American Landscape
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John Martin Tweddle
(1938–)
NationalityAmerican, North America
Date1966
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsCanvas: 66 1/8 x 95 11/16 in. (168 x 243 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of Mari and James A. Michener, G1968.125
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Collection AreaModern and Contemporary Art
Object numberG1968.125
On View
Not on viewIn this painting, Tweddle transforms nature into a chaotic urban grid. By bisecting his canvas with a procession of crudely drawn cars, he provides a visual analogue for the manner in which industry has taken over the natural world. Through his frenzied composition, Tweddle offers a parody of U.S. society and its beliefs in the ideals of progress and industrialization.
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