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William Dunlap
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R1,210
Discovery Miles 12 100
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O. W. "Pappy" Kitchens (1901-1986) was born in Crystal Springs,
Mississippi, and began painting at age sixty-seven. His
self-taught, narrative, visual art springs directly from the oral
tradition of parable and storytelling with which he grew up. A
self-declared folk artist, Kitchens claimed, "I paint about folks,
what folks see and what folks do." His magnum opus, The Saga of Red
Eye the Rooster, was painted between 1973 and 1976 and presents a
homespun Pilgrim's Progress in the form of a beast fable.
Kitchens's most ambitious allegorical work, this fable consists of
sixty panels, each one measuring fifteen inches square, composed of
mixed materials on paper, and executed in three groups of twenty.
Kitchens follows Red Eye from foundling to funeral, exploring the
life of this extraordinary bird. Red Eye's quasi-human behavior
inevitably maneuvers him into conflicts with antagonists of all
sorts. He encounters violence, avarice, lust, greed, and most of
the other seven deadly sins, dispatching them in heroic fashion
until he finally succumbs to his own fatal flaw. In addition to The
Saga of Red Eye the Rooster, the volume features personal photos of
Kitchens as well as additional works by the artist. Written by
distinguished artist and Kitchens's once son-in-law William Dunlap,
with an introduction by renowned curator Jane Livingston, Pappy
Kitchens and the Saga of Red Eye the Rooster brings much-needed
exposure to the life and work of a key Mississippi figure.
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