The Carlos collaborates with Emory Libraries on new exhibition Connections:

This fall, the Carlos Museum will contribute works of art to the Emory Libraries’ newest exhibition, Connections: The Power of Objects, opening on October 20. This exhibition will showcase special collections held or displayed by Emory University and close collaborators. The show highlights libraries, museums, and other organizations which collect, preserve, or foster the use of objects to increase knowledge, spark curiosity, encourage discovery, and promote creativity. Seventeen organizations, including the Carlos, will be represented.

Six objects selected from the museum’s permanent collection demonstrate how different cultures use figurative representation to conceptualize and complicate questions of identity and belonging.

Connections: The Power of Objects will be on view from October 20, 2022 through January 8, 2023 in the Robert W. Woodruff Library on Emory’s Atlanta campus. Z

above right The Buddha as Vishnu. North India, Punjab Hills, 19th Century. Opaque watercolor and gold on paper. Courtesy of Harshna and Pyush Patel. L2020.11.5

right Anthropomorphic Vessel. Democratic Republic of the Congo. Mangbetu. 1912–1930s. Ceramic. Gift of William S. Arnett. 1994.3.19

far right Upper part of a naophorus statue. Egypt. New Kingdom, Dynasties 19–20, 1292–1077 BCE. Black granite. Gift of Sally and Joe Gladden in honor of Joop Bollen, 2014 Woolford B. Baker Service Award Recipient. 2014.20.1

far left Female figure with elaborate headdress. Ecuador, Jama-Coaque. 300 BCE–800 CE. Ceramic. Gift of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau. 1990.11.53

left Head of a veiled woman, perhaps a goddess. Greece, possibly Athens, Roman, Imperial, Hadrianic, ca. 130 CE. Marble (Pentelikon). Carlos Collection of Ancient Art. 1994.2

below left Elizabeth Catlett (American, 1915–2012). There is a Woman in Every Color. 1975–2004. Linocut. Gift of Barbara and Larry Schulz in memory of their son Daniel Schulz. 2022.9.3