Ep. 54 - Grant Wood's "American Gothic" (1930)

A man. A woman. A window. A pitchfork. It’s the most seemingly
straightforward double portrait to come out of rural America - and
certainly the most famous - yet it’s become synonymous with
ambiguity and mystery, parody and polarization. Amazing how hungry
we are to turn a portrait of an artist’s hometown spirit into a
portrait of a larger American cultural moment, both then and now.
See the images: https://bit.ly/2WuV2CQ Music used: Django
Reinhardt, “Django’s Tiger” The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du
Schoen" The Blue Dot Sessions, “Long and Low Cloud,” “Hakodate
Line,” “Cornicob,” “Sylvestor,” “Di Breun,” “The Silver Hatch,”
“Speaker Joy” Joe Dassin, “Les Champs-Elysees" Support the show:
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