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Southern Images of Faith, Family and Friends: The Art of Jonathan Green
Exhibition Dates
June 12 through October 26. 2003
Myrtle Beach, SC - Think colors of the rainbow. Think life scenes: girls
flirting, couples courting, mothers braiding their little girls' hair. The
scenes are set in fields, front yards, churches, marshes and juke joints. South
Carolina artist Jonathan Green captures it all in his vivid Gullah paintings
that come to the Grand Strand for the first time.Southern Images of Faith, Family and Friends: The Art of Jonathan Green is on exhibit at the Franklin G. Burroughs - Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum through October 26, 2003. The Art of Jonathan Green is inspired by the Gullah culture, a mix of African and European language, dress, religion and food found among the African-Americans who lived on the isolated islands along the South Carolina and Georgia coastline since slavery.
Green, born and raised in Beaufort County, South Carolina, is one of the most important contemporary painters of the Southern experience. He is the only artist of Gullah descent who has been traditionally schooled and trained and who widely exhibits his paintings across the nation.
The exhibit is a retrospective of Green's work, covering the years 1985 through 2001. Some 30 oil paintings and two acrylics are showcased by the artist in his "narrative realism" style of vibrant colors.
The Art Museum is located in a charming, two-story beach house at Springmaid Beach near the pier, just off Ocean Boulevard. The 1924 home was moved and renovated before opening to the public in June 1997. Since then, the museum has presented 45 exhibitions featuring more than 400 artists. Art classes and lectures are offered throughout the year, and there is a permanent collection on the second floor as well as the current exhibit. Admission to the galleries is free; donations are appreciated.
The Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum
3100 South Ocean Boulevard Myrtle Beach, SC 29577
PO Box 1124 Myrtle Beach 29578
phone 843.238.2510
fax 843.238.2910
artmuse@sccoast.net