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Big Sky, Big Dreams, Big Art: Made in the USA episode 3

Big Sky, Big Dreams, Big Art: Made in the USA episode 3

Big Sky, Big Dreams, Big Art: Made in the USA episode 3: This episode looks at America’s most controversial cultural territory – the interstitial America of small towns and trailer parks.     As his road trip takes him from Iowa to Tennessee, Waldemar Januszczak discovers how this much maligned territory had an immensely beneficial impact on American art. From the small town brilliance of Grant Wood, to the small town alienation of Edward Hopper, to the spooky Dust Bowl symbolism of Alexandre Hogue, interstitial America inspired much that was great. The film culminates in the brilliant assemblages of David […]

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Art of America episode 2

Art of America episode 2

Art of America Episode 2: Andrew Graham-Dixon Uncovers the Modern Dreams Behind the American Metropolis Art of America episode 2 follows Andrew Graham-Dixon from the foot of the Statue of Liberty to the silent triptychs of the Rothko Chapel in Houston, tracing how artists and architects pulled the United States out of Europe’s shadow. Subtitled Modern Dreams, this instalment confronts the modern American city in all its contradictions. Gleaming skyscrapers rise above miles of slums. Corporate fortunes tower over desperate poverty. And a remarkable cast of painters, from John Sloan and George Bellows to Edward Hopper, Jackson Pollock and Mark

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