Georgia OKeeffe: Nature and Abstraction – published for the exhibition at Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin – focuses on OKeeffes abstract paintings and explore her consistent determination to transform known or recognizable objects into painted abstractions that express the essential elements of form, colour, and allusion.

The intention of this catalogue is to present a fresh and scholarly approach to OKeeffes oeuvre, by selecting paintings that display her penchant for abstract forms that are derived from her personal observation of the natural world. It displays the evolution of her aesthetic vocabulary, from the teens through the 1970s, and trace the recurrence of various forms, lines, and colors.

Concurrently, the catalogue includes examples of OKeeffes favoured subjects, inspired by music, Lake George, New York City, flowers, trees, New Mexico, dried bones, and aerial perspectives.

This publicationwas produced on the occasionofGeorgia O’Keeffe: Nature and Abstractionon view at the Vancouver Art GalleryOctober 6, 2007 to January 13, 2008.

Contributions by Richard D. Marshall,Achille Bonito Oliva,Yvonne Scott

189pages
9.5 x 11inches
ISBN 9788861301283
Softcover
Co-published by Skira, Irish Museum of Modern Art and the Vancouver Art Gallery
2007