“Social Art in America: Then and Now” Exhibition
ACA Galleries
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SOCIAL ART IN AMERICA: THEN & NOW features past masters and current visionaries: James Chapin, William Gropper, George Grosz, Philip Evergood, Robert Gwathmey, Joseph Hirsch, Joe Jones, Jacob Lawrence, Jack Levine and Raphael Soyer representing the historic tradition; and Sue Coe, Luis Jimenez, John Mellencamp, and Faith Ringgold representing contemporary expressions of Social Art.
The arc of the exhibition traces the 1930’s cry for economic justice, through mid-century America’s struggles for civil rights, and arrives in our own time, when our fragile social compact is still being threatened. Though their times and social concerns are different, what unites their work is an understanding that the progress of civilization is often paid by the most vulnerable of society.
Media
Schedule
from May 03, 2014 to June 27, 2014
Opening Reception on 2014-05-17 from 14:00 to 17:00
Artist(s)
Sue Coe, Philip Evergood, William Gropper, Robert Gwathmey, Joseph Hirsch, Jacob Lawrence, Jack Levine, John Mellencamp, Faith Ringgold et al.