Just to mix things up a bit from the weeks of realist style paintings we’ve enjoyed- I’ve latched on to this porcelain sculpture by South Korean born artist, Kyungmin Park. We acquired this piece through gifts during the 2013 Emerging Artists exhibit where it was shown. The purchase was...
Eric O’Dell is a long time beloved human fixture of the Macon, Georgia art scene. He is both a practicing studio artist and professor of art at Mercer University (where he graduated and his daughters attend), and has also been an active supporter of our art infrastructure through being a...
This week’s piece I chose from our permanent collection is this skillful and evocative painting of a woman lost in her thoughts while she performs a perfunctory kitchen task; shelling peas. Our painting “Viola” is one of a group of three that were gifted by the artist, Marc Chatov, from...
My selection this week is a brand new acquisition. We received this only in May of this year and accessioned it into our collection at the June Board of Directors meeting. We are excited to have it as it matches another Rouault in our permanent collection- “The Judge,” which was...
This painting is “ Bohemian Family,” painted by Russian born artist, Roman Chatov, in 1968. While Roman’s work lands mostly in realism and representation, he paints from his sensibilities and style and is leaning into modernism. He treats space here shallowly, even though it depicts a room of some depth....
The 25th anniversary of the Museum of Arts and Sciences was celebrated on June 3, 1981. It was this time of year that the ladies and gentleman- and the children- came here to the Museum of Arts and Sciences for a birthday party and a week of events that celebrated...
Our selection this week is this snowy landscape painting. It was created around 1938 by French painter, Victor Joseph Communal. Communal was a decorated French artist, a member of the Paris Salon (Sociètè du Salon des Artistes Français), and was awarded an honorable mention in 1910 and a bronze prize...
As I was perusing the collection for this week’s blog entry, I saw so many options. It was this very subtle and beautiful watercolor painting which curled its finger towards me and said, “Here”. Upon inspection, I saw the hand of a very skilled watercolorist who had an affinity...
Looking deeper at the artwork held by the MAS and matching it with poetry.
Looking deeper at the artwork held by the MAS and matching it with poetry.