Contemporary+Life

Americans entering the post-War era experienced a boom time colored by global uncertainty. Artists grappled with how to reflect America’s changing social and political landscape: some raised questions about the value of art and history, while others confronted issues of race and gender inequality. Themes may include works made in response to various movements (Civil Rights, social justice movements like the Farm Workers boycotts, the feminist movement), the role of technology in modern life, and works that ask us: “What is an American today?”
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African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era, and Beyond A Democracy of Images: Photographs from the Smithsonian American Art Museum Color as Field: American Painting 1950-1975 Our America: Latino Presence in American Art