Detour Art – Outsider, Folk Art, and Visionary Environments Coast to Coast
”Detour Art – Outsider, Folk Art, and Visionary Environments Coast to Coast” highlights art and images by visionaries, untrained artists, and folk creators found along the back roads of America. It honors the creative spirit that is at once traditional and whimsical, spiritual and irreverent, earthy and sublime.
Inspired by her work with the PBS show “Rare Visions and Roadside Revelations”, Kelly Ludwig, designer and photographer, has collected artwork and captured images from all regions of the country.
The exhibit includes work by Thornton Dial, Mose Tolliver, Jimmy Lee Sudduth, Howard Finster, Minnie Adkins, Linvel and Lillian Barker, The Baltimore Glassman, Sultan Rogers, Mary T. Smith, and James Harold Jennings. Among the folk art environments documented are S. P. Dinsmoor’s The Garden of Eden, Leonard Knight’s Salvation Mountain, Kenny Hill’s Garden of Salvation, Dr. Evermor’s Forevertron, and The Grotto of the Redemption.
Contents: Approximately ninety objects and eight photomurals and educational materials. Kelly Ludwig’s book, Detour Art, will be available through Kansas City Star Books
Space Req: 2,000-2,500 square feet
Current Tour Schedule
June 20 – August 29, 2010 City of Lake Charles
Lake Charles, Louisiana
September 16 – November 7, 2010 Muskegon Museum of Art
September 18 – November 27, 2011 - Park City, Utah
December 18, 2011 – February 26, 2012 (Open date)
March 18 – May 27, 2012 (Open date)
June 17 – August 26, 2012 (Open date)
September 16 – November 25, 2012 (Open date)
For more information, contact Smith Kramer, Inc.
