Outsider Art of the South - Hardcover

Shelton, Kathy Moses

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0764307290 ISBN 13: 9780764307294

Publisher: Schiffer Pub Ltd, 1999

Synopsis

Here is an intimate glimpse into the lives and work of thirty-four self-taught artists, two folk art environments, and one museum, which tells the tale of a region's fast-disappearing way of life. Kathy Moses' thoughtful, insightful portraits introduce us to these men and women, some of whom are well known and some not so well known, but who all are driven by a compelling need to create. Their stories are told with warmth, affection, and respect. For many of these artists, this is the first time they have been presented to a wider audience. With 375-plus photographs, the book beautifully illustrates the range of each artist's work, with more examples per artist than has been shown before. The book is also an invaluable reference guide, with a source section that lists museums and galleries where the art may be seen and purchased, a retail price guide, a bibliography, and many organizations, publications, shows, and auctions devoted to Southern folk, outsider, and visionary art.

About this title

About the Author

Kathy S. Moses, a Philadelphia native, has been a newspaper reporter with The Philadelphia Bulletin and has worked in historic preservation for ten years-with a restoration architect, then for a heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning engineering firm that specialized in museums and historic buildings, and as a museum director. She was the Executive Director of The Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion, a Victorian historic house museum with gardens and a restoration library, before moving to Nashville, Tennessee, where she resides today. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin, attended the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School of Communications, and holds a graduate degree in Historic Preservation from The University of Pennsylvania. Ms. Moses is gallery director at Shelton Gallery in Nashville, which specializes in Southern folk and outsider art, 19th- and 20th-century American art, and the work of contemporary artist Red Grooms. She has written for national magazines and serves on the grant review panel of the Metropolitan Nashville Arts Commission, helping to decide how public funds are allotted to local arts organizations. Her varied career has had one central theme, an intense interest in people-how they act, how they live, and how they create.

From Library Journal

Relying on her background as a journalist and museum and gallery director, Moses uses a documentary approach to identify contemporary Southern folk artists, with more than 375 photographs accompanying the text. Each entry includes a casual photographic portrait, several representative examples of the artists' creations, biographical notes, and conversations from personal interviews. The artists reveal personal details, including religious beliefs, the reasons for their choice of media, and descriptions of the creative process. Further information helps us analyze or appreciate these unique pieces of folk expression. Other similar works have been published, but the scope, approach, and inclusion of artists vary; for example, Pictured in My Mind (LJ 5/15/96), edited by Gail A. Trechsel's offers a collector's approach to artists from many parts of the United States, while John Maizels's Raw Creation (LJ 10/1/96) contains a more scholarly and international presentation of outsider and self-taught art. Recommended for libraries collecting in this area.AJudith Yankeilun Lind, Roseland Free P.L., NJ
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Edition details

• Publisher: Schiffer Pub Ltd
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0764307290
• ISBN 13: 9780764307294
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240