Magic realism reexamined in new exhibition at the Georgia Museum of Art
Brian Connelly (American, 1926 1963), A Night Garden, 1955. Oil and casein on panel, 18 × 30 inches. The Schoen Collection: Magic Realism Image courtesy of Debra Force Fine Art.
ATHENS, GA
.- Long overshadowed by the rise of abstract expressionism in the 1950s, magic realisms reputation is on the way up again. The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia is presenting the exhibition Extra Ordinary: Magic, Mystery and Imagination in American Realism from February 27 to June 13, 2021, seeking to reexamine how we define magic realism and expand the canon of artists who worked within this category.
Tuesday, January 12, 2021 Emma Amos’s journey to become a distinguished artist is nothing short of extraordinary. She was interested in art from a young age, even though segregation prevented her from being able fully to enjoy and experience the arts in museums and other public “separate-but-equal” spaces. “Emma Amos: Color Odyssey,” a retrospective solo exhibition organized by the Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia, not only shows her presence and growth as an artist, but also highlights the social change for which Amos fought. “Emma Amos: Color Odyssey” will be on view at the Georgia Museum of Art January 30 through April 25, 2021, before traveling to the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute from June 19 to September 12, 2021, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art from October 9, 2021, to January 2, 2022. The exhibition includes over 60 works Amos made over the course of her career, with the earliest from the late 1950s a