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.

Some creatures on my street

This guy's house is two or three blocks down the street from mine and I just like going by it. That giant metal wrench wall and the different creatures made out of big railroad bolts and spikes and who knows what else, you can just tell this guy is having a great time making this stuff. Still haven't met him so I don't know what his story is, but his creatures seem to be spreading to some of his neighbors yards. They are slowly making it up the street towards my house. We'll see what else evolves out of his garage as the migration continues.