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June 8, 2006 EVER WONDER WHAT k=
ind of
art artists hang on their own walls? Now's your chance to find out -- and=
you
don't even have to look through the keyhole. =
The
Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia @ SunTrust Plaza has mounted a samp=
ling
of drawings, paintings, sculptures, prints and photos from the private
collections of seven =
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Susan Cofer. The artist makes exquisite detai=
led
drawings using hundreds of pin-thin lines. Her plant forms suggest fecund=
ity
and human forms. Edward Weston's famous photo of gnarled pepper strikes a
similar chord. Richard DeVore's delicate, sub=
tle
ceramic vessel hints that a feminine form is also sy=
mpatico.
Cofer made the adjacent, phallic drawing to
complement it. Not surprisingly, Cofer has an=
eye
for line even in three dimensions. Check out a small sculpture in which
Anthony Caro "draws" in the air. =
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Larry Walker. Artists often collect their artist-friends' work, sometimes
through trades. Walker, a retired director of =
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Lucinda Bunnen. This photographer has amassed=
a
large and eclectic collection. This show omits examples of her museum-qua=
lity
photos to focus on an impressive cache of African-American artists, both
trained and self-taught. Bunnen has long supp=
orted
promising local artists, and it has paid off for her as well. Among her
acquisitions are an early assemblage by Radcli=
ffe
Bailey and Beverly Buchanan's shack sculptures. =
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THE 411: "Artist Collections." Through July 22. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
weekdays; 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturdays. MOCA G=
A@SunTrust
Plaza. 303 Peachtree Romare Bearden's "Before Dawn" is part of Lucinda= Bunnen's collection on loan for the exhibit.=
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