Folk Art @ The Belger

My last post was about some folk art on my block. This one is about a Folk art show put together by the Belger Arts Center and those guys from The Rare Visions and Roadside Revelations guys on TV. The show is called Rare Visions - Detour Art and it will be up until May 1st. The Belger Arts Center is at 2100 Walnut Street, its a little knot of warehouses there so you'll feel like your in the wrong place, but keep looking you'll find it. Here are some pieces from the show The flag one is called Big Flag by "Ab the Flagman" Roger Lee Ivens. The headboard is an untitled piece by Jesse Howard from Fulton, Missouri. If you read the family history there, it ends on a rather ruthless/cynical note. From all the pieces of his that I've seen,  he is one bitter old geezer. He died back in 1983 at the age of 98. He did this in 1952 at the age of 67. KCAI has a collection of his work. The last piece was done by Ronald & Jessie Cooper. This show had a whole little room devoted to devil art.