Alter Egos Spidey Look Its a bird Its
Alter Egos Spidey! Look! It’s a bird! It’s a plane!
Richard Cleaver Family Fiction–Arcadia I, 1999– 2007 Assemblage
Richard Cleaver Family Fiction–Arcadia I, 1999– 2007 Assemblage “My recent work is based on narratives drawn from personal and historical events that are overlapped with subconscious images. The figures are like actors on a stage, enigmatic yet tense while being enveloped or encrusted within layers of overgrowth concealing a world within. ” http: //www. baltimoreclayworks. org/whats_happening/gala_artists. html
Joseph Cornell L'Egypte de Mlle Cleo de Merode cours elementaire d'histoire naturelle 1940 Construction 4 11/16 x 10 11/16 x 7 1/4 in. Collection Richard L. Feigen, New York
Joseph Cornell v. Self taught v. Made art from preexisting materials v. Believed that artists renew and transform materials, experiences and ideas to communicate the beauty and magic in ordinary objects http: //www. pem. org/cornell / http: //www. pem. org/cornell/
Rev. Howard K. Finster Trash Can from Paradise Garden
Rev. Howard K. Finster v. Self taught v. Artworks were referred to as “sermons in paint” http: //www. jstor. org/view/10739300/sp 030037/03 x 0393 c/0
Bessie Harvey COTTON PICKERS 1989 Painted wood, wood putty, fabric, cotton, straw, beads Estate of Bessie Harvey
Bessie Harvey v. Self taught v. Used preexisting items such as: shells hair and cloth v. Incorporated wood putty with paint and "I began to see faces in things, and do the sculptures, and…I could see faces in wall paneling - I could see them everywhere, " http: //sunsite. utk. edu/bessie/tour 1/bio 4. html
Visionaries v v What do these artists have in common? What are some of the things that inspired these artists to create their artwork?
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