Prophet Royal Robertson

Prophet Royal Robertson (Louisiana, 1930 - 1997)
Sign-painter, designer, architect and futurist, who clad his home in evangelical warnings, raged against his former love, and drafted calendars and comic book visions of the apocalypse to come. This mighty American artist is regularly championed and has a dedicated space in the exhibition.

Collections: Smithsonian Museum of Art (Washington DC).
Exhibitions: The Doors of Perception, curated by Javier Téllez in collaboration with the Outsider Art Fair, Frieze New York (2019); The End is Near: Visions of an Apocalypse, Millenium, and Utopia (1997), American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore.
Publications: Passionate Visions of the American South (1993), Alice Rae Yelen.