Recently, the Georgia Museum of Art collaborated with the Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum at Florida International University on the exhibition “Rembrandt Reframed.” The exhibition brings together 22 prints by 17th-century Dutch artist Rembrandt van Rijn with work by three contemporary artists: Charles Humes Jr., Jennifer Printz and Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz. The idea is to “challenge us to consider the ways in which they share approaches but also depart dramatically in technique and concept from the Old Master,” according to the Frost.
The Rembrandt prints were a loan from the Georgia Museum of Art, made possible by Nelda Damiano, our Pierre Daura Curator of European Art . The museum received these prints as a gift from the collection of the late Dr. S. William Pelletier, former provost of the University of Georgia . One of Europe’s most prominent artists of his era, Rembrandt produced nearly 300 etchings. For the 350th anniversary of his death, in 2020, the museum hosted an exhibition featuring prints from the collection alongside new prints created by students at UGA’s Lamar Dodd School of Art. When Amy Galpin, chief curator at the Frost, reached out for the loan, the 2020 exhibition was still fresh in Damiano’s mind.
Because Galpin’s initial plan to acquire Rembrandt prints had fallen through, the loan had to be approved and the works of art transported to Miami in a matter of 3 months, a short period of time for a museum project. Despite the time constraints, Damiano worked with our registrars and preparators to get the loan approved so that our museum could be a good colleague to a fellow university museum.
“It is wonderful that works from the collection of the Georgia Museum of Art travel to other institutions so that new audiences can enjoy them,” said Damiano. “It is part of the museum’s mission to teach, and this type of collaboration is a perfect example of how we fulfill our mandate.”
“Rembrandt Reframed” is on view at the Frost Museum until January 8, 2023.
Authored by:
Nishat Nayla
