American Gothic redux

Jack'll do

Arguably one of the most famous paintings in the history of American art, Grant Wood's "American Gothic" was exhibited for the first time in 1930 at the Art Institute of Chicago. On a recent trip to Key West, I had the opportunity to photograph a statue entitled "God Bless America" by J. Seward Johnson Jr. This 25' tall statue, obviously inspired by Wood's painting, stands in front of the old U.S. Customs building in Key West.

As always, C&C encouraged and appreciated.

Awais Yaqub

Cool shots loved the last one a lot

Cuong

Me too.

Cuong

summerz

Classics indeed.

Jack'll do

Awais Yaqub wrote:

Cool shots loved the last one a lot

Thank you Awais. I was considering removing the small flag which snuck into the corner but decided it was appropriate and so left it.

Jack'll do

Yukio ans Summerz
Thanks for looking and commenting.

Skippy

Jack'll do wrote:

Arguably one of the most famous paintings in the history of American art, Grant Wood's "American Gothic" was exhibited for the first time in 1930 at the Art Institute of Chicago. On a recent trip to Key West, I had the opportunity to photograph a statue entitled "God Bless America" by J. Seward Johnson Jr. This 25' tall statue, obviously inspired by Wood's painting, stands in front of the old U.S. Customs building in Key West.

As always, C&C encouraged and appreciated.

Hi Jack, they kind of don't look happy do they?
25ft tall? gawwwwd I'm only 5ft 1inch meself ...they're big

.... you sure they ain't ex US Postal Workers
no wait, they can't be, they only have a pitch fork

The people who made them have done a beautiful job.
The couple look pretty straight laced don't they.

The shots look great Jack, thanks for sharing ... Skippy
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eL eSs Vee

Great shots, Jack! Third one is great! Second one is good, to, but someone snuck a security camera behind the right tine on the pitch fork.

All in all, I like them all. Nice.

Jack'll do

eL eSs Vee wrote:

Great shots, Jack! Third one is great! Second one is good, to, but someone snuck a security camera behind the right tine on the pitch fork.

All in all, I like them all. Nice.

Thanks eLeSsVee
I prefer the close ups too but without seeing the suitcase, the meaning of title of the piece would not be evident.
I recently upgraded to MAC OS X Leopard and now my PS 7.0 no longer works. As soon as my PS CS3 comes in I'll take care of that security camera.

Jack'll do

Skippy wrote:

Hi Jack, they kind of don't look happy do they?

The couple look pretty straight laced don't they.

The shots look great Jack, thanks for sharing ... Skippy
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Thanks Skippy
According to the Art Institute of Chicago's website, "Some believe that Wood used this painting to satirize the narrow-mindedness and repression that has been said to characterize Midwestern culture, an accusation he denied. The painting may also be read as a glorification of the moral virtue of rural America or even as an ambiguous mixture of praise and satire."

Wikipedia also has an interesting discussion of the painting.