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USA
Southwest

San Antonio, TX
Reverend Seymour Perkins
1930-2009
Paintings and wood carvings

Information:

Self-taught San Antonio artist and preacher, Reverend Seymour Perkins, carves and/or paints on found objects including tree stumps, table legs, window shades, canvas, and paper to tell the forgotten stories of African-American history in contemporary society, to protest the moral decay in the modern era, to honor his slain daughter, and to recognize the victims and villains of wars past and present.

San Angel Folk Art

	Reference / Links:
	DVD - Rare Visions and Roadside Revelations, "Back to the Breadbasket" San Angel Folk Art My SA Detour Artthe Book San Antonio Current Detour Art flickr set Rare Visions and Roadside Revelations Coast to Coast Travel-o-Pedia by Randy Mason, et. al., Kansas City Star Books, 2009.
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Bibliography:

"Detour Art—Outsider, Folk Art, and Visionary Folk Art Environments Coast to Coast, Art and Photographs from the Collection of Kelly Ludwig" by Kelly Ludwig, Kansas City Star Books, 2007.

On DVD - Rare Visions and Roadside Revelations, "Back to the Breadbasket," KCPT, Kansas City Public Television, 2004.

"Rare Visions and Roadside Revelations Coast to Coast Travel-o-Pedia" by Randy Mason, et. al., Kansas City Star Books, 2009.

Credit: Kelly Ludwig

	Credit: Kelly Ludwig
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