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The new Shigeru Ban-designed Aspen Art Museum to host 24-hour public opening on August 9

By Bustler Editors|

Monday, Aug 4, 2014

The New Aspen Art Museum. Photo by David X Prutting/BFAnyc.com

In the heart of downtown Aspen, Colorado, the new Aspen Art Museum already has a busy itinerary of festivities — from an award ceremony to the official ribbon-cutting this past weekend -- even before its public opening this Saturday, August 9 at 5 p.m.

Surrounded by Aspen's mountainous landscape, the new 33,000 sq.ft building designed by Pritzker Prize laureate Shigeru Ban includes a rooftop sculpture garden and 17,500 square feet of new exhibition space. Known for his temporary structures, the new AAM building is Ban's first permanently built U.S. museum.

During the Museum's free-admission, 24-hour grand opening this weekend, visitors can check out the inaugural contemporary art exhibitions, film screenings, performances, workshops, and more.

Read on to find out more.

"Located on the corner of South Spring Street and East Hyman Avenue in Aspen's downtown core...Ban's vision for the new AAM is based on transparency and open view planes — inviting those outside to engage with the building's interior, and providing those inside the opportunity to see their exterior surroundings.

The main entrance is located on the north side of the building along East Hyman Avenue, which allows access to the reception area and two ground-floor galleries. From there, visitors may choose their path through museum spaces—ascending to upper levels either via Ban's Moving Room glass elevator in the northeast corner, or the Grand Stair on the east side."

Photo by David X Prutting/BFAnyc.com

"The Grand Stair—a three-level passageway between the building’s woven exterior screen and its interior structure—is intersected by a glass wall dividing it into a ten-foot-wide exterior space and a six-foot-wide interior space. The unique passage allows for the natural blending of outdoor and indoor spaces, and will also feature mobile pedestals for exhibiting art. The exterior Woven Wood Screen is made of the composite material Prodema—an amalgam of paper and resin encased within a dual-sided wood veneer."

Roof deck of the new Aspen Art Museum. Photo by Derek Skalko

"From the roof-deck sculpture garden, visitors will enjoy unparalleled vistas of Aspen’s environment and the only unobstructed public rooftop view of Ajax Mountain. The roof deck will also be an activated exhibition and event space featuring the café, So, a bar, and an outdoor screening space.

Other new AAM amenities include an education space, the AAM shop/bookstore, and an on-site artist apartment, as well as art storage and preparation spaces. The AAM Shop is collaborating with New York’s iconic nonprofit art bookseller Printed Matter to feature artist-produced titles alongside its own AAM imprint publications, as well as featuring a number of unique and collectible artist-edition offerings."

Interior. Photo by David X Prutting/BFAnyc.com

"In recent years, the AAM’s annual attendance has increased by 110%, its staff tripled, and the institution has seen the number of students served by museum educational programming skyrocket with a 1,140% increase. A longstanding strategic goal for the AAM—the expansion of its facility and relocation to the downtown Aspen core—became a necessity...Construction of the new AAM facility and its endowment is 100% privately funded, with overall Capital and Endowment pledges of nearly $70 million raised—$45 million in building project funds and $25 million for the museum’s endowment."

Opening Events:

Exterior at night. Photo by Billy Farrell/BFAnyc.com

"Beginning with a piano rendition of Erik Satie’s Vexations, which will be performed continuously for 24 hours, the event will also feature film screenings of Alison O’Daniel’s Night Sky and Derek Jarman’s Blue; a concert by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy; a midnight Silent Disco—with participants wearing headphones—on the AAM Roof Deck; a dream interpretation activity in the Tomma Abts: Mainly Drawings exhibition; and a morning yoga class and breakfast.

The remainder of Sunday, August 10 will be filled with family workshops, performances, a panel discussion, and a food tasting from the AAM’s new café, So."

Shigeru Ban. Photo by David X Prutting/BFAnyc.com

"The Museum’s inaugural exhibitions present a dynamic slate of contemporary art:

  • The lead exhibition will be David Hammons Yves Klein/Yves Klein David Hammons, an unprecedented coupling of two of the most significant artists of our time (through November 30)
  • Shigeru Ban: Humanitarian Architecture, presenting full-scale examples of Ban’s groundbreaking designs for humanitarian relief (through October 5)
  • Tomma Abts: Mainly Drawings, an exploration of the artist’s drawing practice (through October 26)
  • Rosemarie Trockel, a focused look at the artist’s engagement with the medium of ceramics (through October 26)
  • Jim Hodges: With Liberty and Justice For All (A Work in Progress), a new outdoor installation on the plaza outside the museum (through January 4, 2015)
  • Cai Guo-Qiang’s Black Lightning and Moving Ghost Town for which the artist will create both a firework event on August 2 and a site-specific environment on the rooftop of the new building (through October 26). "

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The new Shigeru Ban-designed Aspen Art Museum to host 24-hour public opening on August 9

By Bustler Editors|

Monday, Aug 4, 2014

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The New Aspen Art Museum. Photo by David X Prutting/BFAnyc.com

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usa ● shigeru ban ● museum architecture ● museum ● inaugural ● grand opening ● exhibition ● culture ● colorado ● aspen art museum ● aspen ● art museum

In the heart of downtown Aspen, Colorado, the new Aspen Art Museum already has a busy itinerary of festivities — from an award ceremony to the official ribbon-cutting this past weekend -- even before its public opening this Saturday, August 9 at 5 p.m.

