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Another favored art project was the imitation of Grant Wood's American Gothic, which is firmly entrenched in the nation's popular culture. Although Wood intended it to be a positive statement about rural American values, an image of reassurance and resilience at a time of great dislocation and disillusionment, it is often interpreted as a satirical comment on the midwestern character.