The vignettes associated with the letters are among his finest watercolor paintings. These letters add insight into his subtle humor, great imagination, warmth, and love of the West. They also reveal his natural ability as both a storyteller and artist. The exhibition clearly shows the remarkable talent of this self-taught artist, and his interpretation of the West as he envisioned and lived it. And it is through the graphic medium of the print that these visual comments are made.
Political art delivers unwelcome truths about human nature.
What the artist creates, others have witnessed or experienced on some level. The artists represented are Kathe Kollwitz, Jacob Lawrence, Mauricio Lasansky, Leonard Baskin, Richard Hamilton, Jiri Anderle, Oldrich Kulhanek, and Sue Coe. The prints in this exhibition point out that social injustice has neither national boundaries nor time barriers. There will a free exhibit tour by Professor Scott Patnode, museum curator, at 3 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 23.