The Beyond: Georgia O’Keeffe and Contemporary Art (Story)
OCTOBER 13, 2018 – JANUARY 20, 2019
Georgia O’Keeffe pioneered revolutionary ways of visually interpreting the world, leaving a lasting legacy for artists working today. This innovative exhibition brings together a significant group of O’Keeffe’s works as the centerpiece of an exploration of her continued force as a touchstone for contemporary art. Included in the exhibition are O’Keeffe’s sketchbooks with close observations of the world around her. These sketches formed the basis for finished paintings and often included color notations.
Alongside paintings and sculpture by this founder of American modernism, viewers encounter works by emerging artists that evoke and expand upon O’Keeffe’s enchanting artistic language.
Through this exhibition and related programming, visitors may:
- learn about how O’Keeffe was an innovator in the art world.
- learn about O’Keeffe’s story and influences.
- learn about some of the most common themes that O’Keeffe explored with her work.
- learn about how O’Keeffe has influenced other artists.
- learn about the contemporary artists in the show as well as how they explore similar themes to O’Keeffe.
Member tickets will be available August 7 for members and September 4 for nonmembers. Teachers can learn about and request exhibition related school tours. Learn more about this exhibition here.
The Beyond: Georgia O'Keeffe and Contemporary Art
Georgia O’Keeffe, Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1, 1932, oil on canvas, 48 x 40 in., Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2014.35; © 2018 Georgia O’Keeffe Museum; Photograph: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art/Edward C. Robinson III
Georgia O’Keeffe, Flying Backbone, 1944, oil on canvas, 11 x 25 ¼ in., Alfred Stieglitz Collection, co-owned by Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas; © 2018 Georgia O’Keeffe Museum; Photograph: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art/Edward C. Robinson III
Georgia O’Keeffe, Radiator Building—Night, New York, 1927, oil on canvas, 48 x 30 in., Alfred Stieglitz Collection, co-owned by Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas; © 2018 Georgia O’Keeffe Museum; Photograph: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art/Edward C. Robinson III
Reproduction, including downloading of Georgia O'Keeffe works is prohibited by copyright laws and international conventions without the express written permission of Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
Georgia O’Keeffe, Small Purple Hills, 1934, oil on panel, 16 x 19 ¾ in., Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2006.11; © 2018 Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas; Photograph: Amon Carter Museum of American Art
Georgia O’Keeffe, The Beyond, 1972, oil on canvas, 30 x 40 in., Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, gift of The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation (2006.05.460); © 2018 Georgia O’Keeffe Museum; Photograph: Georgia O’Keeffe Museum
Anna Valdez, Deer Skull with Blue Vase, 2017, oil on canvas, 42 x 40 in., Courtesy of the artist and Hashimoto Contemporary, San Francisco
Sharona Eliassaf, Feel for You, 2017, oil and acrylic on canvas, 60 x 48 in., Courtesy of the artist
Loie Hollowell, Yellow Mountains, 2016, oil, acrylic medium, and sawdust on linen over panel, H. 48 x W. 36 in. x D. 3 in., Courtesy of the artist and Pace Gallery; Photograph: Feuer Mesler Gallery
Mark Lewis, Peoria Avenue #7, 2011, graphite and paper collage, 60 x 84 in., The University of Tulsa Collection