researching artists (EXPLORE project)(OPEN project)

over the next 9 weeks i will be researching and going into great detail into finding out about an artist of my choice, i will be learning many things about such an artist, their type of art style, the way in which they create their art, and also present a piece of work with their style of work.

after looking at some artists and their different styles of work, the one that catches my eye the most, and the one that interests me the most is the artist known as: georgia o'keeffe. for her types of art she would paint/ draw close up of blossoms, present them close up to make it seem as if they were being seen through a magnifying lens, i believe this is so such detail could be seen and the colours which hide which usually can't be seen when passing by, when when looking up close, the beauty of it is shown, and art is created.

born:  November 15th 1887
died: march 6th 1986
from: America

has a "feminine nature" to her paintings
"mother of American modernism"

her specific style/ field in the art industry is mainly paint/oil and charcoal
in 1915, she started her career with drawing charcoal drawings, of, of course, close up blossoms, this is something in which she enjoyed creating, especially when they got put onto show.
her work were given the words "pure" "fine" "sincere" etc.


not also did she do charcoal, but also normal canvas paintings which where also very popular, such as this painting for example, which is called "the white flower" it is a very beautiful flower with alot of detail, did you know that it is known that all her painting are created due to the things she would find lying around in her studio, this would include not only her famous blossoms but also, bones and also landscapes. with her art she would create a series of images which would probably create one image or a collection of one type of image, " Certain works of hers went on for decades, and produced 12 or more variations, of the same image she had created in earlier pieces of art." "she had created her work in a series, and with many of her pieces a series within a series,"

it is said that georgias work (the flower paintings) where "highly sexual" as the resembled the female form in a very erotic way, she claimed she was not afraid to try new forms, shapes, colours or anything as such, as long as her art has shown an image in which she wanted, she would be satisfied, whether the outcome is sexual and erotic, or not.
this piece of art is an example of one of her erotic female form flower paintings, just by looking at it you can see the resemblance of the female sex organ, this is what people meant when they labeled her art as erotic, she chooses to paint flowers in a way such as this to try and present the female form as maybe something beautiful and can be seen in many different shapes and forms.



another art form in which Georgia used was erotic photography, posing in such ways it would seem erotic, but I'm sure her intentions of such art where not to be seen in a pornographic way but it more of a female symbol art way, she shows and represents her female body as if to say that she is proud of being female and that her body is artistic and must be shown to the world, just like a males body, seeing as they come in different forms and shapes, they must be shown with pride, so that is probably what she was trying to do with this type of art style.