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| love this (Robert Frank) |
by Anthony Lane
Robert Frank explored America in the mid-1950s with a Guggenheim Scholarship on his hip, taking photos of all things American. His works were exhibited recently in the Met, where viewers could experience mid century America at its purest. He was criticized by Americans when he first exhibited the work, saying the pictures were too critical, too anti-American. He was even arrested at one point, suspected as being a Communist (although this happened to many, many artists and writers). However, this criticism was undeserved, for his depiction of America was not intended to be mean-spirited, but rather honest.
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