The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 27, 2024

Teacher and Kids on Rug in Classroom, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California

Teacher and Kids on Rug in Classroom, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California

1969–75
(American, b. 1938)
Image: 14.1 x 21.2 cm (5 9/16 x 8 3/8 in.); Paper: 20.1 x 25.2 cm (7 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

Since 1970, more Americans have lived in suburbs than in the cities they surround.

Description

In Suburbia, Bill Owens addresses suburban life in Northern California and the deflation of the American Dream in the 1970s. Contemporary photographer Gregory Crewdson likened Owens’s images of suburban America to the writings and pictures of Edward Hopper, Walker Evans, Diane Arbus, John Cheever, and Raymond Carver in the way they “find unexpected beauty and mystery within the American vernacular.”
  • ?-2019
    George Stephanopoulos [1961-], New York, NY
    December 2, 2019
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2019.284