Shared Intelligence: American Painting and the Photograph, a major exhibition that addresses the anxious, yet highly productive relationship between painting and photography in 20th-Century American art, will be on view at the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum from May 20 – Sept. 11, 2011.

This exhibition of more than 75 paintings and photographs focuses on the work of American painters for whom the photograph has been essential, beginning with the acclaimed 19th century realist Thomas Eakins and continuing through to contemporary art, including such masters as Georgia O’Keeffe, Frederic Remington, Charles Sheeler, Norman Rockwell, Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, Chuck Close, David Hockney and Sherrie Levine. Major works by such ground-breaking photographers as Eadweard Muybridge, Alfred Stieglitz, Man Ray, Edward Weston, Walker Evans, and Margaret Bourke-White will also be included.

Curators are Jonathan Weinberg Ph.D., independent scholar; and Barbara Buhler Lynes, Curator, Georgia O’Keeffe Museum and The Emily Fisher Landau Director, Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Research Center.  O’Keeffe works from the Museum’s permanent collection will also be on display during this time.

Organization, Publication, Funding:

Organized by the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. Catalogue published by the University of California Press, Berkeley, California.  This exhibition was made possible in part by a generous grant from The Burnett Foundation. Additional support was provided by the The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, the Santa Fe Arts Commission and the 1% Lodgers’ Tax, New Mexico Tourism Department, New Mexico Arts (a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs), the National Council of the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum and the Members of the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum.

Georgia O’Keeffe Museum:

The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum is dedicated to perpetuating the artistic legacy of Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986) and to the study and interpretation of American Modernism (late nineteenth century-present).  Located in Santa Fe, NM, the Museum’s collections, exhibits, research center, publications and education programs contribute to scholarly discourse and serve diverse audiences.  The largest single repository of the artist’s work in the world, the Museum’s collection includes a wide range of O’Keeffe paintings, drawings and sculptures.  It is the only museum in the world dedicated to an internationally known American woman artist and is the most visited art museum in New Mexico.

What: Shared Intelligence: American Painting and Photograph. The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum has organized this exhibition highlighting interactions between painting and photography, opening this Summer. 

When: May 20, 2011 – September 11, 2011

Where: Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, 217 Johnson Street, Santa Fe, New Mexico

More Information: www.okeeffemuseum.org