About this episode
This summer, The Jewish Museum is examining the life and work of a local artist who dared to be different. Ben Shahn was born in present day Lithuania in 1898, but immigrated to Brooklyn as a boy after his father was exiled to Siberia. Shahn began a life of using his art to respond to historical moments with social realism, from the Great Depression to the Vietnam War. Dr. Laura Katzman , professor of art history at James Madison University, and Dr. Stephen Brown , curator at the Jewish Museum discuss, " Ben Shahn, On Nonconformity ," on view through October 12.