Robert Levy's Blog, page 20
March 18, 2017
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Having the Georgia O’Keeffe exhibition here is...
Having the Georgia O’Keeffe exhibition here is a great opportunity for us to look back at previous times we have exhibited her work at the Brooklyn Museum. She was a trailblazer in many ways and so has been the Museum in its long history. A great example is the International Exhibition of Modern Art held at the Brooklyn Museum in 1926 which included her work along with several other artists working around the world at that time. The exhibition was organized by Katherine Dreier working with Marcel Duchamp, Wassily Kandinsky and several other artists who wanted to present modern art from around the world. The exhibition showcased over 300 works of art by 106 artists. The work of the following eleven women artists was included: Georgia O’Keeffe, Marcelle Cahn, Francisca Clausen, Katherine S. Dreier, Suzanne Duchamp, Alicia Halicka, Munter-Kandinsky, Ranghild Keyser, Suzanne Phocas, Kaethe Steinitz and Marguerite Zorach. The accompanying catalog, designed by Constantin Alajolov, remains today an outstanding example of an innovative exhibition catalog offering an image of the artist, a work of art and a statement by the artist. This rare catalog is on view today in the Georgia O’Keeffe: Living Modern at the Brooklyn Museum with the page open to O’Keeffe and her work.
Aside from showcasing O’Keeffe’s work, the exhibition itself is remembered today as one of the one most important thematic shows devoted to international modern art and the most significant since the famed Armory Show of 1913 up until MoMA’s exhibition on Cubism and Modern Art held in 1936. This popular exhibition, attended by over 52,000 people, was followed by a one person exhibition on Georgia O’Keeffe in 1927. The only other woman artist in the 1926 exhibition to have a one person exhibition at Brooklyn was Marguerite Zorach. So in this Year of Yes let us look back at the work of women artists and how their work has been presented by museums around the world including the Brooklyn Museum.
For more Georgia O’Keeffe related ephemera stopy by the Brooklyn Museum Libraries and Archives. Some of our favorite O’Keeffe related ephemera, pictured here, is included in our rich collection of Artist Files.
