everybody rise
May 25–September 24, 2023
Jupon de Corps
June 22–October 22, 2023
June 22, 2023–January 14, 2024
Florian Krewer: everybody rise
May 25–September 24, 2023
everybody rise is the first institutional solo exhibition by Florian Krewer (b. 1986, Gerolstein, Germany) in the United States. A painter, Krewer is recognized for his expressive representations of lone humans and animals, as well as pairs and groups that merge both species, often set in cityscapes or against vibrant backdrops of color. A feeling of anonymity pervades Krewer’s canvases despite his subjects’ particular modes of dress and interaction. Tucked around corners, running down streets, contorting and touching in raw states of sexual abandon, the figures that populate Krewer’s paintings are in pursuit of action, though the precise intent of the activity is left unclear. This persistent tension between private desires and public identities unite the artworks gathered in this exhibition—the most comprehensive overview of Krewer’s practice to date.
Curated by Matthew Higgs.
The exhibition will travel to the M WOODS Museum in Beijing directly following the presentation at the Aspen Art Museum. The M WOODS exhibition will be curated by their Artistic Director Victor Wang and will include additional works.
Additional support for Florian Krewer: everybody rise is provided by the AAM National Council, Rubio Butterfield Foundation, and Michael Werner Gallery.
Nairy Baghramian: Jupon de Corps
June 22–October 22, 2023
The Aspen Art Museum is pleased to present Jupon de Corps, a major solo exhibition by Nairy Baghramian that brings together significant constellations of artworks made over the past decade for the first time. Displayed across two floors, the exhibition establishes a personal and poetic dialogue between key works from the artist’s output, alongside a new body of sculptures specially conceived for the museum’s outdoor commons. Born in Iran in 1971, Baghramian fled to Berlin, Germany, in 1984, where she continues to live.
Jupon de Corps brings to the fore foundational aspects of Baghramian’s practice, such as the artist’s sustained dialogue with art historical traditions of the twentieth century; her ongoing interest in expressions of bodily attitudes; the symbolic—social and psychological—charge of prosthetic and mechanical apparatuses deployed in physiognomic corrections; as well as her tireless experimentation with a wide array of materials, ranging from steel to silicon, resin, leather, wax, and wood. The reconsideration of sculpture’s modes of production and institutional display is at the heart of Baghramian’s interest in combining formal and material languages from the realms of art, design, technology, and nature.
Curated by Nicola Lees, Nancy and Bob Magoon Director, and Stella Bottai, AAM Curator at Large.
Additional support for Nairy Baghramian: Jupon de Corps is provided by the Aspen Art Museum National Council and Mary & Harold Zlot.
A Lover's Discourse
With Guglielmo Castelli, Chase Hall, Ulala Imai, Stanislava Kovalcikova, Zeinab Saleh and Issy Wood
June 22, 2023–January 14, 2024
A Lover’s Discourse is a new series of artist-led presentations at the Aspen Art Museum introducing unexpected dialogues between artworks from different generations. Each exhibition juxtaposes recent works by an artist who also selects a companion piece borrowed from private collections in Aspen. The title of the program is inspired by Roland Barthes’ A Lover’s Discourse (1977) in which the author embarks on a fragmented philosophical exploration of love as an emotional language—from absence to drama, from fulfilment to waiting, dedication and embrace.
The first presentation features two new paintings by London-based artist Zeinab Saleh (b.1996, Kenya) exhibited alongside Katharina Fritsch’s sound work Regen (Rain) from 1987.
Curated by Stella Bottai, AAM Curator at Large.
Additional support for A Lover's Discourse is provided by Chris Brown.
AAM exhibitions are made possible by the Marx Exhibition Fund. General exhibition support is provided by the Toby Devan Lewis Visiting Artist Fund. Admission to the AAM is free courtesy of Amy and John Phelan.
