Painted figures haunt an empty building. A boy leaning on a pair of crutches. A father and son wandering a barren railroad track. A nuclear family at a picnic table. These poignant scenes were painted by two of the foremost American artists of the twentieth century, Ben Shahn and Philip Guston. No o...

Painted figures haunt an empty building. A boy leaning on a pair of crutches. A father and son wandering a barren railroad track. A nuclear family at a picnic table. These poignant scenes were painted by two of the foremost American artists of the twentieth century, Ben Shahn and Philip Guston. No o…

  • Infynis@midwest.socialEnglish
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    17 days ago

    That’s a hell of a metaphor. I love the New Deal art we have here in Lansing. I wish the modern government was concerned with making its citizens lives not only livable, but pleasant