S5 E4: The Lost Art of Found Objects with Lonnie Holley

Lonnie Holley is an African American artist who has devoted his life to the practice of improvisational creativity. His art and music, born out of struggle, hardship, but perhaps more importantly, out of furious curiosity and biological necessity, manifests itself in drawing, painting, narrative sculpture, photography, performance, and sound.

Holley’s sculptures are constructed from found materials in the oldest tradition of African American sculpture. Objects, already imbued with cultural and artistic metaphor, are combined into narrative sculptures that commemorate places, people, and events.

outsider art, Found ArtStephen RoachFebruary 28, 2019Lonnie Holley, Found Art, Found objects, folk art, Matt Arnett, African American art, narrative sculpture, sculpture, Elsewhere Living Art Museum, Birmingham, Mith, Jagjaguwar, I Snuck Off The Slave Ship

Artist Profile Series 05: Man of Visions Howard Finster

Howard Finster was a folk artist and backwoods preacher from rural Georgia. He was known for his elaborate visions and the creation of his own Paradise Gardens. During the eighties, Howard's collaboration with the bands R.E.M. and Talking Heads catapulted him onto a global platform for his art and message.

Artist Profile Series, outsider artStephen RoachAugust 29, 2018Howard Finster, outsider art, folk art, strange visions, Paradise Gardens