Current
Jim Hodges, With Liberty and Justice for All (A Work in Progress), 2014–2016. Stainless steel, Dichrolam, acrylic, enamel paint, and LED lights. Installed, 84 x 1,737 x 10 inches. Installation view, The Contemporary Austin – The Moody Rooftop at the Jones Center, Austin, Texas, 2017. Artwork © Jim Hodges. Courtesy the artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels. Image © The Contemporary Austin. Photograph by Brian Fitzsimmons.
Exhibition
Jim Hodges: With Liberty and Justice for All (A Work in Progress)
December 17, 2016 – Ongoing
The Contemporary Austin unveils a new outdoor installation by artist Jim Hodges for The Moody Rooftop at the Jones Center.
Jenny Holzer, IN A DREAM YOU SAW A WAY TO SURVIVE AND YOU WERE FULL OF JOY, 2022. Acrylic latex paint on stucco. Text: Survival, 1983–1985. © 2022 Jenny Holzer, ARS. Image courtesy The Contemporary Austin. Photograph by Alex Boeschenstein.
Exhibition
Mural by Jenny Holzer: IN A DREAM YOU SAW A WAY TO SURVIVE AND YOU WERE FULL OF JOY
OCTOBER 15, 2022 – NOVEMBER 5, 2023
The Contemporary Austin’s Fall 2022 exhibition IN A DREAM YOU SAW A WAY TO SURVIVE AND YOU WERE FULL OF JOY took its title from an iconic text by Jenny Holzer. In conjunction with the exhibition and in collaboration with the artist, the museum presents Holzer’s text as a mural on the fascade of our downtown Austin building.
Installation view, Perry Art Park, Austin, Texas, 2017, with (from left) Peter Reginato, Blue Float, 1978; Jim Huntington, Dayton, 1977; and Betty Gold, Alas #IV, 1994. Artwork and image courtesy The Contemporary Austin – Museum Without Walls Program. Photograph by Brian Fitzsimmons.
Museum Without Walls
Museum Without Walls at Perry Park
May 6, 2017 – Ongoing
The Contemporary Austin’s Museum Without Walls program brings art beyond the walls of the museum and out into the community in new ways and in diverse venues.
David Deming, Mystic Raven, 1983. Painted steel. 264 x 192 x 72 inches. Collection of The Contemporary Austin. Gift of TRST Congress, Inc., 1992.10. Installation view, Pease Park at Shoal Creek Greenbelt, Austin, Texas, 2017. Artwork and image courtesy The Contemporary Austin – Museum Without Walls Program. Photograph by Brian Fitzsimmons.
Upcoming
Exhibition
THIS LAND
September 28, 2023 – January 28, 2024
This Land is a group exhibition about landscape: how it records the social and environmental effects of colonialism and capitalism.
Aryel René Jackson in collaboration with Michael J. Love, Descendance (still), 2020. Single-channel video, color, and sound. Running time: 05:26. Music by Joe Dyson. Artwork © Aryel René Jackson. Image courtesy the artist. Photograph by Eliot Gray Fisher.
Exhibition
Mural by Manik Raj Nakra
NOVEMBER 2023 – NOVEMBER 2024
The Contemporary Austin will showcase a mural by artist Manik Raj Nakra on the Jones Center’s downtown building on 7th and Congress.
Betty and Edward Marcus Sculpture Park at Laguna Gloria
Wangechi Mutu, Water Woman, 2017. Bronze. 36 x 65 x 70 inches. Edition 2 of 3, with 2 AP. Collection of The Contemporary Austin. Purchased with funds provided by the Edward and Betty Marcus Foundation, 2017.5. Installation view, The Contemporary Austin – Laguna Gloria, Austin, Texas, 2017. Artwork © Wangechi Mutu. Image courtesy The Contemporary Austin. Photograph by Brian Fitzsimmons.
Exhibition
Betty and Edward Marcus Sculpture Park at Laguna Gloria
The Contemporary Austin’s Betty and Edward Marcus Sculpture Park at Laguna Gloria is named in honor of a founding grant by the Edward and Betty Marcus Foundation. This contemporary art destination presents exhibitions and permanent outdoor art installations on a site of great natural beauty on Lake Austin.
Past
Eamon Ore-Giron, Talking Shit with Amaru, 2021. Mineral paint and Flashe on canvas. 132 x 204 inches. Installation view, Eamon Ore-Giron: Competing with Lightning / Rivalizando con el relámpago, The Contemporary Austin – Jones Center on Congress Avenue, Austin, Texas, 2023. Artwork © Eamon Ore-Giron. Courtesy the artist and James Cohan, New York. Image courtesy The Contemporary Austin. Photograph by Alex Boeschenstein.
Exhibition
Eamon Ore-Giron: Competing with Lightning / Rivalizando con el relámpago
March 3, 2023 – August 20, 2023
This exhibition brings together paintings from the last twenty years by artist, musician, and DJ Eamon Ore-Giron; from his Southwest and Peruvian-inspired figurative works from the 2000s, to his paintings in the 2010s that engaged elements of both figuration and abstraction, including an ongoing series focused on Mesoamerican deities, to his most recent Infinite Regress series.
Celeste, Un fondo, un escenario, un paisaje, 2022. Lime and concrete pigments on wall. 118 1/8 x 118 1/8 x 118 1/8 inches (approximate dimensions). Installation view, Inmortalizando al cangrejo, Guadalajara 90210, Mexico City, 2022. Artwork © Celeste. Image courtesy the artists. Photograph by Ruben Garay.
Exhibition
HOST: Celeste
March 3 – August 20, 2023
This exhibition showcases work by Celeste, a collaborative duo based in Mexico City formed by artists María Fernanda Camarena and Gabriel Rosas Alemán. Through the integration of diverse media and disciplines in their practice, Celeste conducts a negotiation that expands concentrically in order to gradually encompass other collaborators and spectators within the workings of an intimate exchange.
Celeste, Manta de cielo, 2022. Pigments and acrylic base on dyed cotton canvas. 275 1/2 x 354 3/8 x 110 1/4 inches. Installation view at JO-HS, Mexico City, 2022. Artwork © Celeste. Image courtesy the artists. Photograph by Sergio López.
Exhibition
CELESTE: MANTA DE CIELO
May 17–25 | July 6–9 | Aug 10–13, 2023
The temporary installation of Manta de cielo at Laguna Gloria incorporates the area where it is installed, filtering natural light through dyed fabric and into the space, turning the interior a bright shade of pink. The textile piece was created as a shelter to host gatherings, events, and celebrations.