"Pressing Issues" curator tour
courtesy Krannert Art Museum
Ida Abelman, 'My Father Reminisces,' 1937. Allocated by the US Government, and commissioned through the New Deal art projects.
Ida Abelman, 'My Father Reminisces,' 1937. Allocated by the US Government, and commissioned through the New Deal art projects.
media release: Join James Wehn, Van Vleck Curator of Works on Paper for a captivating tour of Pressing Issues: Printmaking as Social Justice in 1930s US
This exhibition brings together work by artists who, through their art, produced radical critical commentaries on the social injustices plaguing the country in their time.
Free and open to the public. Space is limited – advanced registration is encouraged. Walk-ins are welcome as capacity allows. Sessions at 5 pm on Sept. 22 and Nov. 17.
More on the exhibition:
During the Great Depression, visual artists in the United States were put to work through the relief efforts of the New Deal to provide a living wage and to bolster the spirits of the American public. Many used the opportunity to portray everyday life in the United States through images of modern and rural landscapes, leisure activities, and industrial growth, while others directed attention to economic toil and key social issues. Pressing Issues brings together work by artists who, through their art, produced radical critical commentaries on the social injustices plaguing the country in their time.
Curated by Kathryn Koca Polite, organized by the Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Sponsored in part by Illinois’ College of Fine and Applied Arts, the International Fine Print Dealers Association, and the Wyeth Foundation for American Art.
Support at the Chazen provided in part by the Anonymous Fund.
