Exhibitions 2006
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The
Kirk Varnedoe Collection
March 10 - May 21, 2006
With
the opening of the Jepson Center for the Arts, the Telfair also
unveiled a major gift to the permanent collection: a group of over
20 works on paper by major contemporary artists assembled in honor
of the late scholar, MoMA curator, and Savannah native, Kirk Varnedoe.
The collection includes works by Jasper Johns, Chuck Close, Roy
Lichtenstein, Jeff Koons, Robert Rauschenberg, Frank Stella, Richard
Serra, Richard Avedon, and other major figures whose work was highly
regarded by Kirk Varnedoe. The Varnedoe Collection significantly
enhances the Telfair’s holdings of important contemporary
art, and will stand as a lasting tribute to Kirk Varnedoe’s
influential career. The opening of the collection will be accompanied
by a major catalogue published by the Grenfell Press in New York,
containing essays by critic Adam Gopnik and Kadee Robbins, as well
as artist interviews conducted by Kadee Robbins. The catalogue also
includes full color reproductions of each work
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