ASPEN ART MUSEUM
SUMMER 2023 EDITION
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20 AFFINITIES Artists Kerstin Brätsch and Allison Katz were once college roommates. In the subsequent years, the paths of their careers have crossed and recrossed through friendship and collaborations, as they discuss with curator Patrizia Dander. 24 A LOVER’S DISCOURSE A new series of artist-led presentations opens this summer at the Aspen Art Museum. “A Lover’s Discourse” juxtaposes recent works by early-career artists with pieces they selected from private collections around Aspen. Participating artist Ulala Imai talks to Terence Trouillot about her dialogue with image-making, past and present. 28 CODEOF CONDUCT (FAQ)
34 YOUTH ART EXPO
44 BODYDOUBLES Disconcerting duplications and pairs abound in the work of German figurative painter Florian Krewer, whose show “everybody rise” is showing at the Aspen Art Museum until September 24. Hiji Nam looks at a troubling language of dreams and resonances. 48 MEETTHE ARTISTS Explore the artists who are contributing works to the 2023 ArtCrush auction, including painters, photographers and sculptors. 60 BLANKET COVERAGE In a unique meeting of old and new creative processes, the Aspen Art Museum invited contemporary artists to collaborate with a 170-year-old Scottish weaving mill. The results are vibrant (and snug).
6 LEVITYAND GRAVITY
The 2023 ArtCrush Artist Honoree, Nairy Baghramian, is the subject of a major solo exhibition at the Aspen Art Museum this year. Amelia Stein explores Baghramian’s practice of “grouping” as a way to give form to sculptures, collaborations and friendships.
The Aspen Art Museum’s biennial youth exhibition has been at the heart of the institution’s wider community for more than 40 years. Its 2023 program, inspired by masks and puppets, was another gem. 38 THEASPEN COMPLEX The International Design Conference in Aspen was a hotbed of debate around the role of cultural aesthetics in 20th-century life from 1951 to 2004. What could its model of forward-facing research and fellowship look like in this century? Emily King and Prem Krishnamurthy consider its far-reaching influence.
On the Cover Nairy Baghramian in her studio in Berlin, May 2023
Photography Christian Werner
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11 SPATIAL RELATIONS
Nairy Baghramian’s work occupies a nexus of relationships, cooperations and dialogues with designers, curators and fellow artists. Four of her most significant collaborators talk to Laura McLean-Ferris about how some of Baghramian’s key projects manifest this spirit of connectivity.
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