Exhibition
Emma Amos
Color Odyssey
Targets (detail), 1992, by Emma Amos (American, 1937–2020) (Amos Family, courtesy RYAN LEE Gallery)
When
Oct 11, 2021 – Jan 17, 2022
Where
Morgan Galleries 150 & 151; Korman Family Galleries 152 & 153
Tickets
About
“Every time I think about color, it’s a political statement.” —Emma Amos
Across her prolific career as a pioneering artist, educator, and activist, Emma Amos (American, 1937–2020) created boldly colorful and innovative works that explore the intersections of race and gender in American life. This exhibition surveys her body of work from the 1950s to the 2010s for the first time, spotlighting her inventive approach to printmaking, painting, and weaving as well as her signature practice of combining distinctive materials and artistic techniques. Amos’s works investigate identity and privilege while unsettling the lines between figuration and abstraction, craft and fine art, beauty and power.
Media Gallery
3 Ladies
Emma Amos
To Sit (With Pochoir)
Emma Amos
Media Gallery
Curators
The organizing curator is Shawnya L. Harris, PhD, the Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Curator of African American and African Diasporic Art at the Georgia Museum of Art.
In Philadelphia, the exhibition is curated by Laurel Garber, Park Family Assistant Curator of Prints and Drawings.
Organizers
The exhibition is organized by the Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia. This program is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts, University of Georgia. At the Georgia Museum of Art, additional support was provided by the W. Newton Morris Foundation and the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art.
Sponsors
In Philadelphia, Emma Amos: Color Odyssey is made possible by the Kathleen C. and John J. F. Sherrerd Fund for Exhibitions, the Lenore G. Tawney Foundation, Emily and Mike Cavanagh, and other generous donors.