"As Essential as Dreams" by Michelle White

As Essential as Dreams Self-Taught Art from the Collection of Stephanie and John Smither Michelle White, Lynne Adele, Brooke Davis Anderson, Haley Berkman, David Breslin, Víctor M. Espinosa, William Fagaly, Edward M. Gómez, Jo Farb Hernández, Lee Kogan, Colin Rhodes, Leslie Umberger

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Format:: Hardback
Publication date:: 06 Sep 2016
ISBN:: 9780300218411
Imprint:: The Menil Collection
Dimensions:: 112 pages: 248 x 292mm
Illustrations:: 114 color illus.

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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.

Michelle White is curator at The Menil Collection, Houston.