They included David Butler (1898 - 1997), who fashioned animals, angels and people from cut and painted tin and other found items; the religious painter Sister Gertrude Morgan (1900 - 1980); Steve Ashby (1904 - 1980), who made raw figurative assemblages out of scavenged materials; and Elijah Pierce (1892 - 1984), whose carved and painted
wood reliefs depict biblical scenes and national figures like the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr..
Not exact matches
This building has sculptured
reliefs in the top corners
depicting naked Native Americans along with
wood carvings of Native Americans inlaid throughout the interior, reminiscent of an age when appropriating this culture was seen as sentimental and artistic.
After Industry will also feature work by Verginer's son, Christian Verginer, including several wall
reliefs, made of
wood and
depicting scenes of forests.