ARTISTS
Illumination: The Paintings of Georgia O鈥橩eeffe, Agnes Pelton, Agnes Martin, and Florence Pierce
03 May, 2009 - 06 Sep, 2009
Illumination: The Paintings of Georgia O鈥橩eeffe, Agnes Pelton, Agnes Martin, and Florence Miller Pierce is the first exhibition to bring together the work of these four important American women modernists. O鈥橩eeffe (1887-1986) and Pelton (1881-1961) were born six years apart in the 1880s, while Martin (1912-2004) and Pierce (1918-2007) were born six years apart in the 1910s. All four drew on nature as their primary focus, inspired by arid and spare desert environments: O鈥橩eeffe, Pierce and Martin, lived much of their lives in New Mexico, while Pelton resided in Cathedral City near Palm Springs, California.
Through their keen 鈥渟ense of place鈥� they each developed vocabularies with varying degrees of abstraction, but the four artists share an interest in illumination and a desire to convey transcendence and spirituality in their paintings.
The 192-page catalogue, co-published with Merrell of London and New York is available in the Museum Store.
This exhibition is organized by Karen Moss, deputy director for exhibitions and programs, Orange County Museum of Art.
Major support for this exhibition is provided by Jayne Murrel, Pamela and James Muzzy, and Barbara and Victor L. Klein.
Additional support is provided by Michael D. Ray.
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Illumination: The Paintings of Georgia O鈥橩eeffe, Agnes Pelton, Agnes Martin, and Florence Miller Pierce is the first exhibition to bring together the work of these four important American women modernists. O鈥橩eeffe (1887-1986) and Pelton (1881-1961) were born six years apart in the 1880s, while Martin (1912-2004) and Pierce (1918-2007) were born six years apart in the 1910s. All four drew on nature as their primary focus, inspired by arid and spare desert environments: O鈥橩eeffe, Pierce and Martin, lived much of their lives in New Mexico, while Pelton resided in Cathedral City near Palm Springs, California.
Through their keen 鈥渟ense of place鈥� they each developed vocabularies with varying degrees of abstraction, but the four artists share an interest in illumination and a desire to convey transcendence and spirituality in their paintings.
The 192-page catalogue, co-published with Merrell of London and New York is available in the Museum Store.
This exhibition is organized by Karen Moss, deputy director for exhibitions and programs, Orange County Museum of Art.
Major support for this exhibition is provided by Jayne Murrel, Pamela and James Muzzy, and Barbara and Victor L. Klein.
Additional support is provided by Michael D. Ray.
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