Rural Modernism

Curatorial Fellow Amanda Burdan discusses prints in the exhibition, "The Road Less Traveled: Thomas Nason's Rural New England" that suggest Nason's familiarity with the aesthetics of modern art. It may sound like a contradiction in terms, but Burdan thinks of Nason as a experimenting with something she calls "rural modernism." She will also compare Nason's prints with work by Grant Wood, Charles Sheeler, and Charles Demuth. This video takes a closer look at Nason's wood engraving "Factory Village," the subject of which is a distinct departure from his typical scenes of rural New England life.

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• florence griswold museum
• old lyme
• connecticut
• mystic
• Thomas Nason
• printmaking
• grant wood
• charles sheeler
• charles demuth
• modernism