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Savannah, GA Rudolph "Rudy" Valentino Bostic 1944- Painting

Information: Rudolph Valentino Bostic is a self-taught painter in his fifties from Savannah, Georgia. A janitor by day, he perches on his bed until late into the night with paintbrush in hand. His vibrant, often flamboyant mythical and biblical images are rendered in enamel and housepaint on cardboard. Bostic draws his inspiration from many sources: he enjoys studying photographs of works by old masters such as Rembrandt and Michelangelo, and the television is always on when he paints, so that popular culture often finds its way into his images. These combined influences produce a dynamic explosion of color and motion on Bostic's cardboard canvases. Bostic's work was featured in the winter 2005 inaugural exhibition of the Hurn Museum of Contemporary Folk Art in Savannah Georgia. The Hurn Museum holds several of Bostic's pieces in its permanent collection; this spring, it published a catalogue, "Rudolph Bostic, Visionary Artist Retrospective 1975 - 2004", in connection with the exhibition. Ginger Young Gallery

	Reference / Links:
	Ginger Young Gallery: "Rudolph Bostic" The Flying Pig Gallery: "Rudolph Bostic" American Folk: "Rudolph Valentino Bostic" Main Street Gallery: "Rudolph Valentino Bostic" Slotin Folk Art Marsha Weber / Art Objects Outsider Folk Art
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Bibliography: "Contemporary American Folk Art - A Collector's Guide" Chuck and Jan Rosenak, Abbeville Press, 1996. "Self Taught, Outsider, and Folk Art—A guide to American Artists, Locations and Resources" by Betty-Carol Sellen with Cynthia J. Johnson, 2000. "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. Slotin Folk Art Auction Catalog, Masterpiece Sale, November 4, 2006

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