Exhibition
Georgia O'Keeffe and the Camera: The Art of Identity
This exhibition was co-organized by the Portland Museum of Art, curator, Susan Danly, Maine, and the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
When Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1986) work in New York in 1916 at is avant-garde art gallery, 231, O'Keeffe was virtually unknown as an artist. By the time of her death, 70 years later, she was among the most famous people in America and had been photographed by some of this country's most important photographers. This exhibition of 18 paintings and 34 photographs explores the essential role that photography played in establishing her reputation, promoting her career, and creating her public persona and it demonstrates how her work developed in parallel with these issues.
When Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1986) work in New York in 1916 at is avant-garde art gallery, 231, O'Keeffe was virtually unknown as an artist. By the time of her death, 70 years later, she was among the most famous people in America and had been photographed by some of this country's most important photographers. This exhibition of 18 paintings and 34 photographs explores the essential role that photography played in establishing her reputation, promoting her career, and creating her public persona and it demonstrates how her work developed in parallel with these issues.
