A major first in France, the Centre Pompidou's retrospective pays tribute to an American icon and does justice to her immense talent as a modern painter.
Georgia O'Keeffe, Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1, 1932, oil on canvas, 121.9 x 101.6 cm/50 x 40 in. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas.
Photo Edward C. Robinson III © Georgia O'Keeffe Museum/Adagp, Paris, 2021
The Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986) retrospective is not a conventional exhibition— firstly, because apart from the Musée de Grenoble, which in 2015 highlighted the analogies between her work and photography, no other institution in France has seen fit to delve into this aspect. Secondly, because this show is not a visit so much as an experience. In the open space, where the pearl-gray walls mimic Manhattan's grid layout, all the senses are awakened, although nothing can be touched or smelled. But there is a great…
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