Carr, O'Keeffe, Kahlo: Places of Their Own - Softcover

Udall, Sharyn Rohlfsen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0300091869 ISBN 13: 9780300091861

Publisher: Yale University Press, 2001

Synopsis

This groundbreaking book compares the art, lives, and achievements of three great artists of the Americas: Emily Carr of Canada, Georgia O'Keeffe of the United States, and Frida Kahlo of Mexico. Each became her country's preeminent woman painter in the twentieth century, and all explored similar issues in their painting. Sharyn Udall shows how each artist searched for an authentic, personal identity and analyzes in detail the issues these women faced in relation to nationality, nature, gender, and the creation of a personal mythology. Although their work is visually disparate, certain interesting themes connect Carr, O'Keeffe, and Kahlo, and Udall draws on rich archives and uses specific works of art to illustrate the differences and similarities among the three. By viewing their work collectively, she shows how we can illuminate in new ways the art of a continent.

About this title

From the Publisher:

This book will serve as the catalogue for "Carr, O'Keeffe, Kahlo: Places of Their Own," an exhibition on view at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection from June 30 to September 9, 2001. The show then travels to the Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe; the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.; and the Vancouver Art Gallery.

From the Inside Flap:

This original and thought-provoking book compares the art, lives, and achievements of three great artists of the Americas: Emily Carr (1871-1945) of Canada, Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986) of the United States, and Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) of Mexico. Each became her country's preeminent woman painter in the twentieth century, and all explored similar issues in their painting. Sharyn Udall shows how each artist searched for an authentic, personal identity and analyzes in detail the issues these women faced in relation to nationality, nature, gender, and the creation of a personal mythology.Although their work is visually disparate, certain interesting themes connect Carr, O'Keeffe, and Kahlo. Udall draws on rich archives and uses specific works of art to illustrate the differences and similarities among the three. She demonstrates how a profound identification with nature led each artist to a lifelong exploration of its forms and symbolism. Further, each painter felt a special connectedness to the earth and to nature in her region. Udall also looks at the different ways each artist entwined her private-and in all three cases, deeply spiritual-self in her artistic identity and the unique ways each established a public identity. By viewing the work of Carr, O'Keeffe, and Kahlo collectively, Udall shows, we illuminate in new ways the art of a continent.This book is the catalogue of an exhibition organized by the McMichael Canadian Art Collection that will open in April 2001 and will travel in 2001 and 2002 to the Santa Fe Museum of Fine Arts; the National Museum of Women in Art, Washington, D.C.; and the Vancouver Art Gallery.

About this edition

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0300091869
• ISBN 13: 9780300091861
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 376