Aspen Public Radio: Powers Art Center: Contemporary Museum In A Cow Pasture

While everyone’s eyes have been on the opening of the Aspen Art Museum, another local art center opened this summer. The Powers Art Center near Carbondale features the work of just one artist, Jasper Johns, an influential and highly recognized pop artist. As Aspen Public Radio’s Marci Krivonen reports, the building that houses Johns’ works is artwork, itself.

The Powers Art Center is located in a large cow pasture off of Highway 82. It’s not visible from the road and the entrance is somewhat covert. On the way in, you pass cattleguards and old rusting farm implements and then the Center comes into view.

Reporter: "When I walked up here I was completely surprised by the structure itself. I wasn’t expecting such a grand, beautiful building. Is that the reaction you’re getting from a lot of people?"

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