It proved to be a whimsical, climbable 30-foot-tall work of folk art that tweaks Homeric legend.
For instance, in a hallway at the beginning of the exhibition is a work of folk art embroidery showing a harvest on mountainous terrain.
Thus the "Beetle," one of Mexico's most popular cars, is transformed from a piece of modern machinery to a work of folk assemblage.
His answer was found in the work of folk musician Woody Guthrie, whose most famous song was This Land Is Your Land.
The towers are an iconic work of folk art with a back story — built by an eccentric Italian immigrant working alone in his yard over 33 years — that is nearly as captivating as the installation itself.
Describing the towers, Nagourney wrote, [They] are an iconic work of folk art with a back story — built by an eccentric Italian immigrant working alone in his yard over 33 years — that is nearly as captivating as the installation itself.
Tell the north London quartet that their new album, Flaws, sounds like the work of folk veterans, rather than young men who don't look old enough to shave, and they will swap glances that betray disgust.
The show is based on a 1998 documentary series in which Pulp's erstwhile frontman investigated the world of what is usually called outsider art – a contentious term that, since it was coined by writer Roger Cardinal in 1972, has been used to describe everything from art made by people with mental health issues to the work of folk artists.
This is one of those local news stories that's so quirky and strange it almost feels like a work of folk art, or a podcast episode.
—Nellie Mae Rowe Picking Cotton, by Nellie Mae Rowe (1900 1982), is a work of folk art that captures Rowe's experiences as an African American woman living in rural Georgia, United States.
