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Keane Lopez will share how adobe is made, why it has shaped communities for generations, and how its textures, colors, and forms continue to inspire artists today. The event is presented with American Sign Language, and ‘Georgia O’Keeffe: Architecture’ is a ticketed special exhibition.
Families and visitors of all ages are invited to explore O’Keeffe’s paintings through conversation, close looking, and hands-on experiences that reveal the artistry and cultural significance of adobe construction. The exhibition showcases approximately 35 architectural paintings created from the 1920s through the 1960s.
O’Keeffe returned repeatedly to architectural subjects, using line, geometry, and color to develop the distinctive, powerful abstract style also associated with her depictions of flowers and desert landscapes. Her architectural subjects included the gleaming towers of new Manhattan skyscrapers, the broad sides of rural barns, and striking adobe homes of New Mexico.
Joanna Keane Lopez, born in 1991 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is a multidisciplinary artist working at the intersection of sculpture, video, photography, site-specific installation, and the vernacular earthen architectural traditions of the American Southwest. Her practice draws on adobe architectural craft traditions, material inquiry, and archival research to investigate land, military coloniality, territorial jurisdiction, and the built environment through adobe, wood, paper, and textiles.
Keane Lopez inherited adobe-building knowledge from her family and community in New Mexico and continues the legacy of enjarradoras and adoberas, women who specialize in traditional earthen construction.
