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Gainesville, FL
Jerry W. Coker
1938-
Mixed media
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Completely self-taught, Jerry paints with acrylic on board and found objects. His paintings and masks tend to be very colorful and impressionistic.
Jerry was born in Arkansas in 1938 and now lives in Florida. He is best know for the hundreds of identity mask he made from found materials. His first important one man show was called "Face Value" and was at the Arkansas Art Center in Little Rock. Since then he has been featured in several major exhibitions and has won awards at Kentuck along with commissions from companies like Microsoft.
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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, "Peaches, Beaches, Gators and Grits," KCPT, Kansas City Public Television, 2005.
"20th Century American Folk, Self Taught, and Outsider Art" by Betty-Carol Sellen, Cynthia J. Johnson, Neal-Schuman Publishers, New York, 1993.
"Self Taught, Outsider, and Folk Art—A guide to American Artists, Locations and Resources" by Betty-Carol Sellen with Cynthia J. Johnson, McFarland & Company, 2000.
"Contemporary American Folk Art - A Collector's Guide" Chuck and Jan Rosenak, Abbeville Press, 1996.
"Extraordinary Interpretations: Florida’s Self-taught Artists" by Gary Monroe, 2003.
"American Self-Taught Art: An Illustrated Analysis of 20th Century Artists and Trends with 1,319 Capsule Biographies" by Florence Laffal and Julius Laffal, 2003.
"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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