Southern Folk Art from the Permanent Collection
April 28 – July 22, 2012

A detail of a brightly colored painting by Willie Jinks on a large vertical piece of wood (possibly a door). It has a bright yellow background and green, red and black paint that creates dogs, a tree and some words.

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In conjunction with the exhibition “John Baeder,” this special exhibition featured works of southern folk art from the permanent collection. Among the objects on display were Archie Byron’s sculpture “Homeless Man” (1980), a stoneware face jug (ca. 1920s) by Cheever Meaders and two works by R.A. Miller.

 

Curator

Paul Manoguerra, chief curator and curator of American art

Sponsors

The Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art