As Essential as Dreams: Self-Taught Art from the Collection of Stephanie and John Smither (Menil Collection (YUP))

by Michelle White

Lynne Adele, Brooke Davis Anderson, Haley Berkman, David Breslin, Victor M. Espinosa, William Fagaly, Edward M Gomez, Jo Farb Hernandez, Lee Kogan, Víctor M. Espinosa, Edward M. Gómez, Jo Farb Hernández, Colin Rhodes, and Leslie Umberger

This stunning book examines the collection of works by self-taught artists assembled by Stephanie and John Smither over the last thirty-odd years. A team of prominent curators, writers, critics, and art historians focuses on key works by twelve artists, including the boisterous assemblages of Thornton Dial; brightly colored visual interpretations of the Bible by Sister Gertrude Morgan; Oscar Hadwiger’s detailed wood models of fantastical architecture; and Carlo Zinelli’s narrative tableaus of stylized figures and animals. Also featured are works by the ceramicist Georgia Blizzard; drawings by Hiroyuki Doi, Solange Knopf, Martín Ramírez, and Dominico Zindato; paintings by Jon Serl and Johnnie Swearingen; and carved wood sculptures by Charlie Willeto.
 


Distributed for The Menil Collection

Exhibition Schedule:

The Menil Collection
(06/10/16­–10/16/16)

• ISBN10: 0300218419
• ISBN13: 9780300218411
• Publish Date: 6 September 2016
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Yale University Press
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 112
• Language: English
• URL: http://wiley.com/remtitle.cgi?isbn=9780300218411