Art-to-Art Palette Journal

Show examines abstract landscapes

“Rio Grande” 1959, watercolor on paper, 14 3-4 × 19 1-4 inches. Elaine de Kooning (American, 1918-1989), Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Gift of Jeanne Levie Berry in honor of Benjamin Carroll Berry Jr.

ATHENS, GA (AAPNW) – On view through December 31, 2022 at the Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia, “Infinity on the Horizon” features modern and contemporary objects that brings attention to the power art has to influence our understanding of the environment and underscores how abstraction as an artistic strategy can expand our understanding of the landscapes around us.

The exhibition gets its title from Georgia O’Keeffe, who wrote, “The unexplainable thing in nature that makes me feel the world is big far beyond my understanding — to understand maybe by trying to put it into form. To find the feeling of infinity on the horizon line or just over the next hill.”

The artists in this exhibition transform identifiable elements and visual markers of landscapes. In doing so, they comment on aesthetic, political, social and ecological concerns affecting the environments around us. By examining the infinite approaches of abstraction, this exhibition raises the question: how far can the artist abstract nature before we lose sight of the horizon?

For more information, including hours, see http://www.georgiamuseum.org or call 706-542-4662.

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