American Folk, Outsider and Self-Taught Art
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(above: Horace Pippin, The Trial of John Brown, 1942, oil on canvas, De Young Museum. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)
Against the Grain: The Works of Minnie Adkins is an exhibit catalog available for online viewing at the Kentucky Folk Art Center website on the page "Past Exhibition Catalogs" listed under 2007 catalogs. Accessed April, 2016.
American Folk Art Museum presents online:
Accessed August, 2015.
The Anthony Petullo Collection of Self-Taught and Outsider Art including book reviews, biographies of artists, and more. Accessed August, 2015.
Between Worlds: The Art of Bill Traylor is a 2018 exhibit at the Smithsonian American Art Museum which says: "Between Worlds: The Art of Bill Traylor situates Traylor as the only known artist enslaved at birth to make a significant body of drawn and painted work." Also see press release. Accessed 10/18
Compelled: Folk Art & Vision is a 2014 exhibit at Springfield Museum of Art which says: "Folk Art, Outsider Art and Visionary Art are terms used to describe the work of self-taught artists who are recognized for unique talents refined to a point of mastery. Self-taught artists have not pursued formal artistic training through a university or art school, nor have they worked extensively under an artist from the established art world. While some self-taught artists may deliberately sidestep the world or art academia, most of them lack access to formal art training due to economic, class, racial, health or geographic restrictions." Accessed 3/18
David Lucas is an exhibit catalog available for online viewing at the Kentucky Folk Art Center website on the page "Past Exhibition Catalogs" listed under 2013 catalogs. Lucas is a Kentucky painter. Accessed April, 2016.
Detour Art has numerous biographies of outsider artists plus other resources. Accessed August, 2015.
"Don't Fence Me In": The Art of Daniel Watson, an exhibit held January 19 - June 23, 2007 at Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art. Includes exhibit brochure. Accessed February, 2015.
Fever Within: The Art of Ronald Lockett is a 2017 exhibit at the Ackland Art Museum which says: "Birmingham, Lockett (1965-1998) was profoundly influenced by other self-taught African American artists in his closely knit community, including his cousin Thornton Dial (1928-2016), who mentored and encouraged him. Through his art, Lockett explored events in twentieth-century history that he sought to better understand; among them are acts of large-scale violence and terrorism such as the Holocaust, the bombing of Hiroshima, and the bombing of the Oklahoma City Federal Building. He also grappled with emotionally-charged subjects such as racial and political tumult, including the rise of the Ku Klux Klan and the unfulfilled promises of the Civil Rights Movement; environmental degradation; and religious faith." See press release. Read more from High Museum of Art article and Souls Grown Deep Foundation biography. Accessed 2/17
"The Folk Art Collection of Elie and Viola Nadelman" is an August 5, 2016 book review in Maine Antique Digest for the book and exhibit Making it Modern: The Folk Art Collection of Elie and Viola Nadelman held at the New-York Historical Society. The review says: "This exhibition is the first to consider the European roots of American folk art. The accompanying book, Making it Modern, is a catalog of the 200 pieces of folk art on view with seven thought-provoking essays. New-York Historical Society's vice president and museum director Margaret K. Hofer writes about how collecting became the all-consuming passion of the Nadelmans, a dashing couple who traveled in great style here and abroad with their children and nannies and in chauffeur-driven cars to amass a collection spanning six centuries and 13 countries."
Folk Art Society of America website. Accessed August, 2015.
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