Holger Cahill in his landmark 1932 exhibition American Folk Art: The Art of the Common Man in America, for the Museum of Modern Art, looked to the pre-industrial past for “the simple and unaffected ...

“Modern” art, such as is now in vogue in the ... And beside it goes the calm, unbroken flow of folk art and crafts—wood and ivory carving; gilding; silver work and work in copper and brass ...

The folk art tradition One other aspect of contemporary Polish art that has to be mentioned, even though its scale and importance have diminished in recent years, is the presence in it of elements of ...

A new wave of designers are drawing inspiration from Indian folk art forms like Gond (Madhya Pradesh ... where he pairs it with modern silhouettes. “We have many takers for traditional hand ...

Heri Dono is a contemporary Indonesian artist known for his inventive mélange of traditional folk art with contemporary imagery. Throughout his practice, he combines diverse source material such as ...

"There I learned what art is all about," he said of his education at the National School of Fine Arts in Lima. Born in 1927 in Lobitos, Piura, Peru, Delfin currently resides in Lima, Peru. He was ...

The Kentucky Folk Art Center (KFAC) is one of Kentucky's unique places ... Discover the beauty and depth of contemporary ceramics in "Revealed in Clay," an exhibit featuring new work by Kentucky ...

The Owensboro Museum of Fine Art will celebrate the rich tradition of Appalachian folk art with its newest exhibition, Art ...

It bridges memory and myth, past and present.” How do the two artists' artworks combine both Folk and Contemporary Art? “Both artists draw deeply from traditional Indian art forms and cultural ...

One of the most popular spots off the Blue Ridge Parkway, the Folk Art Center displays traditional and contemporary crafts in three galleries, and is home to a bookstore, a parkway information ...