Bheka iNew Mexico Ngamehlo Womculi
I-Georgia O'Keeffe iyaziwa kakhulu ngothando lwakhe lweNew Mexico njengoba kuboniswe embukisweni wakhe. Njengoba ufunda ngaye, uzothola i-Georgia O'Keeffe ukuba umuntu othakazelisayo. Wafika eNew Mexico ngo-1929 njengomvakashi weBabel Dodge Luhan owayeyingxenye yombuthano wobungcweti nokubhala eTaos.
Kusukela maphakathi no-30 wahlala futhi wasebenza ekhaya lakhe e-Ghost Ranch. Ngo-1945 wathenga ikhaya lesibili phansi komgwaqo e-Abiquiu.
Wahamba ehlane futhi wachaza izindawo zaseNew Mexico kuze kube yilapho amehlo akhe ehlulekayo emphoqelela ukuba ayeke ngo-1984. Wafa eSanta Fe ngo-1986.
Ungavakashela i-Ghost Ranch, manje esesikhungweni se-Retreat, nendlu yakhe ku-Abiquiu.
Okokuqala, Vakashela i-O'Keeffe Musuem eSanta Fe
Ukuze uqale ukuqonda impilo eyinkimbinkimbi nobuntu bukaGeorgia O'Keeffe, kubalulekile ukwenza ucwaningo oluncane. Ungafunda incwadi ngaye, hlola amawebusayithi ambalwa noma, ngokukhetha kwami, vakashela i-Georgia O'Keeffe Musuem eSanta Fe.
Ngesikhathi ngiqala ukuvakashela imyuziyamu kwakukhona umbukiso omangalisayo onesihloko esithi Georgia O'Keeffe, The Art of Identity. Kwakuyimbukiso ehlanganisa izithombe zo-O'Keeffe lapho ehlala futhi esebenza ngokupenda ngemidwebo yakhe. Lo mbukiso wachaza izinguquko ngokuhamba kwesikhathi ngokusebenzisa izithombe zakwa-O'Keeffe omncane ngawo-1910 futhi ziphelile nezithombe zika-Andy Warhol zango-1970 zika-O'Keeffe ngesikhathi esungulwe kahle emhlabeni wezobuciko.
Lo mlando oqoshiwe wangisiza futhi ukuba ngiqonde ukuthi u-O'Keffeffe, umuntu owazi kahle, waziwa kanjani. Kwakungenxa yobuhlobo bakhe no-Alfred Stieglitz, izithombe zakhe zika-O'Keeffe ezivezwe kulo mbukiso, ukuthi waziwa emhlabeni wonke. U-Stieglitz wayeneminyaka engu-54 lapho uGeorgia efika eNew York, iminyaka engu-23 ubudala.
USieglitz wayengumsekeli omkhulu waseGeorgia. Wahlela imibukiso, futhi wathengisa ukudweba kwakhe, ukuhambisa umsebenzi wakhe endaweni yobuciko obukhulu kakhulu.
Ngemuva kokufa kukaSteiglitz ngo-1946, u-O'Keeffe wathuthela unomphela eNew Mexico wakhe othandekayo lapho ejabulela khona ilanga, isimo sezulu esibucayi nobuhle obuhle bomhlaba.
Ngakho-ke ngincoma ukuqalisa ukuhlola kwakho kwezwe le-O'Keeffe ngokuvakashela ku-O'Keeffe Museum. Imibukiso ishintsha njalo. I-museum ithatha izingxenye ezingu-50 zezingxenye zobuciko ze-O'Keeffe futhi iyazijikeleza ukuze zibuke. Isitolo se-museum sinencwadi enhle mayelana ne-O'Keeffe ukuze uqhubeke nokuhlola kwakho impilo yalomculi othakazelisayo.
I-Ghost Ranch - Hlala e-O'Keeffe Izwe - Vakashela i-Ranch
Sasuka eSanta Fe siye e-Ghost Ranch e-Abiquiu. Kungamakhilomitha angu-70 kuphela kusukela esikhumulweni sezindiza e-Albuquerque kodwa uzozizwa sengathi uyaphuma emaphandleni.
Kuhle lapho futhi uzobona ukuthi kungani u-O'Keffeffe ebethande enyakatho yeNew Mexico. Ngokuphambene nenkolelo ethandwayo, wayengakaze abe nomnikazi wesitimu kodwa weza ukuthenga indlu encane evela ku-Arthur Pack lapho.
Ungathatha uhambo oluqondisiwe lwe-ranch nomqondisi oyokutshela konke ngo-O'Keeffe futhi ayeke ezindaweni ayezidwebile. Uzokujabulela ukuqhathanisa isimo samanje namaphepha okudweba okuphethwe ngumqondisi wakho.
Ngangithanda amanye ama-anecdotes njengendlela u-O'Keeffe ayeyokhwela ngayo isiteji ophahleni lwendlu ukuze athole umbono ongcono ezweni, ukushona kwelanga nesibhakabhaka esinezinkanyezi (wenza lokhu kahle 'kuma-80's!). Okuningi ku-Ghost Ranch naku-O'Keeffe Tours .
Ikhaya le-O'Keeffe elivakashelayo ku-Abiquiu
Kuyinto nje ngokuvakashela leli dolobha elincane elincane ne-studio edolobhaneni lika-Abiquiu, ukuthi ngazizwa ngijwayelene ne-Georgia O'Keeffe. Leli khaya, manje elaphethwe yi-O'Keeffe Museum Foundation, selishiywe njengoba kwakunjalo lapho u-O'Keeffe ehlala futhi esebenza lapho.
U-O'Keeffe wathenga impahla yakwa-Abiquiu kusukela e-Roman Catholic Archdiocese yaseSanta Fe ngo-1945. U-Abiquiu umzana omncane olula owakhiwe ngawo-1740. I-plaza igcina ukunambitheka kwezindawo zaseSpain eNew World. Kukhona isonto elula ongayibona nge-guide.
Ukuvakasha kwe-O'Keeffe ekhaya ne-studio kunqunyelwe futhi kungalungiswa ngo- O'Keeffe Museum .
Ngincoma kakhulu isikhathi sokuvakashela kwakho eNew Mexico ukuze uvakashele leli sayithi ebaluleke kakhulu leSouthwest art site. Uzohamba ngomzwelo wokuzwa, futhi ufisa ukwazi kangcono, owesifazane owaba omunye wabaculi abaziwa kakhulu e-United States. Okuningi ekuvakasheni ikhaya le-O'Keeffe ku-Abiquiu .