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Grant Wood : American Gothic and other fables

Grant Wood : American Gothic and other fables

Haskell, Barbara, author.
Book 2018

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...

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ISBN:
9780300232844
Description:
271 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 32 cm
Notes:
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 (pages 255-257) and index
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
Contents:
Foreword / Adam D. Weinberg
Grant Wood: through the past, darkly / Barbara Haskell
Willow, weep for me / Glenn Adamson
Moments of discovery: Grant Wood's theatrical paintings / Shirley Reece-Hughes
Like a book: Grant Wood's literary associations / Eric Banks
Cryptic corn: Magic realism and the art of Grant Wood / Emily Braun
Grant Wood goes gay / Richard Meyer
Plates
Grant Wood: a chronicle / Barbara Haskell
LCCN:
2017038812
Control Number:
2506197
Other Authors:
Adamson, Glenn, writer of supplementary textual content
Whitney Museum of American Art, issuing body, host institution
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