Outsider Art - Self-Taught Art - Folk Art

Current Exhibit James "Buddy" Snipes Gregory Blackstock Kevin Titzer Jon Langford Ab The Flagman Holly Farrell Sarah Jane Perkins Tom + Melissa D. John Taylor Gregory Blackstock's Collections Kevin Titzer & Casey McGlynn Howard Finster Bill Miller & Scott Griffin TRiO Jennifer Harrison Dale Gottlieb James "Buddy" Snipes Jimmy Lee Sudduth A Snowball In Hell Four X Northwest Clint & Scott Griffin Kevin Titzer John Taylor 2005 Gregory Blackstock Jennifer Harrison Bill Miller Casey McGlynn Rick Borg Kevin Titzer Gregory Blackstock Jack Savitsky John Taylor 2003 Open House Folk Fest 2003 Blame Canada #3: Griffin Bros. Blame Canada #2: Casey McGlynn Blame Canada #1: Jennifer Harrison The Toy Show Scattered, Smothered & Covered Folk Fest 2002 Antjuan Oden John Taylor 2002 Mark O'Malley Shoup & Sudduth Method of Annie Charlie Lucas John Taylor 2001 Yard Art Jesus Says Buy More Folk Art Scattered, Smothered & Covered Annie Grgich Zeitgeist Folk Fest 2000 August Open House Livin' In Louisiana Daniel Belardinelli Buddy Snipes Folk Fest 99 Rick Borg Best of the Northwest The End Is Near! Birds, Babes, & Bluesmen - Tom D. Shiny Happy Paintings Making Our Way Carol Myers & Wally Shoup Mose Tolliver: Art Objects from the 1980's Profile of the Future Primitive Scattered, Smothered, & Covered How Do You Like Them Apples? Kindred Spirits of Alabama Ready Or Not, Here We Come

Lloyd Benjamin, Paul Cordes Wilm, Tim Hooper Folk Pop! OPENING FIRST THURSDAY: Thursday April 3, 2008 - 6pm-8pm OPEN DAILY: Wednesday thru Saturday 11am-5pm CLOSING: Saturday April 26, 2008 WHERE: Garde Rail Gallery - 110 Third Avenue South - Tel.206.621.1055 In 1982, contemporary folk art stepped into the mainstream, with the Southern Folk Art exhibit at the Corcoran Museum of Art in Washington DC. More than a twenty-five years later, a new generation of artists are emerging, aware of both folk and contemporary and modern art, and influenced by both. These artists create with a no rules attitude that is the voice of a whole new generation. Staying in the narrative and pragmatic tradition of the Southern Folk artists that came before them, this group of young artists portray their individual experiences and varying perspectives in a unique new style. Although the styles all vary, we find them harmonious, and fitting quite well into a new sub genre we call Folk Pop. We are pleased to introduce three new Southern artists that are creating work that exemplifies the spirit and qualities of Folk Pop. Paul Cordes Wilm , from Birmingham, Alabama, paints on found materials. Paul's work is bold and colorful, Incorporating wit and irony to comment on the struggle of being green in a red state, as well as the differences in class and caste, and other emotionally charged commentary. Tim Hooper aka Mr. Hooper from Nashville, Tennessee, is heavily influenced by popular culture, television and comics in particular. In his meticulous and detailed paintings, he reveals the seedy side of Nashville and also explores his boyhood "toy" fixation. Lloyd Benjamin from Atlanta, Georgia, hopped trains for over a year and has finally settled into a stable life of creating art. His bright and bold work varies wildly, from his colorful past to present, bringing a sophisticated edge to the work.

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