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Hello, Atlanta! Our friends at Spelman College Museum of Fine Art will present Beverly Buchanan—Ruin

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Engaging with movements such as Post-Minimalism, Land Art, and feminism, Beverly Buchanan created he

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“What emerges in the end is a powerful portrait of a once-marginalized artist who, like the pe

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Taken in the backyard of her home in Athens, Georgia, a series of photographs document a private per

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Poetry figured regularly in Beverly Buchanan’s work, in both her own writing and her collaborations

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Beverly Buchanan reworked this satirical self-portrait into multiple postcards, subsequently titling

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Beverly Buchanan’s practice moved fluidly between research material and finished artwork, and betwee

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According to artist Beverly Buchanan, “…a lot of my pieces have the word ‘ruins’ i

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Whose bodies and voices are systematically erased from history?  How can we bring their stories to l

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“My real start was not as much drawing on paper as drawing on land.” —Beverly Buchanan 

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Counter to the works of the Land Art movement, Beverly Buchanan’s earthworks refer to narratives of

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On the occasion of her first solo exhibition, Beverly Buchanan wrote an artist statement articulatin

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A sequence of black-and-white photographs of a six-part Frustula work on a kitchen table reveals Bev

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A sequence of black-and-white photographs of a six-part Frustula work on a kitchen table reveals Bev

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During the late 1970s, Beverly Buchanan developed an approach to sculpture that placed the concise f

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One of the ephemeral gems from Beverly Buchanan’s archives is this illustration of what she calls, h

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As a child, Beverly Buchanan collected stones, finding them rich in intrigue and meaning. Later she

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“I had an opportunity to go to medical school. I was devastated because I said no… At the time, I th

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As someone deeply involved with art libraries and archives, I always appreciate an exhibition that w

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As someone deeply involved with art libraries and archives, I always appreciate an exhibition that w

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As someone deeply involved with art libraries and archives, I always appreciate an exhibition that w

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Join us at 7 pm this Thursday Night, October 27, for our Hidden in Plain Sight: Beverly Buchanan pan

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In developing Beverly Buchanan–Ruins and Rituals, which opens today, we hope to invite new readings

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