This exhibition of 60 photographs of Georgia O’Keeffe and 18 works by the artist addresses the relationship between her art and photographs made of her over the course of a long career. For the first time, the exhibition pairs paintings and photographs to establish two opposing public images of the artist. Georgia O’Keeffe and the Camera includes works by famous photographers such as Ansel Adams, Alfred Stieglitz, Eliot Porter, Todd Webb, and Arnold Newman. The exhibition will also include examples of O’Keeffe’s paintings and works on paper that mark major moments in the development of her art: the early abstract drawings, the first landscapes in New Mexico from the 1930s, and the late architectural studies of her homes at the Ghost Ranch and Abiquiu.

This exhibition is made possible by the generosity of Scott and Isabelle Black. Corporate sponsorship is provided by Bank of America, with additional support from The Bear Bookshop, Marlboro, Vermont. Media support is provided by WCSH 6 and the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram.

Podcasts: Listen to Curator Susan Danly talk about the exhibition.

Boston Sunday Globe review 6/21/08
Bangor Daily News review 6/17/08
New England Cable News 6/6/08
Maine Sunday Telegram story and interview with curator 6/8/08
Boston Globe story 5/18/08

Related Programs:
-Lecture by Wanda Corn: Dressing Modern: Georgia O’Keeffe and Her Clothes
-Summer Party with Georgia O’Keeffe and the Sounds of Miss Tess
-Gallery Talks

Arnold Newman, “Georgia O’Keeffe, Ghost Ranch, New Mexico,” 1968, Portland Museum of Art, Maine. Gift of the artist for the Ernst Haas Memorial Collection.

Guest-curated by print collector Bruce Brown, this exhibition features 35 prints by 30 contemporary artists with Maine connections who have created significant prints in concert with technical specialists at professional fine art print presses. Artists in this exhibition have created prints at legendary workshops such as Tyler Graphics, Gemini G.E.L., and the Tamarind Institute as well as at smaller presses from Vinalhaven, Maine to New York and beyond. Prints by artists in the Museum's permanent collection include Lesley Dill, David Driskell, Yvonne Jacquette, and Tim Rollins. Additionally, there are numerous works on loan from collectors, presses, and the artists themselves, including Jonathan Borofsky, Richard Estes, Anna Hepler, Adriane Herman, and John Walker.

Special Exhibition Celebration

Podcasts: Listen to Guest Curator Bruce Brown Discuss the Exhibition

Robert Indiana, Mother of Exiles, 1986, Portland Museum of Art, Maine. Gift of Vinalhaven Press and Patricia Nick, 2000.59.

Cities nurture and provoke creative response. The density of visual experience provided by urban life has long been a stock in trade for painters, printmakers, and photographers. This exhibition explores artistic responses to the serendipities of city life in Portland and other metropolitan environments from the mid-19th century to the present day. Drawn predominantly from the permanent collection, Urban Seen presents more than 20 paintings, prints, and photographs that document, interpret, and idealize monuments, buildings, streetscapes, and neighborhoods—visions that capture the scale of life in the American city.

WCSH6 story 

Robert Solotaire,View from the 11th Floor, Night, October 1978. Portland Museum of Art, Maine. Gift of the artist.