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Fruitland, NM Mamie Deschillie 1920- Mixed media

Information: Born: 1920, Burnham, New Mexico Also Known as: Mamie Bedon Also Active in: Fruitland, New Mexico "Mamie Deschille is often referred to as a folk art superstar. her star status came about because she invented or excels in three folk art forms — "mud toys," "cutouts" (sometimes called "cardboards"), and collage paintings of Navajo scenes." Mamie Deschillie began making animal and human cutout figures in the late 1980s, five or six years after she launched her late-life art career. She began by making mud "toys" encrusted with found objects. Her primary subjects have been the Navajo people and their animals. Tom Patterson. Contemporary Folk Art: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum (New York and Washington, D.C.: Watson-Guptill Publications, in cooperation with the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2001). Mamie Deschillie is a sheep and goat herder who lives in "the Navajo way" and launched a late-life career as an artist. She is best known for cardboard cutouts of animals native to the American Southwest and others she has seen in circuses and children's books. Dangling earrings and furry cloth add notes of personal charm to the quizzical-looking Buffalo [SAAM,1997.124.60 ]. Lynda Hartigan. Contemporary Folk Art: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Smithsonian American Art Museum

	Reference / Links:
	Detour Art—the Book Folkyart.com: "Mamie Deschillie" Slotin Folk Art America Oh Yes! Gallery: "Mamie Deschillie" Smithsonian American Art Museum Rare Visions Travel blog
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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. "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. "Contemporary Folk Art: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum" by Tom Patterson, Watson-Guptill Publications/New York, 2001. "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.

Credit: © Kelly Ludwig, Detour Art, all rights reserved.

From the collection of Kelly Ludwig, featured in the book ÒDetour ArtÓ 2007. Credit: Kelly Ludwig

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