FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 18, 2008 |
FOR INFORMATION CONTACT
Elizabeth Pittman 404.364.8868
epittman@oglethorpe.edu |
Rubin Museum of Art Comes to Atlanta
ATLANTA – Oglethorpe University Museum of Art and New York’s Rubin Museum of Art would like to announce a special partnership. Oglethorpe University Museum of Art (OUMA) has transformed a portion of the museum into a third gallery space specifically for traveling shows from the Rubin Museum of Art (RMA). The partnership will run over three years producing six exhibitions in Atlanta.
The first exhibition, Lord of Compassion: Images of Avalokiteshvara from the Rubin Museum of Art, will run from February 23 until May 11. Dramatic paintings and sculptures depict Avalokiteshvara, the Buddhist embodiment of compassion, as understood in Tibet between the 12th and 19th centuries. Avalokiteshvara is the patron deity of Tibet. All-seeing, ever-caring and ever-responsive, Avalokiteshvara is protector, savior and intercessor. His many distinct forms, reflected in the presented works, convey different perspectives on the Buddhist ideal of heroic altruism.
OUMA’s current, two-gallery exhibition is Before and After Gauguin: The Art of Printmaking in Brittany 1740 to 1940 which includes 100 prints from private French collections and the first print made in Brittany, France. The exhibition demonstrates how the renowned French artist Paul Gauguin influenced and changed the direction of the great printmaking tradition in Brittany.
The Oglethorpe University Museum of Art is open Tuesday through Sunday from noon until 5:00 p.m. Free and ample parking is available. Admission to both exhibitions is $10 per person; $5 for senior citizens and students; free for museum members, children under 12 and the Oglethorpe community. For more information please visit www.oglethorpe.edu (keyword: museum).
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Located in Atlanta and founded in 1835, Oglethorpe enrolls over 1,000 students representing 34 states and 36 countries. The university plays in the NCAA Division III Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference. The Princeton Review’s The Best 366 Colleges 2008 edition ranks Oglethorpe in its prestigious list and also names it a Best Southeastern College. Oglethorpe University is Georgia’s only coeducational member of the Annapolis Group, an organization of America’s most selective liberal arts institutions.
Founded in 1999 as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit trust, Rubin Museum of Art (RMA), the premier museum of Himalayan art in the Western world, opened to the public in October 2004. RMA is governed by an independent Board of Directors, which, with its professional staff, has led the museum to become universally recognized by newcomers and connoisseurs alike for showcasing the art of the Himalayas. Through its collections and extensive public programming, the museum is a resource to the diverse communities that live in or travel to the New York region.
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