Art Worlds & the Politics of “Art” Understanding Visual Culture Week 1, Class 2
Jun 15, 2015
Art Worlds & the Politics of “Art”
Understanding Visual Culture
Week 1, Class 2
John Singleton COPLEYMrs. Ezekiel Goldthwaite1771oil on canvas50 1/8 x 40 1/8 inches
http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/mrs-ezekiel-goldthwait-elizabeth-lewis-32756
Ammi PHILLIPS Lady in a gold-colored dressProbably New York, Connecticut, or Massachusetts, 1835–1840 Oil on canvas 33 1/2 x 28 1/4 in.
http://folkartmuseum.org/?t=images&id=1582
Ammi PHILLIPS (1788–1865) Girl in red dress with cat and dog Vicinity of Amenia, New York 1830–1835 Oil on canvas 30 x 25 inches
John Singleton COPLEY
(American 1738-1815)
Head of a Negro, 1777-8
Oil on canvas
21 x 16 1/4 in.
James Hampton1909-1964
born in rural South Carolina
moved to Washington, DC to live with his brother; worked as short –order cook and janitor
served in WWII in a segregated unit, 385th Aviation Unit, maintaining air strips on Saipan and Guam
returned to Washington, DC worked as a janitor for the GSA
“Director, Special Projects for the State of Eternity”
gold and silver aluminum foil, Kraft paper over mixed materials
180 pieces in overall configuration: 10 1/2 x 27 x 14 1/2 ft.
Includes plaques, tags and notebooks in a not-yet deciphered language.
James HAMPTONThe Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly circa 1950-1964
posted on the wall of Hampton's garage
"Where there is no vision, the people perish.”
Proverbs 29:18
possibly made the first piece as early as 1945 in Guam
in 1950, rented a garage and built a special staging area inside
collected castoffs/junk from his job and all over the city to make this environment
Howard FINSTER
(1915-2001)
born Alabama, one of 13 children
“born again” at age 13 and followed call to become a Baptist minister
Howard Finster · Howard Finster, Man of Visions. 1988, Wood Sculpture with paint, 13.00 x 8.38 x 3.5 inches.
Howard FINSTERGeorge Washington in Another World1987oil on panel58 ½ x 47 inches
Howard Finster, Florence Nightingale
Paradise Garden, Pennville, GA
bought 4 acres of inexpensive land, which he began to clear and drain after purchasing.
Began planting, as well as building walkways and structures, mostly made of concrete with embedded objects. Many sculptures and structures, including a chapel he called the “World's Folk Art Church.”
installation view, Howard Finster, Paradise Garden at the High Museum