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Read our latest blog post on ‘Grant Wood: American Gothic and Other Fables’ on view at Whitney Museum of American Art through June 10. This post is by Austin Yoon, Curatorial Intern, The Drawing Center. . "The exhibition, which occupies half of the museum’s fifth floor, points out how drawing was integral to the artist’s process. As Wood said of his own work: “I make a design of abstract shapes without any naturalistic details. Until I am satisfied with this abstract picture I don’t go ahead. When I think it’s a sound design, then I start very cautiously making it look like nature.”-go to drawingcenter.org and click on the lower left circle for the full post. . #blog #GrantWood whitneymuseum Image: Grant Wood, "Arnold Comes of Age (Portrait of Arnold Pyle)", 1930. Oil on composition board, 26 3⁄4 x 23 in. (67.9 x 58.4 cm). Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, Nebraska; Nebraska Art Association Collection 1931.N–38. © Figge Art Museum, successors to the Estate of Nan Wood Graham/Licensed by...

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