Big Sky, Big Dreams, Big Art: Made in the USA: 1x3

From Small Town to David Smith

Episode 3 looks at America’s most controversial cultural territory – the interstitial America of small towns and trailer parks. Waldemar discovers how this much maligned territory had an immensely beneficial impact on American art. From the small town brilliance of Grant Wood to the brilliant assemblages of David Smith, the leading sculptor of abstract expressionism.