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Putting a Fresh Spin on the Familiar

Putting a Fresh Spin on the Familiar

Publisher 
New York Times
Date 
October 26, 2012
By Patricia Cohen . . .This arresting Surrealist-like painting is currently hanging at the New-York Historical Society, part of the exhibition“WWII & NYC,” which runs through May 27. In choosing to mount a show on World War II, the Historical Society faced the challenge of bringing a fresh approach to a topic that has already been packaged and presented countless times in galleries, films, books, television, comics and more. . . . Read more . . .