Antique furniture is a recurring object in Atlanta artist Jessica Scott-Felder’s drawings, sculptures, installations and performances. These delicate antique objects often were reserved for individual guests or special occasions in her mother’s home. In her installations, Scott-Felder uses found objects to transform corners and walls into psychological spaces referencing stories about historical and mythical figures [...]
Act/Natural presents approximately forty photographs from the permanent collection that explore the ways in which photographers utilize both candid and staged compositions to create portraits of individuals, pairs, and groups.
Jerry Siegel’s photographic portraits of southern visual artists compose a highly personal survey of some of the most interesting inhabitants of our region. An Alabama native, Siegel has spent the last 17 years traveling the area to capture the likenesses of both well-known and emerging artists in their familiar settings. Facing South assembles approximately 50 [...]
Telfair Museums will present a solo installation by Sarah Frost, entitled Arsenal. Originally created for the Great Rivers Biennial 2010 exhibition at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, Arsenal is an installation comprised of hundreds of hand-made paper “guns” suspended from the ceiling that envelop the visitor and create an environment that is both beautiful and haunting.
This exhibition highlights Telfair Museums’ significant collection of seated forms. Originally from the collections of 19th-century Savannahians and other collectors, this exhibition will showcase chairs and sofas as both functional objects, as well as sculptural forms. The Telfair’s furniture collection represents one of the museum’s strongest holdings. Within this category, objects created for seating indicate [...]
Telfair Museums is pleased to announce the donation of a major collection of American and English silver from Dr. Frank Rizza and his family. Ranging in dates from the 18th to the 20th centuries, the collection includes a large variety of hollow and flat ware, including tea services, trays, coffee pots, epergne, toast rack, candlesticks, [...]
The unique landscape of the South has served as a source of inspiration to artists for generations. In recent years, artists have produced contemporary Southern landscapes in a dizzying range of styles. Of the works included in this installation, the most realistic is the luminous Anthony Shoals, Broad River, Georgia by Athens artist Philip Juras, [...]
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