It is also extremely air conditioned, but bright, airy and clean. Richard Wilt's Farewell , and it is stunning, colorful, full of motion and life. This scene metaphorically defines this show, an image of the South at the crossroads between the old and new. It is a great collection of work and styles from the period. Most of the work is beautiful, unsentimental, and meek.
Race is the key historical issue in the South.
The artists in this show are all white. In this time of KKK violence, lynching, and race riots there is a quiet bravery to these artists' work. Against The Day , he presents many of these artists as a great resource specific to the South, a zeitgeist of creative and socially conscious people. He theorizes that in this era, the South had the ability to transcend its past and truly change itself and the rest of the country. The successes and failures he documents meticulously.