<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- wp:paragraph --&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class=""&gt;Putting ordinary people in odd, unsettling surroundings was the specialty of Hughie Lee-Smith. In today’s episode we look at his “Confrontation” from the Smithsonian American Art Museum. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- /wp:paragraph --&gt; &lt;!-- wp:paragraph --&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class=""&gt;We’’ll find out how an encounter with Italian Surrealism and a forbidden childhood carnival forged a visual language he used to depict universal feelings of loneliness, separation, and alienation in post-war America.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class=""&gt;&lt;!-- wp:paragraph --&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class=""&gt;SHOW NOTES&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class=""&gt;&lt;!-- /wp:paragraph --&gt; &lt;!-- wp:paragraph --&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class=""&gt;“A Long Look” themes are "Easy" by Ron Gelinas &lt;a href= "https://youtu.be/2QGe6skVzSs"&gt;https://youtu.be/2QGe6skVzSs&lt;/a&gt; and “At the Cafe with You” by Onion All Stars &lt;a href= "https://pixabay.com/users/onion_all_stars-33331904/"&gt;https://pixabay.com/users/onion_all_stars-33331904/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class=""&gt;&lt;!-- /wp:paragraph --&gt; &lt;!-- wp:paragraph --&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class=""&gt;Episode music:&lt;br /&gt; “Passing Fields” by Quantum Jazz&lt;br /&gt; Courtesy of Free music Archive (CC BY-SA) &lt;a href= "https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Quantum_Jazz/End_of_Line/05_-_Quantum_Jazz_-_Passing_Fields/"&gt; https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Quantum_Jazz/End_of_Line/05_-_Quantum_Jazz_-_Passing_Fields/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class=""&gt;&lt;!-- /wp:paragraph --&gt; &lt;!-- wp:paragraph --&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class=""&gt;“Ghost Carousel” by LAURENT BUCZEK&lt;br /&gt; Courtesy of Pixabay &lt;a href= "https://pixabay.com/music/build-up-scenes-ghost-carousel-155303/"&gt;https://pixabay.com/music/build-up-scenes-ghost-carousel-155303/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class=""&gt;&lt;!-- /wp:paragraph --&gt; &lt;!-- wp:paragraph --&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class=""&gt;“Between Worlds” by Tobias Webster (CC-BY)&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href= "http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/tobias_weber/56664"&gt;http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/tobias_weber/56664&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class=""&gt;&lt;!-- /wp:paragraph --&gt; &lt;!-- wp:paragraph --&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class=""&gt;"Shades of Spring" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href= "https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html"&gt;https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href= "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"&gt;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class=""&gt;&lt;!-- /wp:paragraph --&gt; &lt;!-- wp:paragraph --&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class=""&gt;Artwork information &lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href= "https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/confrontation-78130"&gt;https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/confrontation-78130&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class=""&gt;&lt;!-- /wp:paragraph --&gt; &lt;!-- wp:paragraph --&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class=""&gt;Artist information&lt;br /&gt; Biography&lt;br /&gt; &lt;em&gt;Hughie Lee-Smith&lt;/em&gt; by Leslie King-Hammond and Aiden Faust. San Francisco: Pomegranate, 2010.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class=""&gt;&lt;!-- /wp:paragraph --&gt; &lt;!-- wp:paragraph --&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class=""&gt;Hughie Lee-Smith papers, c 1890-2007, bulk 1931-1999. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class=""&gt;&lt;!-- /wp:paragraph --&gt; &lt;!-- wp:paragraph --&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class=""&gt;&lt;a href= "https://americanart.si.edu/artist/hughie-lee-smith-6317"&gt;https://americanart.si.edu/artist/hughie-lee-smith-6317&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class=""&gt;&lt;!-- /wp:paragraph --&gt; &lt;!-- wp:paragraph --&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class=""&gt;&lt;a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughie_Lee-Smith"&gt;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughie_Lee-Smith&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class=""&gt;&lt;!-- /wp:paragraph --&gt; &lt;!-- wp:html --&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class=""&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/04/nyregion/art-a-painter-finally-gets-his-due.html"&gt; https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/04/nyregion/art-a-painter-finally-gets-his-due.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class=""&gt;&lt;!-- /wp:html --&gt; &lt;!-- wp:html --&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class=""&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.nytimes.com/1995/11/12/nyregion/art-review-a-painter-s-evolution-visual-and-political.html"&gt; https://www.nytimes.com/1995/11/12/nyregion/art-review-a-painter-s-evolution-visual-and-political.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class=""&gt;Transcript available at &lt;a href= "https://alonglookpodcast.com/confrontation"&gt;https://alonglookpodcast.com/confrontation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class=""&gt;&lt;!-- /wp:html --&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- /wp:paragraph --&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

A Long Look Podcast

Karen Jackson

Confrontation by Hughie Lee-Smith

FEB 17, 202412 MIN
A Long Look Podcast

Confrontation by Hughie Lee-Smith

FEB 17, 202412 MIN

Description

Putting ordinary people in odd, unsettling surroundings was the specialty of Hughie Lee-Smith. In today’s episode we look at his “Confrontation” from the Smithsonian American Art Museum. 

We’’ll find out how an encounter with Italian Surrealism and a forbidden childhood carnival forged a visual language he used to depict universal feelings of loneliness, separation, and alienation in post-war America.

SHOW NOTES

“A Long Look” themes are "Easy" by Ron Gelinas https://youtu.be/2QGe6skVzSs and “At the Cafe with You” by Onion All Stars https://pixabay.com/users/onion_all_stars-33331904/

Episode music: “Passing Fields” by Quantum Jazz Courtesy of Free music Archive (CC BY-SA) https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Quantum_Jazz/End_of_Line/05_-_Quantum_Jazz_-_Passing_Fields/

“Ghost Carousel” by LAURENT BUCZEK Courtesy of Pixabay https://pixabay.com/music/build-up-scenes-ghost-carousel-155303/

“Between Worlds” by Tobias Webster (CC-BY) http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/tobias_weber/56664

"Shades of Spring" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Artwork information  https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/confrontation-78130

Artist information Biography Hughie Lee-Smith by Leslie King-Hammond and Aiden Faust. San Francisco: Pomegranate, 2010.

Hughie Lee-Smith papers, c 1890-2007, bulk 1931-1999. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

https://americanart.si.edu/artist/hughie-lee-smith-6317

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughie_Lee-Smith

https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/04/nyregion/art-a-painter-finally-gets-his-due.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1995/11/12/nyregion/art-review-a-painter-s-evolution-visual-and-political.html

Transcript available at https://alonglookpodcast.com/confrontation