Critical Analysis of a Georgia O'Keefe Art Exhibit
Critical Analysis of a Georgia O'Keefe Art Exhibit
Georgia O’Keefe is a renowned artist with her intelligent use of color and her interesting subject matter. Though she painted many things, her main focus seemed to be flowers in detail. I had the exciting experience of getting to view a special exhibition of her works at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor.
One of my favorite things about Georgia’s works is her use of color in all of them. In Oriental Poppies (1928) she uses brilliant reds and oranges that make the poppies pop out to the viewer. In another painting called Fish hook from Hawaii No. 1(1937), she uses pastel colors. These make the viewer feel the serene tropical setting in which the fish hook has been placed. Georgia’s goal was to show people what they do not have a chance to observe at first glance. She painted the details that people had to look very closely to see by enlarging the item to a viewer.
As a part of her exhibit they had photographs by her famous husband Stieglitz. He took numerous pictures of Georgia and of her hands. They also had other pphotographers that seemed to have taken pictures of the same things that Georgia painted. I especially like the grandiose of Ansel Adam’s Granite Slabs, High sierra(1935) and the detail in weston’s Cabbage Leaf(1931).
Seeing this exhibit was very educational and interesting. Seeing the work in person struck me much stronger than otherwise and I know many other people thought so too - it was very crowded. : )