Gary Faigin: Norman Rockwell, 'Like It Or Not'

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DATE : Thu, 21 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700
Entered in Database : 2011-04-21 07:00:00
length : 4924016
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If you heard that an artist painted the murder of three civil rights workers in the style of Norman Rockwell, that might sound subversive. It turns out this isn't just in the style of Rockwell, this is Norman Rockwell's own piece, "Murder in Mississippi." Beyond the early magazine covers of milkmen and rosy cheeked kids, Rockwell took on tough topics in his later years. Local critic and artist Gary Faigin says that the Rockwell exhibit at Tacoma Art Museum proves that Norman Rockwell also put a lot of thought and craft into much of his work, and many critics are reevaluating why Rockwell matters. Gary Faigin talks with KUOW's Jeremy Richards.

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