Jubilation/Rumination: Life, Real and Imagined
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Jan 17, 2012
to Sep 02, 2012 Official Site
Life is not lived in black and white: reality may have the tinge of dreams and dreams an air of reality. This provocative tension exists between the experiential nature of early American folk art and the fantastical imagery it often displays—between what is real and what is imagined. The same is true of the work of contemporary self-taught artists, which may introduce unique—and sometimes puzzling—expressions that illuminate the iconoclastic nature that is the flip side of the collective American psyche. The viewer is placed in the peculiar but exhilarating position of deciding for him- or herself whether the artwork expresses a disjuncture with reality or an uninhibited embracing of interior life.
Author: Museum of American Folk Art
Museum of Folk Art
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West 50s
45 West 53rd Street
New York, NY 10019
(212) 265-1040
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Jan 17, 2012
to Sep 02, 2012 Official Site
Life is not lived in black and white: reality may have the tinge of dreams and dreams an air of reality. This provocative tension exists between the experiential nature of early American folk art and the fantastical imagery it often displays—between what is real and what is imagined. The same is true of the work of contemporary self-taught artists, which may introduce unique—and sometimes puzzling—expressions that illuminate the iconoclastic nature that is the flip side of the collective American psyche. The viewer is placed in the peculiar but exhilarating position of deciding for him- or herself whether the artwork expresses a disjuncture with reality or an uninhibited embracing of interior life.
Author: Museum of American Folk Art
Museum of Folk Art
Museums
West 50s
45 West 53rd Street
New York, NY 10019
(212) 265-1040
Site
Map
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