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Reflections On Our Collection – August 23, 2020

August 23, 2020 Posted By: xedwards@masmacon.com Reflections On Our Collection Comments are off for this post

  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 […]

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Reflections on our Collection – August 9, 2020

August 9, 2020 Posted By: xedwards@masmacon.com Reflections On Our Collection Comments are off for this post

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 […]

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Reflections on our Collection – August 2, 2020

August 1, 2020 Posted By: xedwards@masmacon.com Reflections On Our Collection Comments are off for this post

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 […]

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Reflections on our Collection – July 26, 2020

July 26, 2020 Posted By: xedwards@masmacon.com Reflections On Our Collection Comments are off for this post

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 […]

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Reflections On Our Collection – July 12, 2020

July 12, 2020 Posted By: xedwards@masmacon.com Reflections On Our Collection Comments are off for this post

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 […]

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Reflections On Our Collection – July 5, 2020

July 5, 2020 Posted By: xedwards@masmacon.com Reflections On Our Collection Comments are off for this post

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- […]

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Reflections On Our Collection – June 28, 2020

June 28, 2020 Posted By: xedwards@masmacon.com Reflections On Our Collection Comments are off for this post

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 […]

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Reflections on our Collection – June 21, 2020

June 21, 2020 Posted By: xedwards@masmacon.com Reflections On Our Collection Comments are off for this post

  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 […]

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Reflections on our Collection – Sunday, June 14, 2020

June 12, 2020 Posted By: xedwards@masmacon.com Reflections On Our Collection Comments are off for this post

Looking deeper at the artwork held by the MAS and matching it with poetry.

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Reflections on our Collection – Sunday, June 7, 2020

June 5, 2020 Posted By: xedwards@masmacon.com Reflections On Our Collection Comments are off for this post

Looking deeper at the artwork held by the MAS and matching it with poetry.

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