Surrounded by Aspen's mountainous landscape, the new 33,000 sq.ft building designed by Pritzker Prize laureate Shigeru Ban includes a rooftop sculpture garden and 17,500 square feet of new exhibition space. Known for his temporary structures, the new AAM building is Ban's first permanently built U.S. museum.

During the Museum's free-admission, 24-hour grand opening this weekend, visitors can check out the inaugural contemporary art exhibitions, film screenings, performances, workshops, and more.

Read on to find out more.

"Located on the corner of South Spring Street and East Hyman Avenue in Aspen's downtown core...Ban's vision for the new AAM is based on transparency and open view planes — inviting those outside to engage with the building's interior, and providing those inside the opportunity to see their exterior surroundings.

The main entrance is located on the north side of the building along East Hyman Avenue, which allows access to the reception area and two ground-floor galleries. From there, visitors may choose their path through museum spaces—ascending to upper levels either via Ban's Moving Room glass elevator in the northeast corner, or the Grand Stair on the east side."

Photo by David X Prutting/BFAnyc.com

"The Grand Stair—a three-level passageway between the building’s woven exterior screen and its interior structure—is intersected by a glass wall dividing it into a ten-foot-wide exterior space and a six-foot-wide interior space. The unique passage allows for the natural blending of outdoor and indoor spaces, and will also feature mobile pedestals for exhibiting art. The exterior Woven Wood Screen is made of the composite material Prodema—an amalgam of paper and resin encased within a dual-sided wood veneer."

Roof deck of the new Aspen Art Museum. Photo by Derek Skalko

"From the roof-deck sculpture garden, visitors will enjoy unparalleled vistas of Aspen’s environment and the only unobstructed public rooftop view of Ajax Mountain. The roof deck will also be an activated exhibition and event space featuring the café, So, a bar, and an outdoor screening space.

Other new AAM amenities include an education space, the AAM shop/bookstore, and an on-site artist apartment, as well as art storage and preparation spaces. The AAM Shop is collaborating with New York’s iconic nonprofit art bookseller Printed Matter to feature artist-produced titles alongside its own AAM imprint publications, as well as featuring a number of unique and collectible artist-edition offerings."

Interior. Photo by David X Prutting/BFAnyc.com

"In recent years, the AAM’s annual attendance has increased by 110%, its staff tripled, and the institution has seen the number of students served by museum educational programming skyrocket with a 1,140% increase. A longstanding strategic goal for the AAM—the expansion of its facility and relocation to the downtown Aspen core—became a necessity...Construction of the new AAM facility and its endowment is 100% privately funded, with overall Capital and Endowment pledges of nearly $70 million raised—$45 million in building project funds and $25 million for the museum’s endowment."

Opening Events:

Exterior at night. Photo by Billy Farrell/BFAnyc.com

"Beginning with a piano rendition of Erik Satie’s Vexations, which will be performed continuously for 24 hours, the event will also feature film screenings of Alison O’Daniel’s Night Sky and Derek Jarman’s Blue; a concert by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy; a midnight Silent Disco—with participants wearing headphones—on the AAM Roof Deck; a dream interpretation activity in the Tomma Abts: Mainly Drawings exhibition; and a morning yoga class and breakfast.

The remainder of Sunday, August 10 will be filled with family workshops, performances, a panel discussion, and a food tasting from the AAM’s new café, So."

Shigeru Ban. Photo by David X Prutting/BFAnyc.com

"The Museum’s inaugural exhibitions present a dynamic slate of contemporary art:

  • The lead exhibition will be David Hammons Yves Klein/Yves Klein David Hammons, an unprecedented coupling of two of the most significant artists of our time (through November 30)
  • Shigeru Ban: Humanitarian Architecture, presenting full-scale examples of Ban’s groundbreaking designs for humanitarian relief (through October 5)
  • Tomma Abts: Mainly Drawings, an exploration of the artist’s drawing practice (through October 26)
  • Rosemarie Trockel, a focused look at the artist’s engagement with the medium of ceramics (through October 26)
  • Jim Hodges: With Liberty and Justice For All (A Work in Progress), a new outdoor installation on the plaza outside the museum (through January 4, 2015)
  • Cai Guo-Qiang’s Black Lightning and Moving Ghost Town for which the artist will create both a firework event on August 2 and a site-specific environment on the rooftop of the new building (through October 26). "

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