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  1. Rosina Lopez

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    Rosina Lopez lives and works in New Mexico.

  2. NY Times: Geoffrey Holder, Dancer, Actor, Painter and More, Dies at 84

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    Geoffrey Holder (Trinidad, 1934 – 2014) was a friend of mine, and a fellow- lover of all kinds of folk art. He collected everything, including Haitian Art and Amos Ferguson. He was a jolly human being, multi-talented, and always fun to be around. His brother Boscoe was always one of our best-selling artists. May they both rest in peace! We will miss their amazing talent.

    – Laurie Ahner

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    Read the NY Times Article: Geoffrey Holder, Dancer, Actor, Painter and More, Dies at 84

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  4. Anonymous & Misc. Romanian Art

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    Galerie Bonheur presents Anonymous & Misc. Romanian Art

  6. Anonymous & Misc. Indian Art

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    Galerie Bonheur presents Anonymous & Misc. Indian Art.

  7. Anonymous & Misc. Pakistani Art

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    Galerie Bonheur presents authentic art and textiles from Pakistan.

  8. Anonymous & Misc. Uzbek Art

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    Galerie Bonheur presents Anonymous & Misc. Art from Uzbekistan.

  9. Craig Norton

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    Like many self-taught artists Craig Norton makes work of remarkable directness. Unlike many self-taught artists Norton’s ideas arrive channeled through his incredibly fine skills as a draftsman, made more uncanny by the fact that he has had no training of any kind and his sole drawing implements are 29 cents Bic pens. Norton renders photorealistic portraits of his subjects, pairing each of his drawn heads to abbreviated and collaged figures, resulting in fantastically disjointed images. Norton did not attend any art school or college.

    Norton’s work often focuses on issues of social justice and man’s inhumanity toward man; his early work has included large series based on the genocide in Rwanda and the Holocaust, among others. As an extremely spiritual and compassionate individual, he devotes his time to help others beside creating artwork and spending time with his family. His most recent body of work conveys the feeling of emptiness and uneasiness of the elder that has become invisible to the society, and attempts to display the inability of the society to deal with tough situations and people that require patience and love.

    Norton creates art about real life that is happening around us all whether we like it or not. He strongly believes that it it his life calling to alert people and wake them out of their sleep to realities of the world. He states, “Good, bad, offensive, emotional, uncomfortable and challenging. These the things I am not afraid show in my artwork.”

    He currently lives in Perry, Missouri, with his wife and his six children.

     

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