Grant Wood: American Gothic and other fables

The social and political climate in which Wood's art flourished bears certain striking similarities to America today, as national identity and the tension between urban and rural areas reemerge as polarizing issues in a country facing the consequences of globalization and the technological revo...

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Weitere Verfasser: Wood, Grant 1891-1942 (IllustratorIn), Haskell, Barbara 1946- (HerausgeberIn), Adamson, Glenn 1972- (MitwirkendeR), Banks, Eric 1966- (MitwirkendeR), Braun, Emily 1957- (MitwirkendeR), Meyer, Richard 1952- (MitwirkendeR), Reece-Hughes, Shirley (MitwirkendeR)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Whitney Museum of American Art [2018]
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Zusammenfassung:The social and political climate in which Wood's art flourished bears certain striking similarities to America today, as national identity and the tension between urban and rural areas reemerge as polarizing issues in a country facing the consequences of globalization and the technological revolution. Wood portrayed the tension and alienation of contemporary experience. By fusing meticulously observed reality with fables of childhood, he crafted unsettling images of estrangement and apprehension that pictorially manifest the anxiety of modern life
Beschreibung:Catalogue published on the occasion of the exhibition Grant Wood: American Gothic and Other Fables, organized by Barbara Haskell, curator; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, March 2-June 10, 2018. - Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:271 Seiten
ISBN:9780300232844