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Show Artists Paint for 'Common Man Just what does the average aver-age American, with no pretense pre-tense to a technical knowledge knowl-edge of art, think of contemporary con-temporary American painting? paint-ing? That is, does he like the pictures that are being made, or doesn't he? Are artists interpreting life about them in a truthful and pleasing manner? To try to get the answers to these questions, a group of 116 pictures, selected as being representative of the best in native art, is being exhibited at the Art Institute Insti-tute of Chicago. Many thousands of people peo-ple will gaze on these canvases can-vases in the next few weeks. Few of them will be art experts. ex-perts. They "know what they like," and that's about as far as they can go. This exhibit is assembled on the theory, however, that pictures pic-tures should satisfy the "common man," not a few specialists. Through polls and questionnaires the sponsors hope to find out what paintings the public likes best and why. 1. "Waiting for the 3:30" Aaron Borodi 2. "Barbershop" Louis Bouche J. "Bravadoes" Frank Kaczmarck 4. "Arbor Day" . Doris Lee 5. "Portrait of Nan" Grant Wood 6. "John Broun" John S. Curry |
