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"Untitled," Minnie Evans, 1959.
Evans (1892-1987) was a self-taught Black folk artist who didn't begin drawing until she was in her 40s, working at the ticket booth at Airlie Gardens in Wilmington, NC.
Inspired by her inner visions, her religious faith, her regard for her ancestors, and her surroundings, she created many intricate images of faces amid flowers and foliage. The faces could be her ancestors, or her version of spiritual guides, or something else altogether.
She once said that her flower paintings were her vision of heaven, dismissing the idea of heaven as white and full of clouds, but instead a joyous garden of rainbow colors.
Her work, which began in the 40s, was in many ways a forerunner to psychedelic art of the 60s and 70s; this would not have been out of place on the wall of a hippie's flat.
From the American Folk Art Museum, New York.
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Yayoi Kusama, who splashed polka dots across the art world, dies at 97
TOKYO — Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, who splashed her signature polka dots on paintings, sculptures and museum installations around the…
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Martha Rosler (b.1943)
Martha Rosler (b.1943) is an American artist. She is a conceptual artist who works in photography and photo text, video, installation, sculpture, site-specific and performance, as well as writing about art and culture. via W #PalianSHOW -
https://livingnewdeal.org/sites/newark-museum-aerial-map-mural-newark-nj/
Only two of the ten murals Arshile Gorky painted while working in the WPA Federal Arts Project for the Newark Airport Administration Building survive.
As has happened with a number of other New Deal artworks, the other eight have been lost or destroyed.
#Art #TwentiethCenturyArt #NewDeal #FederalArtsProject #FAP #WPA #WorksProgressAdministration #ArshileGorky #NewarkAirport #USArt #AmericanArt
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"Country Doctor (Night Call)," Horace Pippin, 1935.
I've talked about Pippin (1888-1946) before; he was a self-taught Black American artist who took up art as a sort of therapy after being injured in WWI. He painted scenes of everyday Black American life, and what he lacked in formal training, he made up for with passion, depth, a remarkable eye for design, and a flair for storytelling and depicting people's lives.
Here we have a scene in a wooded area in the midst of a snowstorm....but a man is slowly leading a horse, pulling a wagon, through the storm. It's not just a mere depiction of a winter scene, but a tribute to the resilience and dedication of a rural doctor, trudging through the storm to someone in need.
Pippin's most popular work are his depictions of Black life, many drawn from his childhood. He also did religious paintings and some historical paintings, mostly of his WWI experiences, but also a noted depiction of John Brown going to his execution, based on descriptions from his grandmother, who witnessed it. I find his work delightful.
From the Museum of Fine Arts Boston.
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"Milk - for summer thirst"
Ohio -- Federal Art Project -- 1940 Works Projects Administration -- Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress) -- POS - WPA - OH .01 .M562, no. 1 (C size) [P&P]
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"Harmonizing," Horace Pippin, 1944.
Pippin (1888-1946) was a self-taught artist. He took up painting in 1920, partly to help his arm recover from a serious wound suffered in WWI. He painted scenes of everyday Black American life, as well as scenes illustrating slavery, black history, and some allegorical paintings addressing racism.
There's a sweet innocence in the subject matter here; he lovingly depicts the four youths here singing on a street corner (one was his stepson). But the sweetness doesn't overwhelm the bold colors. And the presence of the steeple hints, at least to me, that they're singing a hymn, perhaps practicing for a performance at church, giving this nice scene a spiritual element.
Pippin died relatively young, but unlike so many other Black artists, he achieved fame and recognition in his lifetime, where he was hailed as one of the great folk artists of America.
From the Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH.
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