"Contemporary Folk Art: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum"
2000-09-03 until 2000-11-26
Tampa Museum of Art
Tampa, FL, USA United States of America

This exhibition showcases 70 works by contemporary self-taught artists from the collection of the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Contemporary Folk Art is one of eight exhibitions in Treasures to Go, from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, touring the nation through 2002. The Principal Financial Group is a proud partner in presenting these treassures to the American people. Support for this exhibition locally provided in part by AON Consulting, WRB Enterprises, Inc., the Jacarlene Foundation, and Tampa Museum of Art Trustees Bretta B. Arthur and Janis

Relying on personal initiatives rather than established conventions, these painters and sculptors convey exceptional ingenuity, insight, wit, and reverence through their work. Rev. Howard Finster, Thornton Dial, Earl Cunningham, and Purvis Young are among the better known artists represented in this exhibition.

IMAGE:
Alexander A. Maldonado
Waterfront at Night Spectacular Night
1964
Oil, 21 1/4 x 27 1/4 in.
Smithsonian American Art Museum,
Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr.

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