The Carlos collaborates with Emory Libraries on new exhibition Connections: The Power of Objects
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his 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
ab ov e r i g h t 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 r i g h t Anthropomorphic Vessel.
Democratic Republic of the Congo. Mangbetu. 1912–1930s. Ceramic. Gift of William S. Arnett. 1994.3.19 fa r r i g h t 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
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