NYAB Event - "Perspectives: Setting the Scene in American Folk Art" Exhibition

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At American Folk Art Museum
Media: Painting, Drawing, Sculpture

The notion of "setting" is a theme that is an integral part of the folk art of America. There is a long tradition of depicting places—from domestic interiors and sites of work and leisure to country landscapes, city scenes, biblical or spiritual settings, and dreamscapes—that reflects many different spaces and communities. The selection of artworks, presented on the fifth floor, highlights the theme of place. Organized by the Education Department, this collection-based exhibition reveals the richness and diversity of American folk art. It includes twenty-nine artworks that offer snapshots of American life in different time periods by artists as varied as Winthrop Chandler, Henry Darger, Ralph Fasanella, William Hawkins, Harry Lieberman, Jacob Maentel, and Edgar Tolson.

[Image: Carl W. Hambuch "Theodor Frick, Porkpacker, Richmond, VA" (1878) Oil on canvas 41 x 42 1/8 in. Photo courtesy of John Bigelow Taylor, New York]

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