Saturday, December 18, 2010

What is Folk Art - Always evolving answer

The answer to the question "What is Folk Art" is collected here from various soures so that at some point of time a reasonable agreeable perfect answer may be arrived upon.

- "That is, items made by the people of a specific area and society using techniquesand materials that are typical to that area." - From www.hubpages.com/hub/Folk-Art-In-Photos

- "Folk art makes a statement regarding what matters to the artist and the audience and what kind of world these players inhabit" - From Book Pop Culture: The Culture of Everyday Life By Shirley Fedorak

- "Great Masters of Mexican Folk Art" Exibition is an answer that doesn't address "What is Folk Art" in theoretical terms.

- Folk art is also referred to as Self-taught Art or Outsider Art, and includes paintings, sculptures, Southern Folk Pottery, some of it anonymous works. From Slotin Folk Art

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