Midway, Neshoba County Fair, Philadelphia, Mississippi by Mike Sinclair

Scorchingly hot Wednesday greetings, collectors! As you might have heard, the Big Apple is getting seared by some record-breaking temperatures, which makes me exceedingly grateful for the modern miracle of air conditioning. The heat gave me a good excuse to indulge in a lazier-than-usual long weekend, where any and all strenuous activity took place in the arctic environs of my local health club.

The recent discovery that my iPad is an ideal device for the viewing of commercial-free TV has made cardio-time at the gym bearable. Old episodes of Friday Night Lights filled much of my time and I found myself utterly absorbed in this gritty-yet-patriotic, kinda soapy drama about football in a small Texas town, in large part because it so perfectly channels a nostalgic ideal I've got for the America I've never lived in.

Today's Midway, Neshoba County Fair, Philadelphia, Mississippi — by one of my favorite purveyors of modern day Americana, Mike Sinclair — is the picture perfect [har, har] embodiment of this ideal. This is our fourth edition by Mike, and his work is well-loved by our team and our collectors alike. Jeffrey, Sara and Youngna have all written about his work via gallery press releases and previous newsletters, and the arrival of his proofs creates a quiet commotion at 20x200 HQ.

The thing that gets us all astir is that Mike's work captures the notable in an un-noted moment — the rough edges and the imperfections resulting in, if you will, a more perfect union. His images are the antidote to the media-dictated image of America, which is so slick and polished and mass-produced, world-overpowering and never-doubting, that it seems unfamiliar to most of us who are living in it. The dusty, the aging and the unpainted back parts of things speak to who we are too, and what we know. To see them not just acknowledged, but honored, is satisfying and comforting. It feels like being home.