Difference between revisions of "Georgia O'Keeffe Museum"

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A tremendous exhibit I got to see on my Santa Fe (May 2011) trip. Highlights:

I loved how the exhibit demonstrated the influence photography had on art and vice-versa. In particular, the close-up photo seemed to have a profound impact on art. Examples:
- Paul Strand, Abstraction, Bowls (1916)
- Paul Strand, Still-Life with Pears and Bowls (1916)
- Edward Weston, Artichoke Halved (1930)
Alfred Stieglitz, Georgia O'Keeffe -- Hands (1919). Wow, she had graceful, beautiful hands
Loved Georgia O'Keeffe's description of Roger Dow's philosophy of art: "His idea was to fill a space in a beautiful way."
I found two of Henry Koerner's paintings particularly haunting:
- My Parents II (1946) -- yellow, dead leaves, forest, father walking in white on left, mother seated in black, separated by trees and leaves. Locket with picture of kids in left foreground
- The Skin of our Teeth (1946) -- brick building facade, nature and bridge / cities in distance, Ferris wheel, harvesting, picking through bricks, dust
Curious about Sherrie Lewis's work. Explores issues of originality, authorship

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 [[Santa Fe]], NM 87501<br />
 http://www.okeeffemuseum.org/
+== Shared Intelligence: American Painting and the Photograph ==
+A tremendous exhibit I got to see on my [[Santa Fe (May 2011)]] trip. Highlights:
+* I loved how the exhibit demonstrated the influence photography had on art and vice-versa. In particular, the close-up photo seemed to have a profound impact on art. Examples:
+** Paul Strand, Abstraction, Bowls (1916)
+** Paul Strand, Still-Life with Pears and Bowls (1916)
+** Edward Weston, Artichoke Halved (1930)
+* Alfred Stieglitz, Georgia O'Keeffe -- Hands (1919). Wow, she had graceful, beautiful hands
+* Loved Georgia O'Keeffe's description of Roger Dow's philosophy of art: "His idea was to fill a space in a beautiful way."
+* I found two of Henry Koerner's paintings particularly haunting:
+** My Parents II (1946) -- yellow, dead leaves, forest, father walking in white on left, mother seated in black, separated by trees and leaves. Locket with picture of kids in left foreground
+** The Skin of our Teeth (1946) -- brick building facade, nature and bridge / cities in distance, Ferris wheel, harvesting, picking through bricks, dust
+* Curious about Sherrie Lewis's work. Explores issues of originality, authorship