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SUMMARY:Sandwiched In with Dennis Raverty - Artist Ben Shahn
UID:66590
DTSTAMP:20260416T234100Z
DTSTART:20250905T160000Z
DTEND:20250905T173000Z
LOCATION:1 Library Dr, Port Washington, NY 11050, United States
ROOM: Lapham Meeting Room
DESCRIPTION:Join award winning teacher and art historian Dennis Raverty as
  he presents a visual lecture: Ben Shahn and the Politics of Nonconformity
 .  From the 1930s through the 1960s Ben Shahn's painting and illustr
 ation addressed such issues as unemployment, discrimination, the rise of a
 uthoritarianism abroad, and threats to freedom of expression in the United
  States. Starting his career during the Great Depression, his art witnesse
 d the rise of totalitarianism abroad and the anti-Communist hysteria of po
 stwar America, as well as the Civil Rights movement. Shahn viewed nonconfo
 rmity as the essence of avant-garde art as well as the agent of social cha
 nge. His art was clearly modernist yet remained figurative and accessible 
 to a wide, popular audience. A retrospective exhibition that spans the art
 ist's long career is at the Jewish Museum in New York City from May t
 hrough October.PLEASE NOTE: This is a 'hybrid' event that can b
 e attended either "In-Person" or "Online" on the Zoom 
 platform. You can choose which option you wish to register for below in t
 he "Do you want to attend in-person or online?" dropdown menu be
 low.
URL:https://portwashington.librarycalendar.com/event/sandwiched-66590
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