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Altered Landscapes: Photography in the Anthropocene
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In the photographs gathered in this exhibition – all drawn from the Georgia Museum of Art’s permanent collection – humanity’s impact on the natural landscape is undeniable, even if human figures are not immediately visible. Beauty and pathos go hand in hand. These images also suggest how photographs can be controlled or altered, showing the world as their makers want us to see it.
Curator: Jeffrey Richmond-Moll, curator of American art
William Greiner (American, b. 1957) “TV in Bayou,” 1993 (printed 2001) C-print Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Gift of the artist GMOA 2001.61
The Monsters Are Due on Broad Street: Patrick Dean
Cartoonist Patrick Dean drew a weekly strip for Athens’ alternative newsweekly, Flagpole magazine, from 1997 to 2006, as well as many covers. Influenced by Jack Davis, George Grosz, Tomi Ungerer and early Mad Magazine, he populates his scenes with a wide variety of characters interacting with one another, capturing a broad range of Athens’ population. Jokes abound, and monsters are humanized as much as people are monsterfied. In 2018, Dean was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as motor neurone disease (MND) or Lou Gehrig’s disease. He continues to draw, despite his increasing difficulties doing so. This small retrospective begins with his student work at UGA, from which he graduated in 1998, and ends with his recent comics about illness and mortality.
Curator: Hillary Brown, director of communications
Patrick Dean, page from “Monster Opera” thesis project, 1998. Pen, ink and markers on paper. Collection of the artist.
Maltby Sykes (American, 1911 – 1992), “Service Shoes,” 1944. Lithograph on wove paper, 7 3/4 × 9 1/8 inches. Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Museum purchase with funds provided by the bequest of Leighton Ballew. GMOA 1997.97.
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