<<I've never heard of Todd Webb. I'll have to keep my eyes open for his
work.>>
Nor I,
This is from the brochure, copied with OCR scanner.
Georgia O'Keeffe:
The Artist's Landscape,
Photographs
by Todd Webb
In these forty large scale, black-
and-white photographs, Todd
Webb conveys the spirit of the
place and landscape that so
inspired O'Keeffe. Mr. Webb
became O'Keeffe's friend in the
mid-1940s, and they remained
close until her death. He had
extraordinary access to the
artist and her immediate
surroundings and took these
photographs over the course of
thiry years, from the mid-
1950s to the early 1980s. In fact,
it was at O'Keeffe's encourage-
ment that Mr. Webb began to
visit New Mexico, and he even
stayed at her home.
The photographs encompass
the architecture of her home
and other buildings, the
artifacts such as skulls that
drew the artist's eye, interiors,
and even the image of a rare
sculpture. A smaller version is
part of Georgia O'Keeffe The
Artist in Focus. The Todd Webb
show is curated by Jack Woody
and is being circulated by
Curatorial Assistance, Inc.
According to Jenitifer Hardin,
Curator of Collections and
Exhibitions, "thls series relates
to Paul Strand's multiple
portrait in which interiors,
landscapes, and portraits
together reflect a single
concept. Unlike numerous
photographs of O'Keeffe that
are more strictly portraits,
Webb has not only captured the
inspiration for her art, but also
the actual spaces in which she
created. Prepared Canvas,
Abiquiu Studio, 1963, offers a
rare look at her creative
process, with brushes, model,
finished work, and a painting
yet to be started. Such
photographs suggest the
complex dialogue at play
between nature and studio
work in the creation of
O'Keeffe's paintings."
Charles Loeven
cpl49@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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