Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston from 17 October 2021 - 23 January 2022.
Summary:
The pathbreaking artist Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986) is revered for her iconic paintings of flowers, skyscrapers, animal skulls, and Southwestern landscapes. Her photographic work, however, has not been explored in depth until now. After the death of her husband, the photographer Alfred Stieglitz, in 1946, photography indeed became an important part of O'Keeffe's artistic production. She trained alongside the photographer Todd Webb, revisiting subjects that she had painted years before landforms of the Southwest, the black door in her courtyard, the road outside her window, and flowers. O'Keeffe's carefully composed photographs are not studies of detail or decisive moments; rather, they focus on the arrangement of forms. This is the first major investigation of O'Keeffe's photography and traces the artist's thirty-year exploration of the medium, including a complete catalogue of her photographic work. Essays by leading scholars address O'Keeffe's photographic approach and style and situate photography within the artist's overall practice. This richly illustrated volume significantly broadens our understanding of one of the most innovative artists of the twentieth century. Exhibition: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA (17.10.2021 - 23.01.2022) / Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, USA (26.02. - 12.06.2022) / Denver Art Museum, USA (03.07. - 06.11.2022) / Cincinnati Art Museum, USA (03.02. - 07.05.2023).
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