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.
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Jepson Center
The High Chairs: An Installation by Jessica Scott-Felder
April 26 - July 8, 2013Antique 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 [...]
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Facing South: Portraits of Southern Artists by Jerry Siegel
April 16 - September 15, 2013Jerry 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 [...]
Jepson Center
Sarah Frost: Arsenal
April 26-September 22, 2013Telfair 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.
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Silver from the Rizza Collection
March 23, 2013-February 2, 2014Telfair 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, [...]
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The Contemporary Southern Landscape
Through 2014The 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, [...]
