'Artists Respond: American Art and the Vietnam War, 1965-1975' at the Smithsonian American Art Museum Examines How the Vietnam War Changed American Art
March 07, 2019
March 07, 2019
WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The Smithsonian Institution issued the following news release:
The Vietnam War, a divisive and controversial conflict, had a profound impact on the art of its time. "Artists Respond: American Art and the Vietnam War, 1965-1975" emphasizes how American artists grappled with the dilemmas of the war as it was unfolding--from President Lyndon B. Johnson's fateful decision to deploy U.S. ground troops to South Vietnam in 1965 to the fall of Saigon 10 . . .
The Vietnam War, a divisive and controversial conflict, had a profound impact on the art of its time. "Artists Respond: American Art and the Vietnam War, 1965-1975" emphasizes how American artists grappled with the dilemmas of the war as it was unfolding--from President Lyndon B. Johnson's fateful decision to deploy U.S. ground troops to South Vietnam in 1965 to the fall of Saigon 10 . . .