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Celebrating 8 Years Southern Folk Art featuring vintage works by Howard Finster & Mose Tolliver OPENING RECEPTION: First Thursday July 6, 2006 - 6pm-8pm OPEN DAILY: Wednesday thru Saturday 11am-5pm CLOSING: Saturday September 2, 2006 WHERE: Garde Rail Gallery - 110 Third Avenue South - Tel.206.621.1055 Garde Rail Gallery turns 8 and we celebrate with a show of masterful work by the late Howard Finster, and Alabama folk art legend Mose Tolliver. Howard Finster (1916-2001) is widely considered to be the grandfather of contemporary American folk art. The youngest of thirteen children, Finster began preaching as a teenager in rural Alabama -- but it was not until 1976, at the age of 60, that he saw a dab of paint on his finger become a face which commanded him to "make sacred art." He spent the last 25 years of his life, until his death in 2001 at age 84, painstakingly creating Paradise Garden at his home in Summerville, Georgia. Paradise Garden, which he said was "commissioned from God," was a lush, modern-day version of the Garden of Eden, a rendering of his fantastic visionary world. All of his works were a part of his crusade to save the world before it was too late. Finster's ability to spread his views was indeed impressive: he appeared on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson; his artwork decorates album covers of popular rock groups such as R.E.M. and the Talking Heads; and thousands of tourists made the pilgrimage to Paradise Garden every year. In the late 1960's, while working at a furniture factory, Mose Tolliver had an accident that left him crippled and unable to work. Mose began to paint, capturing images of his favorite things; birds, flowers, and women. In the mid-70's dealers began to stop by his house regularly, drawn by the sight of paintings drying in the trees of his front yard. Mose Tolliver is one of the most important of the southern folk artists. His work has been collected at an astonishing rate and continues to be incredibly popular. Quite simple, and playful, his work also contains a wonderful wry sense of humor. His work has been featured in many museums and exhibitions all over the east side of the United States. In 1980 he was honored by the Smithsonian Institute, and met with former President Reagan and the First Lady.

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