Comfortable Disappearance

Dana and I visited the Smithsonian American Art Museum today to see their new Exhibit Georgia O’Keeffe and Ansel Adams: Natural Affinities.

It is the first exhibit to feature the works of both artists. There are several instances where the two artists’ interpretations of the same scene are presented. As O’Keeffe wrote in the lines accompanying one of her paintings: “I cannot show you what the flower looks like…only how I see the flower” (paraphrased). It’s Adams and O’Keeffe’s unique eye that brings us the breathtaking interpretations of the American Southwest that’s portrayed in this exhibit.

The installation is at the Museum through January 4, 2009. Be there, or be square.