PASSIONATE VISIONS OF THE AMERICAN SOUTH; SELF-TAUGHT ARTISTS FROM 1940 TO THE PRESENT.

352 pages. Large paperback: H 30.5cm x L 22.75cm. Paper covers lightly rubbed with a few points of scuffing along edges. Interior pages are bright and clean. Binding remains fairly crisp. A very good+ copy. Foreword by E. John Bullard; Preface and Acknowledgments by Alice Rae Yelen; color and b/w illustrations throughout, "Artists' Biographies" by Kimberly Nichols, Checklist of the Exhibition, Bibliography, Lenders to the Exhibition, and Index. Primary sections titled as: "Folk Art and the American South" by William Ferris; "Self-Taught Artists: Who They Are" by Alice Rae Yelen; "The Art of the Self-Taught/The Art of Our Time" by Jane Livingston; "Artists, Folk and Trained: An African-American Perspective" by Lowery Stokes Sims; "A View from a Distant Shore" by Susan Larsen; "The Setting: The South" by Alice Rae Yelen; "Materials and Environments" by Alice Rae Yelen; "Color Plates and Commentary" by Alice Rae Yelen (with subsections: "Autobiography," "Daily Life," "Religious and Visionary Imagery," "Social Commentary and Popular Culture," "Patriotism," and "Nature"). Published as the accompanying catalog for an exhibition held at the New Orleans Museum of Art from October 1993 to January 1994 and touring through August 1995 to University of California Berkeley Art Museum, San Diego Museum of Art, Corcoran Gallery in Washington, DC, and the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh. Please note that this large book has an approximate shipping weight of 4.5 pounds and will require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail. {Art-Shelf#1} ISBN 0878056777.…