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Harlem, NY Freddie Brice 1920- Painting

Information: "Freddie was born in 1920 in Charleston, South Carolina, and was raised there by his mother until her death, when he was nine years old, at which point he moved to Harlem in New York City with an aunt and uncle. You can see the Southern influence in his imagery — for example, the way he paints snakes, reflecting the African-American vernacular of the South — as well as his urban experiences. He had a job painting ships in Brooklyn, so he loves to work very large, and he likes to paint things he knows, like ships and clocks and interiors." This idiosyncratic artist, who suffers from schizophrenia and has spent much of his adult life in and out of institutions, habitually works on his pieces while seated; Berenberg plans to have a videotape of him at work to show interested visitors while the exhibit is up. In the world of untaught artists, personal biography, or what she calls "the artist’s back story," features more prominently than in mainstream contemporary art, which is why she always has her artists’ biographies up on the walls, so viewers can read some of the details of their lives in places like Fayetteville, Alabama. And the sophisticated gallerist is clearly in her element as she swings her arms to demonstrate how Brice, who loves music, sometimes uses the wood panels he paints on as a kind of drum as he works. In her own way, Berenberg is bringin’ it all back home. Boston Phoenix

	Reference / Links:
	Raw Vision Magazine: "Freddie Brice" K.S. Art: "Freddie Brice" The Zetter Collection: "Freddie Brice" Boston Phoenix
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Bibliography: Raw Vision Magazine: "Freddie Brice" "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, 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. "Flying Free: Twentieth-Century Self-Taught Art from the Collection of Ellin and Baron Gordon" by Ellin Gordon, Barbara L. Luck and Tom Patterson, exhibit catalog for The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center, 1997.

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