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Detour Art
Outsider, Folk Art, and Visionary Environments Coast to Coast
Art and Photographs from the Collection of Kelly Ludwig
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"Detour Art takes us on a back-roads trip through the American countryside to drop in on some of our most natural artistic resources—the kind of people who create art for all kinds of reasons, but mostly just for themselves. It feels like a series of short (and delightful) encounters—with some fellow human beings who somehow discovered the secrets to becoming fully alive."
Roger Manley, photographer, curator, folklorist, and author of
Signs and Wonders, Self-Made Worlds, and Weird Carolinas.
"This lively and colorful book provides an informative introduction to contemporary American folk art, and echoes the author's passion and intrigue in creative expression off the beaten path."
Adrian Swain, Curator, Kentucky Folk Art Center
“With Detour Art, designer and author Kelly Ludwig has created a portable art environment, a verbally elegant and visually stunning homage to the artists who are the backbone of the American art world. A must-read destination for all those already interested in or just curious about visionary, outsider, folk art, and art brut. ”
Hank Lee, San Angel Folk Art, and Paul Bonin-Rodriguez, PhD, of Texas at Austin.
"Detour Art has captured the essence of the creative spirit across the width and breadth of the United States. It clearly shows the diversity of creative talent among these individuals and how it permeates the entire country. You will sense the author’s genuine interest in not only the art but also the artist. Hooray!"
Rosslyn Schultz, Director of the Grassroots Art Center
“A tribute to idiosyncratic artists and a visual treat packed with a colorful collection of unique art and people, from tabletop scale to site-specific environments.”
Jon Blumb, Photographer and President, Garden of Eden, Inc.
“While not pretending to comprehensive or encyclopedic coverage, Ludwig’s enthusiastic and personal responses to a variety of selected artists who work outside the mainstream contagiously evoke the joy and wonder that these works inspire.”
Jo Farb Hernandez, Director, SPACES (Saving and Preserving Arts and Cultural Environments)
Detour Art highlights art and images by visionaries, untrained artists, and folk creators found along the back roads of America. It honors the creative spirit that is at once traditional and whimsical, spiritual and irreverent, earthy and sublime.
Inspired by her work with the PBS show "Rare Visions and Roadside Revelations", Kelly Ludwig, designer and photographer, has collected artwork and captured images from all regions of the country.
This full-color, hardbound book features 99 artists (including photographs of over 40 environments).
ISBN: 978-1-933466-42-2
Release date: Aug. 2007
Dimensions: 9.5 x 11
Retail Price: $29.95
Author: Kelly Ludwig
Pages: 160
Cover: Hard cover
Category: Art
Published by Kansas City Star Books, Kansas City, MO
Bulk orders call: Jack Beasley 816-234-4473 or email
First edition, first printing
Library of Congress Control Number: 2007929881
Printed in the United States of America by
Walsworth Publishing Co., Marceline, MO
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