Monday, October 30, 2017

Some Thomas Hart Benton Murals Have Been Removed From View At Indiana University. Does This Make Any Sense?

"In the controversial panel, Benton painted a reporter, a photographer and a printer into the foreground – an homage to the press of Indiana for breaking the power of the Klan. In the center, a white nurse tends both black and white children in City Hospital (now Wishard Hospital). The sinister figures of the Klan are visible in the background, behind the hospital beds – a reminder, perhaps, that racial progress can always slide backwards."



Article source here:Arts Journal

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