Grant Wood Guest Lecture

"Paint Like A Man: Gender and Disguise in the Art of Grant Wood"

R. Tripp Evans, Professor of Art History, Wheaton College Thursday, January 20. 5:00PM. Olin 110
Reception and book signing to follow.

Abstract:
Grant wood was the first overnight sensation in the history of American art. From the moment his now-iconic American Gothic caught the nation's attention in 1930, his work has become a blank canvas for audiences- who see what they will in his dream-like landscapes, unconventional history paintings and forbidding portraits, with little sense of the man who created them.

R. Tripp Evans's new biography of the painter, Grant Wood: A Life (Alfred A. Knopf: 2101), challenges Woods public image as a simple "farmer painting" and proponent of conservative values. In this lecture, Evans will explore how this deeply closeted artist both reinforced and subverted traditional gender expectations in his work, often at considerable risk to his own career.
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Sponsored by the Sarofim School of Fine Arts Visiting Artists and Scholars Series.
Co-sponsored by the American Studies Program, Art & Art History Department,
Communication Studies Program, & Feminist Studies Program.

For more information about the lecture, please call 512.863.1379.
For more information about the author and book, visit grantwoodalife.com

Here is the link to the book on Amazon. Below are the book cover and a fun picture of the author and his partner at the American Gothic house in Eldon, Iowa.


Check out the American Gothic House Center's website. They have fun visitor photos and parody photos, and you can even find them on Blogger, Facebook, and Twitter!