden at AMOA"
      Review posted by: chris w from Austin, TX, Sep 09, 2010
      

      Gorgeous work using really interesting materials. I especially liked seeing some of the works at different stages of the production process.

      Gorgeous work using really interesting materials. I especially liked seeing some of the works at different stages of the production process.

    • Event Name: From Process to Print: Graphic Works by Romare Bearden
      "Passion through graphics and color"
      Review posted by: Ruby Sinclair from Austin, TX, Sep 03, 2010
      

      Really enjoyed the Romare Bearden exhibit at AMoA. His passion for his subject matter is evident though the awesome graphics and use of color! Can't wait to go back to spend more time with a few of... Expand

      Really enjoyed the Romare Bearden exhibit at AMoA. His passion for his subject matter is evident though the awesome graphics and use of color! Can't wait to go back to spend more time with a few of my favorite pieces! Collapse

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    • Event Name: From Process to Print: Graphic Works by Romare Bearden
      "Romare Bearden at AMOA"
      Review posted by: chris w from Austin, TX, Sep 09, 2010
      

      Gorgeous work using really interesting materials. I especially liked seeing some of the works at different stages of the production process.

      Gorgeous work using really interesting materials. I especially liked seeing some of the works at different stages of the production process.

    • Event Name: From Process to Print: Graphic Works by Romare Bearden
      "Passion through graphics and color"
      Review posted by: Ruby Sinclair from Austin, TX, Sep 03, 2010
      

      Really enjoyed the Romare Bearden exhibit at AMoA. His passion for his subject matter is evident though the awesome graphics and use of color! Can't wait to go back to spend more time with a few of... Expand

      Really enjoyed the Romare Bearden exhibit at AMoA. His passion for his subject matter is evident though the awesome graphics and use of color! Can't wait to go back to spend more time with a few of my favorite pieces! Collapse

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