Moments in Modernism Georgia O'Keeffe and Andy Warhol: Flowers of Distinction
Georgia O'Keeffe and Andy Warhol: Flowers of Distinction, organized by Museum curator Barbara Buhler Lynes, brings together approximately 40 depictions of flowers by two of America's most celebrated and popular artists. The exhibition opens on Friday, May 13, 2005, and will remain on view through Sunday, January 8, 2006."It's unusual to see this many flower pieces by each artist, and to see this number of paintings together and in relationship with one another is unique," says Lynes. "Flowers of Distinction demonstrates how O'Keeffe's and Warhol's paintings of the same subject, which represent very different moments in the history of American modernism, allowed them to both position and distinguish themselves within an age-old tradition of flower painting."O'Keeffe emerged as a significant artist in the 1910s, Warhol in the 1960s. O'Keeffe is known as an early American Modernist whose work, along with that of Arthur Dove, Marsden Hartley, and John Marin, was championed and promoted by photographer Alfred Stieglitz, America's first advocate of modern art.Andy Warhol is one of the leading figures of the American pop art movement. His sources derive from popular culture, and for the most part he appropriated subjects such as soup cans and Coca-Cola bottles.
That he addressed flowers at all seems something of an aberration in his work. As he organized and manipulated this subject, he sometimes used the silk-screen process to create numerous images of the same flower that vary dramatically in size. At another time he produced a series of prints, each of a different flower. He emphasized process and repetition and thus challenged long-held ideas about the role of the artist.The Warhol images, which are among his least-known and least-studied works, have been loaned by The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh and the Sonnabend Gallery in New York. They range in date from the 1960s, when Warhol first emerged as a painter, to 1986, and represent the surprisingly various and often whimsical ways in which Warhol dealt with this subject.
They include Do It Yourself (Flowers) of 1962; examples from his best-known series of silk-screen paintings; Flowers, of 1964 and 1965; hand-colored prints of the 1970s; and several lyrical and lively silk-screen Flowers of 1986.Flowers are among O'Keeffe's best-known works. Those in the exhibition are from the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum's permanent collection, with the exception of four that have been loaned from private collections. Included are the never-before-seen and earliest-known flower painting by O'Keeffe, a watercolor of 1903, and her decidedly provocative abstract flower pastel of the late 1910s, Blue Flower. Also included are numerous examples of her depictions of this subject in oil from the 1920s and 1930s, the two decades in which she explored this theme most frequently, moving easily between representation and abstraction.A catalogue accompanies the exhibition and will be available at the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum Shop. The contributors to the catalogue are Barbara Buhler Lynes, Georgia O'Keeffe Museum Curator and the Emily Fisher Landau Director of the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum Research Center; Heather Hole, Assistant Curator, Georgia O'Keeffe Museum; Neil Printz, editor of the Andy Warhol catalogue raisonn?; and John Smith, Assistant Director for Collections, Exhibitions, and Research at The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh..
Flowers, An Annual Event
Are you a natural when it comes to gardening?
Do you simply wish your rose bush to bloom, and presto, roses appear?
Well, if you are a green thumb, congratulations.
As for me, it is an effort of biblical proportion, to get even the grass to grow.
I would hazard a guess, and estimate that the remaining 90% of the general population share this problem.
If flowers were so easy, we wouldn't need florists and landscapers.
Flowers are without a doubt a gift from the gods.
They surround us with beauty, remind us that some color in our lives can bring happiness to our drab surroundings, and often are a subtle reminder of that special moment we don't want to forget.
What about the basics of flowers?
Do we really know that much about the science of flowers, what makes them so appealing, so colorful, and so sweet smelling?
Flowers are the reproductive organs for the plants that support...
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Flowers Speak Too
It is traditional and stylish to "say it with flowers." You can send flowers to say welcome; I am sorry; I love you; and many more.
Beautifully arranged and fragrant flowers can brighten up a person's day. World over, flowers have been in use since ancient times to decorate palaces and homes, in rituals, during spring dances, as a part of weddings, and more.
Flowers are not selected randomly, over the years they have developed meanings. For example, the acacia means concealed love, chaste love or beauty; the aster symbolizes both love and daintiness; a pink carnation means says I will never forget you; while the yellow says rejection or disappointment; the tulip says you have sunshine in your smile.
Then of course there are "birthday" flowers. Those born in February have the primrose and violet as birth flowers; while the larkspur and water lily are birth flowers for those born in July; and the holly, narcissus, and poinsettia are flowers for birthdays...
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Send Easter Flowers
Easter?regarded as one of the most important religious feasts in the year?is marked by fun, togetherness and love. Feasts, get-togethers, and prayers together make up a happy Easter day. And to show our love on such an important day, Easter flowers exist. Bringing color, happiness, and vibrancy, they are sure to convey our message to all our loved ones.
Lilies are the most popular flowers during Easter.
Another flower which is always an all-time favorite is the rose. Available in many colors, it has been used for centuries to express sentiments and deepest feelings. Besides such flowers, multitudes of other pretty, enchanting flowers like chrysanthemums, tulips, sunflowers, daisies and carnations, among others, are also available for Easter celebration.
Companies such as Dot Flowers, Larose, Brant Florist, Value Flora, Flora 2000, All American Flowers, Rose Guy, Dial a Bouquet, Flowers go.net, FTD or Florists Transworld Delivery, City Center...
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Blue Wild Flowers for Your Garden
Planting wild flowers in your garden, or simply scattering wild flower seeds around an area of your yard are both ways to take advantage of Mother Nature's treasured gifts. Wild flowers are carefree, colorful, and tend to attract bees, butterflys and birds. So planting wild flowers not only gives you an easy maintenance flower garden... it also promises to be a constant source of interesting activity throughout the year.The following wild flowers are blue to purple in color, and some say this is a favorite color of bees.VIRGINIA or COMMON DAY-FLOWER (Commelina Virginica) - Spiderwort familyThe Day Flower has blue, one inch wide or smaller flowers which tend to be irregular. The flowers are grouped at the end of the stem, and are upheld by long leaf-like bracts.
The leaves are lance-shaped and 3-5 inches long. The upper leaves form like a hood of sorts about the flower. These wild flowers prefer moist, shady ground and flower from June through September.The day flower tends to...
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