Grant Wood
Subtitle: American Gothic and other fables
By: Barbara Haskell ; with contributions by Glenn Adamson, Eric Banks, Emily Braun, Richard Meyer, Shirley Reece-Hughes
Contributors: Adamson, Glenn, writer of supplementary textual content; Banks, Eric, 1966- writer of supplementary textual content; Braun, Emily, 1957- writer of supplementary textual content; Reece-Hughes, Shirley, writer of supplementary textual content; Meyer, Richard, 1952- writer of supplementary textual content; Wood, Grant, 1891-1942, artist; Whitney Museum of American Art
Publisher: Whitney Museum of American Art
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9780300232844
Subjects: Exhibitions
Other titles: American Gothic and other fables
Description: 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.
Notes: Catalog 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.