Last Updated on March 5, 2024, 12:42 PM | Published: March 5, 2024
The Oklahoma City Museum of Art (OKCMOA) sends this information as posted below:
Experience Magnificent Beauty: Georgia O’Keeffe and the Art of the Flower on opening day! Organized by OKCMOA, this exhibition of 11 paintings, photographs, and prints demonstrates how Georgia O’Keeffe and Imogen Cunningham transformed the traditional subject with a modernist, and at times abstracted, take on the natural world.
Members can be the first to see Magnificent Beauty during a members-only preview hour from 9-10 am and enjoy complimentary coffee and pastries in the Museum Store (while supplies last). Floral bouquets by Okie Floral Co. will be available for purchase in the Museum Lobby from 9 am-noon, and the first 25 members will receive a free small bouquet!
An exhibition of work by Georgia O’Keeffe and photographer Imogen Cunningham, both of whom shared a fascination for flowers.
Magnificent Beauty: Georgia O’Keeffe and the Art of the Flower examines explorations of flowers in painting and photography by O’Keeffe and Cunningham, highlighting their unique interpretations of the traditional subject matter.
O’Keeffe redefined the tradition of floral still-life painting by incorporating techniques of photography (a relatively new medium in the early twentieth century) into her works, choosing to depict the subject cropped and at close range to focus on color and form. While Cunningham also portrayed flowers in close-up, her photographs instead call attention to the play of light and shadow as well as the subject’s intricate details, captured with precision. Magnificent Beauty demonstrates how each artist transformed the traditional subject with a modernist, and at times abstracted, take on the natural world.
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