The Growth of Industry in Rural America

The serial nature of the printmaking process allowed artists of the FAP to disseminate their work with ease. But rather than inform a concerted position on the role of industry, these ominous prints raise the question of the destructive nature of industry. Eugene Morley’s Demolition reduces industrialized structures to abstracted forms, creating a desolate environment. The dark and forlorn skies of these prints are in contrast with those of the picturesque countryside and represent a dramatically different rural landscape.