Spiritual American Trash
Portraits from the Margins of Art and Faith
In Spiritual American Trash, Greg Bottoms goes beyond the examination of eight outsider artists” and inhabits the spirit of their work and stories in engaging vignettes. From the janitor who created a holy throne room out of scraps in a garage, to the lonely wartime mother who filled her home with driftwood replicas of Bible scenes, Bottoms illustrates the peculiar grace in madness.Using facts as scaffolding he constructs intimate narratives around each artist, painting their poor and difficult circumstances on the outskirts of American society and demonstrating struggle's influence on their largely undiscovered art. Both mournful and celebra…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-61902-210-2
- EAN: 9781619022102
- Produktnummer: 21841806
- Verlag: Catapult
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 208 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 1'223 KB
Über den Autor
An essayist, memoirist, critic, and story writer, Greg Bottoms is the author of The Colorful Apocalypse, Fight Scenes, and more. He teaches creative writing at the University of Vermont.
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