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photography Courtesy of regen projeCts, Los angeLes (X ); Courtesy of MiCkaLene thoMas, LehMann Maupin, new york and hong kong, and artists rights soCiety (ars), new york (je t'aime); Courtesy of the artist and piLar Corrias gaLLery (everything and more) Liz Larner: SpatiaL awareneSS Sculpture often speaks to the space it occupies. Artist Liz Larner's X—the letter rendered in stainless steel in the approximate shape of a hemisphere—actually counts on that concept, as the piece is designed to play off of the architecture of the museum itself. "I am very interested to see how X relates to Shigeru Ban's woven-wood-panel façade and the overlapping grid structure of the windows inside," says Larner, 55, who has exhibited work at the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art and the Whitney Biennial. "I think the mirror- polished stainless steel will focus and retransmit [images of ] the people, atmosphere, weather, and activity around the museum, creating a [real- time] ref lection of all that happens around it, as its curving form reshapes this constant change." Although X will occupy the public space outside the museum's entrance, wall sculptures ranging in clockwise from left: Liz Larner's stainless-steel X (2013), Mickalene Thomas's je t'aime video (2014), and Rachel Rose's video installation Everything and More (2015) will all be on view this winter and spring as part of a power-gal takeover of the Aspen Art Museum. size from 30 inches to 15 feet will fill Galleries 2 and 3 on the museum's main f loor. X will be on display October 16, 2015–November 30, 2016. Wall sculptures in Galleries 2 and 3 will be on display February 26– June 5, 2016. Lynda BengLiS: StatuS Quoi? After half a century, 74-year-old Lynda Benglis is still on the edge of art's avant-garde. Her staunch independence, exploration of materials (wax, latex, glitter), and predilection to provoke (she appeared in a rather unforgettable 1974 Artforum ad—nude, sex toy in hand—that bucked conventional notions of how artists should represent themselves) have solidified not only her indelible mark on contempo- rary art but also her standing atop it. The sensuality and physicality of her sculptures and poured-wax/ latex works create, or rather force, a conversation with the audience. After Zuckerman saw Benglis's recent solo exhibition at the Storm King Art Center, in New York, she immediately knew which piece she wanted for the Aspen Art Museum: Pink Ladies, a working fountain cast in hot-pink polyurethane. While beautiful and unexpected, says Zuckerman, it's also "spunky and fun." April 22–October 30, 2016 racheL roSe: Moving StiLLS At 29, conceptual video artist Rachel Rose, who opened her first-ever solo exhibition at New York's Whitney Museum in October, is the youngest of this group, a fact not evident from her artistic obsession: mortality. Through her own film footage and found materials, she meditates on the theme of death through diverse subject matter (zoos, robotics, the Revolutionary War) and a focus on the meaning—and the ubiquity—of images and what they may or may not represent. The New York City–based artist is most cel- ebrated for her video installations, like Everything and More, which will be on view at the Aspen Art Museum. March 11–June 12, 2016 MickaLene thoMaS: portrait of the Lady On the other side of the life-death spectrum are works from 44-year-old Mickalene Thomas, the first artist to create a solo portrait of First Lady Michelle Obama. Known for her elaborate paintings made from rhinestones, acrylic, and enamel, Thomas explores ideas of life and woman- hood while expanding—or resisting—common conceptions of beauty. On display in Aspen is a series of photographs and videos, almost entirely new works, focusing on the home, specifically the furniture, objects, and family photos people keep, and what those items say about their humanity. March 11–June 12, 2016. 637 E. Hyman Ave., 970-925-8050; aspenartmuseum.org AP 86  aspenpeak-magazine.com CULTURE Art Full

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