The drawings are minimalist, perhaps unfinished, but certainly not as powerful of an experience as the other works. The photographs of her (mostly) Southwestern surroundings are both juxtaposed and contextualized by her paintings and drawings. Sometimes the photos come first, often they come later - even decades later. It’s all good, but even better when there is a painting to remind us of how reality was translated into art, as in White Flower, (1929). And of course, flowers, as with the photographs in the Jimsonweed series of 1964-68. She has a series similar to Claude Monet’s water lilies and haystacks, but with photos: Big Sage, (1957) has its different versions, as do her Chow Chow dogs.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |