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primarily in monotypes and lithography using both traditional photography and digitally manipulated images to create collaged prints supported by drawing. SCAD Museum of Art -- “Facing the Camera: Portraits of Photographers from the Rhoades Collection�; Portraits of Margaret Bourke-White, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Edward Steichen, Edward Weston, Minor White, Cecil Beaton, Gordon Parks, Ansel Adams, Cindy Sherman, and many others are on view. “150 Years of Architectural Elegance: The Central of Georgia Railroad’s 1856 Gray Building Headquarters�; This exhibition chronicles the history of SCAD’s Kiah Hall. Once the headquarters of the venerable Central of Georgia Railroad and now a college art museum, the landmark Greek Revival building epitomizes the elegance of mid19th century architecture. “Focus on 20thCentury Art: Highlights from SCAD’s Collection�; Significant works from the college’s permanent collection including paintings, drawings, and prints by Pablo Picasso, Willem De Kooning, Mark Tobey, Robert Rauschenberg, Romare Bearden, Faith Ringgold, Sam Gilliam, Bridget Riley, and others represent the changing movements of modern and contemporary art. “Darkly Carved Treasures: Traditional Plants and Flowers of China�; This selection of intricately hand carved objets d’art
from the Red Sandalwood Museum in Beijing, China brings the flowering forms and symbolic plants of Asia to new life in wood. “Painters to Their Majesties: Art and Power of the Royal Court�; Featured in this exhibition are 17th- through 19thcentury portraits by painters from the court of England who held official royal appointments. Rare masterpieces by Marcus Gheeraerts, Sir Anthony Van Dyck, Sir Peter Lely, Allan Ramsay, William Hogarth and Sir Joshua Reynolds are on view. “The Master Eye: 19th- and 20th-Century Photographs from the Rhoades Collection�; Photographers include Brady, Nadar, Cartier-Bresson, Adams, Mapplethorpe, Avedon, Caplan, Weston, Cunningham, Lagerfeld and other celebrated masters. “Mapping the Past: A Selection of Antique Cartography from the Newton Collection�; Highlights include 1597 maps from the earliest atlas of the Americas, 1776 military maps, and other 18th- and 19th-century maps, most of them hand colored. Cartographers include Wytfliet, Hondius, Monath, Lotter, d’Anville, Faden, Lodge, Cary, and Wyld. Jepson Center for the Arts – Exhibits include: “Sam Gilliam: a retrospective� through Dec. 31; “I Have Marks to Make,� the 12th annual exhibition celebrating the therapeutic and rehabilitative aspects of art, Dec. 3-Jan. 7. 207 W. York St. Call 790-8800.
Telfair Academy of Arts & Sciences - “AndrĂŠe Ruellan at 100,â€? through Jan. 28. Organized by the Georgia Museum of Art in Athens, this exhibition presents 45 paintings, drawings and prints by this remarkable American artist, including the whose career spanned most of the 20th century. The exhibition includes the Telfair’s signature Ruellan work, Savannah, depicting the Barnard Street ramp leading to the river, circa 1942. Also: “Spirit of Mexico: Photographs by Bravo, Levitt, and Perkisâ€? through Jan. 28. This exhibition consists of over 30 black and white photographs examining Mexico’s landscape and people by renowned photographers Manuel Alvarez Bravo (Mexican, 1902-2002), Helen Levitt (American, b. 1913), and Philip Perkis (American, b. 1935). 121 Barnard St. Call 790-8800. w Art Patrol is for rotating shows, exhibitions and receptions. Send art info to jim@connectsavannah.com
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Works by Dayna Thacker, top, and Rich Gere, at right, are featured at the JEA through December
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