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Artist Kerry James Marshall's introduction to this volume, accompanying a show at the Smithsonian American Art Museum references the "fetishiz[ing of] black culture" that perpetuates the view of the work of self-taught artists as the "expression of primitive souls"—and recognizes Smithsonian curator of folk and self-taught art Umberger's "assiduous" effort to correct that notion. The author's thorough examination of Bill Traylor's life (1853–1949) and art (...Log In or Sign Up to Read More