Inside Look: Selected Acquisitions from the Georgia Museum of Art September 18, 2021 – January 30, 2022
by Sophie Taeuber-Arp; selections from the John and Sara Shlesinger Collection of contemporary art; Russian portraits from the Beloss- elsky-Belozersky family; important abstract and self-taught objects by Black artists; photographs of celebrity culture and everyday life in 1960s England by Lewis Morley; and scenes of the resilient communi- ties of Appalachia by photographers Milton Rogovin and Arthur Tress.
With more than 18,000 objects in its collection, the museum cannot show everything all the time.
This exhibition features many previously unseen works of art, includ- ing new gifts and purchases across our curatorial departments that have filled critical gaps in the permanent collections. Visitors will dis - cover examples from the Femfolio portfolio, featuring prints by artists such as Faith Ringgold and Miriam Schapiro; a suite of abstract prints
Curators: Nelda Damiano, Pierre Daura Curator of European Art; Shawnya L. Harris, Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Curator of African American and African Diasporic Art; Asen Kirin, Parker Curator of Russian Art; and Jeffrey Richmond-Moll, curator of American art
May Stevens (American, 1924 – 2019), “The Band Played On,” 2007. Digital print with hand lithography and gold dusting, 12 × 12 inches. Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Museum purchase with funds provided by the Byrnece Purcell Knox Swanson Acquisitions Fund and the Richard E. and Lynn R. Berkowitz Acquisition Endowment. GMOA 2019.329.20.
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