@normanrockwellmuseum: Chilling details in Tim O’Brien's 2019 painting, titled, "Go Back Where You Came From"   In this striking contemporary image, Tim O’Brien reimagines the Statue of Liberty standing waist-deep in turbulent water, her torch raised as both beacon and warning. The painting’s title, ‘Go Back Where You Came From,’ invokes the hostile rhetoric often directed toward immigrants and refugees, sharply contrasting with Lady Liberty’s historic role as a symbol of welcome, refuge, and opportunity. Created amid ongoing national debates surrounding immigration and identity, the work underscores the tensions between America’s ideals and the realities of exclusion and intolerance.   See this painting on view at the Museum today, part of our current exhibition, "American Stories: Revolution to Rockwell." 📍Stockbridge, MA

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