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Andy Goldsworthy / AMOA

Austin Museum of Art Downtown opens a three part exhibition of work by internationally acclaimed Scottish sculptor Andy Goldsworthy. Mountain and Coast Autumn into Winter (December 11 - February 20) reveals the full innovative range of this noted artist through 34 large-scale photographs which document a spectacular body of work created in the mountains and along the seacoast of Japan during the autumn and winter of 1987.

Accompanying the main exhibit is Goldsworthy's site specific series of six photographs created on the banks of Lake Austin in September. As in all of his work, Goldsworthy captures the essence of nature at a particular place and moment in time, by using the actual building blocks of nature itself: rock, wood, earth, water, and the climatic conditions that affect the form each might take - with breathtaking results.

Rounding out the exhibit exhibition will be an ongoing screening of the film Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time, 2001, an intimate film that documents Goldsworthy's improvisational process. Plan a museum visit with family or friends this holiday season; don't forget the AMOA Store is a great place to do holiday shopping.

Around the Corner from Each Other / Open House at Women and Their Work and trio of artists at d berman gallery

Women and Their Work is featuring an installation called Open House by artist Michelle Mayer. Mayer is a recent graduate in Fine Arts from The University of Texas at Austin. Fusing her specialization in video art with interests in photography, painting and installation, Mayer creates a faux home inside the gallery for viewers to "relax, visit and live in for a while." In Mayer's vision of the contemporary home, there are nine television monitors as well as several overhead projections of DVD's, including one with a "campfire experience." She has also added "security cameras" that allow gallery visitors to observe themselves and others viewing art.

Around the corner at d berman gallery, recent work by Brad Ellis, Joe Janson and Janet Kastner is on view. Abstract imagery abounds and vivid colors pop in this exhibition. Ellis employs encaustic technique and creates distinctive surfaces with occasional collaged elements and calligraphic motifs. Based on geometric grids, Janson's oil paintings highlight recognizable botanical and aquatic imagery with abstract science-fiction shapes. Kastner too, concentrates on forms from nature (sea creatures and plant life) but in a much more abstract manner, dreamily floating them like words entangled in a seductive palette.

Around Town / January means Art on 5^th Gallery's Vintage Poster Show

Both old and new collectors of vintage poster art should not miss Art on 5th's Vintage Poster Sale this month. Hundreds of original vintage posters from the 1900s -1970s Europe will be on view and available to purchase. Looking for a gift? Subjects will include movies, sports, music, fashion, travel and wine. However, this limited engagement only lasts 3 days; Friday through Saturday, January 28-29, 10-6 and Sunday, January 30, Noon-5.