Style and Substance
Photo: Bruce Weber, Georgia O’Keeffe, Abiquiu, N.M. (detail), 1984
One of the most prominent American artists of the 20th century, Georgia O’Keeffe had a painting style that was instantly recognizable as her own. This attention to detail in her art also translated to her everyday life, which forms the premise of the new exhibit Georgia O’Keeffe: Art, Image, Style at Salem’s Peabody Essex Museum. Consisting of dozens of canvases and photographs alongside items from her wardrobe, the display spans nearly her entire life and career, presenting a comprehensive, first-of-its-kind picture of a woman who meticulously crafted a stylish, iconoclastic public image for herself that evolved over time as she moved from the New York art world to the more colorful Southwest that inspired some of her best-known works.