Dr Charles Smith
b 1940 (Louisiana, USA)
Prodigious and acclaimed citizen historian who, through activism, preaching and vivid figurative sculpture, has dedicated an artistic mission to the memorialisation of Black culture and history. The featured sculpture is a reference to his critically-lauded exhibition at White Columns in New York.
Collections: Smithsonian Museum (Washington DC); Michael Kohler Arts Center (Milwaukee WI).
Exhibitions: Dr Charles Smith (2022), White Columns (New York); Sublime Spaces & Visionary Worlds (2007), Michael Kohler Arts Center (Milwaukee WI).
Publications: A R Yelen; Sublime Spaces & Visionary Worlds (2017), L Umberger & E Doss; Self-Taught, Outsider and Folk Art (2016), BC Sellen, Self-Taught, Outsider and Folk Art (1993), F Maresca; Passionate Visions of the American South (1993), A R Yelen.
