This special exhibition of the work of Lamar Dodd, the most recognized artist of his generation from the state of Georgia, during the GMOA's reopening year celebrates his career and features 100 images. It juxtaposes his drawings with many related watercolors and paintings. It also features the return to Athens of Dodd's "Bargain Basement," now in the collection of the Morris Museum of Art. Ranging from the late 1920s, when he was at the Art Students League in New York, to the 1990s, the exhibition also includes the first wide-scale display of images from Dodd's sketchbooks.
Lamar Dodd, teacher, arts administrator, advocate and artist, rebuilt and revitalized the University of Georgia's art department beginning in 1937. He was and is considered the "godfather" of the Georgia Museum of Art. The museum's galleries are open to the public Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday from 12 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
