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Event Dates
Apr 05, 2009 - Jun 21, 2009
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Memphis, TN
Phone: 901-761-5250
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Holiday Inn Express - Medical Center Midtown
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Regional Dialect: American Scene Paintings from the John and Susan Horseman Collection
In the period between the two world wars, American artists across the country began to look to their neighbors and their immediate surroundings for inspiration. They came to be known as the painters of the American Scene and their work sought to earnestly express the American experience in all its pleasure and pain, complexity and plurality. They were at times intensely regional in vision, connected to their subjects and audiences in ways that earlier (and later) artists avoided or even shunned. But these painters also produced cogent snapshots of American values, desires, challenges, and aspirations that resonated nationwide. In this intriguing epoch, American artists were simultaneously integral representatives of their respective communities and contributors to the larger national dialogue on art and every other topic as well.
The Dixon is proud to be the organizing institution for Regional Dialect. After premiering at the Dixon, the exhibition will travel to six additional institutions.
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Standing Stone State Park 5-Mile Run
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FCE Holiday Bazaar
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Arts Third Saturday
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