The Greenville County Museum of Art, in Greenville, South Carolina, has recently acquired its third work of art by Carolina Galleries’ artist Gary Grier titled His Story. This newest purchase will join Grier’s High Noon and Cracker Jack, acquired by the GCMA in 2008. His Story has been purchased for the museum’s prestigious permanent collection.
The Greenville County Museum of Art has steadily amassed an impressive collection of Southern art since the early 1980’s, the country’s first museum to do so. Under the guidance of Tom Styron, the museum’s director, the Southern Collection has been carefully & considerately grown, reflecting life in the South from colonial America to present-day. Grier’s His Story features the Old Slave Mart on Chalmers Street in downtown Charleston, while visitors ponder the history & significance of the building. Originally used as a slave auction gallery, the Old Slave Mart Museum focuses on the history of the building’s role in the domestic slave trade during the 19th century.
Grier was born in Jacksonville, Florida in 1976 and is a graduate of the School of Visual Arts. Carolina Galleries is the exclusive representative for Gary Grier since 2007.
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