exhibitions
Modernism Foretold: The Nadler Collection of Late Antique Art from Egypt November 5, 2020 – September 26, 2021
Lions and antelope, 6th or 7th century CE. Limestone relief fragment; architectural element. 12 x 29 1/4 x 2 1/8 inches. Possibly from El Minya. The Nadeler Collection. Dionysus, 4th–5th century CE. Limestone, polychromy; sculptural fragment. 8 x 7 1/2 x 6 inches. The Nadeler Collection.
This extraordinary assembly of objects dating from the 3rd to the 8th century CE belongs to Emanuel and Anna Nadler of New York City and Palm Beach.
Coptic art was made by and for native Egyptians, Greeks and Romans who favored both classical pagan and Christian themes. Among the objects on display are a marble Co- rinthian capital with crosses and eagles from the Monastery of St. Menas; two sections of large tapestries used as wall hangings in churches or homes; small textile fragments that original- ly embellished tunics used in burials; works of
sculpture derived from funerary sites; and minia- ture bone carvings that were embedded into piec- es of furniture, bridal caskets and small chests for storing jewelry and other precious items. “Modernism Foretold” draws attention to the his- tory of the collection and to changing perceptions of late antique art from Egypt. Curator: Asen Kirin, Parker Curator of Russian Art and professor, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia
Carl Holty (American, b. Germany, 1900 – 1973), untitled, 1948. Acrylic on canvas, 5 7/8 x 7 3/8 inches. Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Gift of Annie Laurie Dodd. GMOA 2012.876.
Carl Holty: Romantic Modernist August 29, 2020 – January 17, 2021
This exhibition of paintings and drawings reflects Holty’s personal pursuit of modern art theory, much of which focused on color as one of his essential building blocks. Through the years, we see the artist first use color as a structural matrix and later as pure atmospheric ground. His personal writings and recurring visual themes of bathers, nature, horses and riders reveal an artist driven by a romantic ideal, an attitude perhaps reflective of an earlier time. Still, at its core, Holty’s work is truly evocative of 20th-century American modernism.
Guest Curator: Marilyn Laufer, former director, Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, Auburn University
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