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August 25, 2009
'bobrauschenbergamerica' -- Fall 2009 arts picks: 2
When it debuted in 2003, the New York Times called Charles L. Mee’s homage to Texas-born artist Robert Rauschenberg ‘brashly, unapologetically entertaining.’
A collage theatrical tribute to perhaps the most inventive of all visual collagists, ‘bobrauschenbergamerica’ will get a staging this fall at St. Edward’s University’s Mary Moody Northen Theatre.
Rauschenberg, who died last year at age 82, embraced pop culture and rejected the angst and self-involvement of the Abstract Expressionists who came to the fore in post-war America. The stuff of everyday life became the medium in which Rauschenberg worked as he forged a breathtaking body of work rooted in the creativity chance and found images and not the authoritarian individual artist.
‘bobrauschenbergamerica’ plays 7:30 p.m. Thursday - Saturdays, Sundays at 2 p.m. Sundays, Sept. 17-27. Mary Moody Northen Theatre, St. Edward’s University, 3001 S, Congress Ave. Advance tickets $15 ($12 students, seniors, St. Edward’s community). All tickets $18 at the door.
Image: Robert Rauschenberg, ‘Retroactive I,’ 1963
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August 11, 2009
Pencil it in: Fall 2009 arts picks - 1
Yes, it seems to be a constant 104 degrees in Austin right now leaving little incentive to leave the comforts of your air-conditioning.
But soon it will begin the fall arts season, temperatures will plummet into the 90s and there will be plenty to do.
We’re looking ahead to the fall over the next couple of weeks, honing in on the highlights, penciling in our calendar.
Here’s some September music highlights that both feature new works by two of Austin’s busiest composers, Dan Welcher and Graham Reynolds. The pair, by the way, shared the honors of ‘Best Original Composition’ Award in the recent Austin Critics’ Table Awards.
Cassatt String Quartet, Sept. 17, UT’s McCullough Theatre.
The New York-based quartet commissioned Welcher to create a piece based on their namesake artist, American Impressionist painter Mary Cassatt. In addition to the premier of Welcher’s Quartet 3, “Cassatt,” the quartet will play Welcher’s “Harbor Music” and Ravel’s String Quartet.
For more info, go here.
UPDATE: The following program has been postponed to a future date TBA.
Golden Hornet Project, Sept. 27 at the Blanton Museum of Art
Indie chamber music presenters Golden Hornet Project — aka, Reynolds and Peter Stopschinski — bring brand new music to the auditorium at the Blanton Museum of Art. Premiering will be Reynolds’ ‘The Difference Engine’ and Stopschinski’s Symphony #6 Also on the program is the Texas premiere of ‘Popcorn Superhet Receiver’ by Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead.
For more info, go to www.goldenhornet.org.
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