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Silkscreen machine4/3/2023 Marked by clean, sharply defined edges, flat, streamlined fields of color, and the presence of few or no people, the Precisionist style reflected the values and aesthetics of the Machine Age. American artists responded to this change with the development of a modernist artistic style called “Precisionism,” which grew alongside this urban and mechanical expansion. New technologies developed and disseminated in the 1920s fundamentally transformed American life. This exhibition explores the little-known artistic movement by focusing on the work of Connecticut artists who employed fine art and design to speak to these technological and social changes. As cities and household interiors embraced new technology and became sleek and modern, a group of artists developed a style that captured the zeitgeist: Precisionism. In the 1920s, the United States entered the Machine Age. March 5-April 30: Cutting Edge: Connecticut Artists Explore Precisionis.
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