Ben Shahn's New York: The art of social conscience

Humanities | September 1, 1999| | Copyright

The photographs Ben Shahn took in New York in the 1930s are not typical images of skyscrapers and canyons of avenues. Art historian Deborah Kao sees his pictures as much more personal. "As much as some other photographers give you a window into New York, there's a pane of glass on that window, and for me, in Shahn's photographs that window of glass doesn't exist. There's a sense that you're actually on that sidewalk with him."

"Ben Shahn's New York: The Art of Social Conscience," which opens in February at the Fogg Museum of Art in Boston, will let the visitor see the city through Shahn's ...

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