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O'Keeffe's Hidden Buildings Unveiled in Detroit
29 Oct
Summary
- Exhibit features 36 paintings of buildings by Georgia O'Keeffe.
- Show highlights O'Keeffe's lifelong fascination with architecture.
- Works span barns, skyscrapers, and New Mexico adobe structures.
A rare exhibition at the Detroit Institute of Arts is showcasing Georgia O'Keeffe's architectural paintings, revealing a surprising and often overlooked aspect of her career. Titled "Georgia O'Keeffe: Architecture," the exhibit presents 36 works that trace her lifelong engagement with structures, from rural barns to urban skyscrapers.
The exhibition offers an autobiographical journey through O'Keeffe's art, starting with early paintings of barns in America and Canada from the 1920s. It then moves to her striking depictions of Manhattan bridges and buildings from her time in New York, concluding with her later works focusing on the adobe architecture of Northern New Mexico, where she eventually settled.
According to curator Benjamin W. Colman, this is the first comprehensive exhibition dedicated to architecture as a consistent theme in O'Keeffe's art. The show originated from the institute's own collection, specifically inspired by O'Keeffe's painting "Stables," which prompted extensive research into her architectural subjects and connections with prominent architects of her time.
