The Left Front. Radical Art In the "Red Decade," 1929-1940

As usual with the Grey Art Gallery this is a very good beautifully installed historical show of art from the left front 1929-1940. The work of course comes with messages and propaganda, which is to be expected, but much of the work was visually complelling and dramatic. There was also some good footage from 37 & 38 of the May Davy parade on 5th ave that was fascinating on several levels.  The show is comprised mostly  of drawings and etchings along with some paintings and ephemera. Many of the artists were new to me, but there were also work by Reginald Marsh, Stuart Davis, Rockwell Kent and others. Also there is a very nice large free16pg. giveway catalog that has short essays covering the very left organizations that flourished during this period in New York. This show will be up until April.