April 21, 2006 - The Austin Chronicle

austinchronicle.com | APRIL 21, 2006 | THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE | 43amoa welcomes the blantonapril 29/30Everyone at AMOA congratulates ourcolleagues at The Blanton Museum of Art,and we are thrilled about this expansionof art and education available to theuniversity, our community, and allwho visit Austin. We hope to see ourMembers and friends at The Blanton’s24-hour Extremely Grand Opening starting at9 pm on April 29, a non-stop, around-the-clockhousewarming celebration.~AMOA Staff and Boardthrough april 30Don’t miss the exhibition that highlights the careers ofChristo and Jeanne-Claude, the husband and wife artistteam who have created some of the most compellingpublic art of the past forty-four years. Often using fabric,the artists have transformed various settings throughoutthe world, revealing the urban and rural architectureof their chosen sites. This exhibition is comprised ofseventy-five works, including preparatory drawings, adocumentary film, collages, and photographs of theirmany projects, as well as early wrapped objects and ascale model of the Wrapped Reichstag. Other projectsrepresented include The Gates, Running Fence,Surrounded Islands, The Pont Neuf Wrapped, and TheUmbrellas, Japan USA.austin museum of art–downtown823 Congress Avenue • 512.495.9224galleries and museum storewe’re austin’s museum of artphoto by Matthew Fullerwww.amoa.org2weekendsleft!Surrounded Islands,Biscayne Bay, GreaterMiami, Florida 1980-83,Photograph 1983Photo Credit: WolfgangVolz, 39 3/4 x 28 inches© Christo and Jeanne-Claude 1983Tuesday-Saturday 10 -6 • Thursday 10 -8 • Sunday Noon - 5 [This exhibition is co-presented by Bank of America and Maxwell, Locke & Ritter L.L.P. Support also provided by Jane and Michael Scott,Saleem and Carmen Tawil, and The Friends of Christo and Jeanne-Claude. The Austin Museum of Art 2006 Exhibition Sponsors areBerman Family Foundation, Green Family Foundation, Chris Mattsson and John McHale, Bettye and Bill Nowlin, Susman, Tisdale andGayle Architecture and Interior Design, Rosemary Haggar Vaughan Family Foundation, Vinson & Elkins LLP and Texas Commission onthe Arts. 2006 Education Outreach is generously supported by 3M, James Armstrong, Bank of America, Katelena Hernandez Cowlesand James Cowles, Institute of Museum and Library Services, Texas Commission on the Arts, donors to the Education Fund, Laura W.Bush Endowment for Education and Outreach and an anonymous donor. The Austin Museum of Artis funded in part by the City of Austin through the Cultural Arts Division, The Austin Fine Arts Alliance,Museum Trustees, Members, and Patrons. The Austin Museum of Art 2006 Promotional Sponsors areNews 8 Austin and Time Warner Cable, The Austin Chronicle, and KUT Radio 90.5.