{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Confrontation by Hughie Lee-Smith","description":" Putting ordinary people in odd, unsettling surroundings was the specialty of Hughie Lee-Smith. In today\u2019s episode we look at his \u201cConfrontation\u201d from the Smithsonian American Art Museum.&amp;nbsp;   We\u2019\u2019ll 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   \u201cA Long Look\u201d themes are &quot;Easy&quot; by Ron Gelinas https:\/\/youtu.be\/2QGe6skVzSs and \u201cAt the Cafe with You\u201d by Onion All Stars https:\/\/pixabay.com\/users\/onion_all_stars-33331904\/   Episode music: \u201cPassing Fields\u201d 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\/   \u201cGhost Carousel\u201d by LAURENT BUCZEK Courtesy of Pixabay https:\/\/pixabay.com\/music\/build-up-scenes-ghost-carousel-155303\/   \u201cBetween Worlds\u201d by Tobias Webster (CC-BY) http:\/\/dig.ccmixter.org\/files\/tobias_weber\/56664   &quot;Shades of Spring&quot; 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&amp;nbsp; 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   ","author_name":"A Long Look Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/alonglook.libsyn.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/29995618\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/167901238"}