Folk art/ Prison

[TSturdevan]

Did anyone else catch the appraiser on road show describe the carved cocconut
from Mexico as "Folk art"? The cocconut presumably was carved in the late 1800
in a Mexican prison. my question is.....is it folk art because of the age? or
is the prison desk that was posted last week a piece of folk art too?

The catagory of "Folk art" seems to be to vauge, Whether a piece was made
by your aunt betsy, you hobo uncle bob or your prison kept cousin billy joe.
The key to folk art to me would lie in story, and everyone knows the better the
LIE the better the story.

Just wondering, (Hope I did'nt mention anyones family members)

Rick
"Amidst loud cheers from the peasants for the "King" has seem to have
finally left"
But wait! We still must fear the "Wicked witch" and her faithfull companion
"Neptuna"

[Esengo]

Rick wrote:
> Did anyone else catch the appraiser on road show describe the carved
>cocconut
>from Mexico as "Folk art"? The cocconut presumably was carved in the late
>1800
>in a Mexican prison. my question is.....is it folk art because of the age?
>or

Goll, how do you date a coconut? (Maybe this question is best left
unanswered?) Hee hee....My kid has a carved coconut but I never considered it
to be folk art. LOL

> The catagory of "Folk art" seems to be to vauge, Whether a piece was made
>by your aunt betsy, you hobo uncle bob or your prison kept cousin billy joe.

>The key to folk art to me would lie in story, and everyone knows the better
>the
>LIE the better the story.

> Just wondering, (Hope I did'nt mention anyones family members

Wow, you know about cousin Bill and Uncle Bob, too. You're good. Anyway...I
would like to hear some comments on this folk art subject. I've seen folk art
going at auction for incredible prices, some even from the 20th century. I
think perhaps it is not so much the age but the rareness and character that
counts? Any experts? Fayette

[Karen L Schumacher]

TSturdevan (tstur...@aol.com) wrote:
Did anyone else catch the appraiser on road show describe the carved cocconut
from Mexico as "Folk art"? The cocconut presumably was carved in the late 1800
in a Mexican prison. my question is.....is it folk art because of the age? or

is the prison desk that was posted last week a piece of folk art too?

The catagory of "Folk art" seems to be to vauge, Whether a piece was made
by your aunt betsy, you hobo uncle bob or your prison kept cousin billy joe.
The key to folk art to me would lie in story, and everyone knows the better the
LIE the better the story.

Just wondering, (Hope I did'nt mention anyones family members)
Rick
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"Folk Art", to me, has always meant a traditional/primitive/'by the common
people' art, i.e. something made by Aunt Betsy. This could be anything
from a quilt to a painting. I consider 'Prison Art' to be folk art, but
by the same token, I consider the basket I made in the 3rd grade to be
folk art. Heck <grin>, I consider my 4 year old nephew's construction
paper Santa Claus folk art.

Interesting definition in my dictionary for 'Fine Art': Art produced by
painting, sculpture and architecture.
Anything else would be 'Folk Art'. Works for me....
my .02
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