Four Albany Museum of Art Exhibitions Close on Jan 4, 2025
As 2024 reaches its final weeks, so do the fall exhibitions at the Albany Museum of Art. Saturday, Jan 4, is the final day for four exhibitions, including David Lanier’s retrospective Beauty in the Humble Places and Jillian Marine Browning’s Rootwork.
“Both of these exhibitions stress the importance of the natural world and pull the viewer into the artist’s experience of it,” Executive Director Andrew J. Wulf, Ph.D. said. “David Lanier’s exhibition has brought together for the first time work from throughout his career, from adolescence to today. Jillian Marie Browning’s exhibition is a unique exploration of the history of healing and spirituality and its ongoing impact on Black communities.”
Visitation has been strong this fall, both for individuals and student field trips, Wulf said. “Beauty in the Humble Places and Rootwork have resonated with visitors,” he said. “I urge all who have not seen them, now is the time.”
Lanier, an Albany native, is known internationally for his depictions of the wilds of South Georgia, from stunning landscapes to hunting dogs and other wildlife. The Haley Gallery exhibition has nearly 130 works ranging from Lanier’s studies in school and the Ringling College of Art and Design to his early professional career as an illustrator and his decades as a painter. Included are studies Lanier made in producing the final works, giving the viewer insights into how he works as an artist.
Browning, a Florida native, is an assistant professor of photography at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The artist, a graduate of Florida State University, has exhibited across the Eastern region. This is Browning’s first solo exhibition in Georgia. In the East Gallery exhibition, the artist creates intersections between Black hair practices and culture with botany and vegetation.
In addition to the two Southern artists’ solo exhibitions, Sixty Years of Masterpieces and Memories in the McCormack Gallery is a tribute to the generosity of supporters who have contributed to the museum’s collection.
The Hodges Gallery hosts the third installment of the year-long exhibition Old Master Drawings from the Shaffer Collection. The drawings originate from Western Europe during the 15th to 18th centuries and are some of the oldest works in the AMA’s Permanent Collection.
Those two exhibitions also close on Jan 4.
Also on view is the inaugural Juried Southwest Georgia Student Art Exhibition in the AMA’s West Gallery, which opened on Nov 16 during the AMA’s The Heart of Albany Festival. That showcase will continue through Jan 25 in the West Gallery.
The AMA website exhibition pages provide information on the exhibitions and video interviews with Lanier and Browning. The videos can also be viewed on the AMA’s YouTube channel.
The exhibition page for Beauty in the Humble Places is HERE.
The exhibition page for Rootwork is HERE.
AMA EXHIBITIONS
- Beauty in the Humble Places, a David Lanier Retrospective, is Aug 29, 2024-Jan 4, 2025, in the Haley Gallery.
- Rootwork, recent works by Jillian Marie Browning, is Aug 29, 2024-Jan 4, 2025, in the East Gallery.
- Sixty Years of Masterpieces and Memories, highlights from the Permanent Collection, is Aug 29, 2024-Jan 4, 2025, in the McCormack Gallery.
- Old Master Drawings from the Shaffer Collection, Part 3 is Aug 29, 2024-Jan 4, 2025, in the Hodges Gallery.
- The Southwest Georgia Student Art Exhibition is Nov 16, 2024-Jan 25, 2025 in the West Gallery.
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