Exhibitions 2007

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Beyond Whistler: Modern and Contemporary Prints from the Telfair’s Collection, Feb. 13 - Aug. 2, 2007

In last winter’s exhibition Durer to Whistler: The Art of the Print, the Telfair presented fine examples of Western printmaking from the 15th to the early 20th century, culminating with the work of pioneering artist James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). Whistler and the printmakers in his circle challenged conventional views of printmaking, fostering the belief that it was a valid medium for original artistic expression at a time when printmaking was widely considered a purely commercial process, suitable only for advertisements and illustrations.

Whistler paved the way for subsequent generations of American and European printmakers, who would go on to utilize etching, lithography, silkscreen, and other print media in ways that their 19th-century predecessors could never have envisioned. Beyond Whistler: Modern and Contemporary Prints from the Telfair’s Collection will highlight the many, varied treasures of 20th- and 21st-century printmaking in the Telfair’s permanent collection. Works by artists as wide-ranging as Thomas Hart Benton, Chuck Close, Rockwell Kent, Käthe Kollwitz, Joan Miró, and Elizabeth O’Neill Verner will be included.

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

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