RELIGIOUS ART | NEWS OF WEEK

November 25, 2018

RELIGIOUS ART | NEWS OF WEEK

ALPHA OMEGA ARTS
By Gregory & Ernest Disney-Britton

Maggie Meiners, Freedom from Want. © Maggie Meiners. Courtesy of the artist.

How many misfits didn't have a home for Thanksgiving this year? Did you welcome them? Photographer Maggie Meiners reimagines being a misfit in America today, and much of it is inspired by a 2010 visit to the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. It was there while facing Rockwell's Freedom from Want (1943), that she questioned what today's ideal American family looks like? In "Revisiting Rockwell," she explores themes from Black Lives Matter to gay dads. That makes Maggie Meiners's Freedom from Want, our art of the week.

Maggie Meiner's "Four Freedoms" (2017) Archival inkjet print7 × 5 in; 17.8 × 12.7 cm

NEWS OF WEEK from across the USA, and around the world:

Buddhist Art of Week: Crow Museum celebrates 20 years with new name and expansion [More News]
Christian Art of Week: Nick Cave's darkly exquisite new work: ‘Is there racism in heaven?’ [More News]
Hindu Art of Week: Museum of Goa to celebrate the LGBTQ community through art [More News]
Islamic Art of Week: Mohamad Hafez: the artist using artwork to celebrate Syria's past [More News]
Jewish Art of Week: For Jewish Israelis of Yemenite heritage, reviving a past [More News]

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