Ep. 54 - Grant Wood's "American Gothic" (1930)
A man. A woman. A window. A pitchfork. It\u2019s the most seemingly straightforward double portrait to come out of rural America - and certainly the most famous - yet it\u2019s become synonymous with ambiguity and mystery, parody and polarization. Amazing how hungry we are to turn a portrait of an artist\u2019s hometown spirit into a portrait of a larger American cultural moment, both then and now.\n\nSee the images:\nhttps://bit.ly/2WuV2CQ\n\nMusic used:\nDjango Reinhardt, \u201cDjango\u2019s Tiger\u201d\nThe Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen"\nThe Blue Dot Sessions, \u201cLong and Low Cloud,\u201d \u201cHakodate Line,\u201d \u201cCornicob,\u201d \u201cSylvestor,\u201d \u201cDi Breun,\u201d \u201cThe Silver Hatch,\u201d \u201cSpeaker Joy\u201d\nJoe Dassin, \u201cLes Champs-Elysees"\n\nSupport the show:\nwww.patreon.com/lonelypalette