Crisis Art

Beloved Wesleyan professor, Sean McCann, wrote a piece in the Wall Street Journal called Will This Crisis Produce a 'Gatsby'. It considers the role of art in troubled cultural times. The work that was created during the Great Depression was largely an inquisition into the lie of social mobility, which is a fascinating aspect of the world we are creating in Clementine.

Artistically speaking, I think that the coincidental overlaps of the Recession and Obama Campaign have produced a scene that has elements of both the Great Depression and the Sixties. It's worth pondering as we try to be thoughtful and provoking artists.