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A celebration of contemporary art by self-taught Black Southern artists This book examines the art-historical significance of a major group of self-taught artists from the American South. My Soul Has Grown Deep features works by Black painters and multi-media artists including the pioneering constructions of Thornton Dial and renowned quilts from Gee's Bend, Alabama. Nearly 60 remarkable examples- originally collected by the Souls Grown Deep Foundation - are featured here, alongside insightful texts that explore their evocation of a Southern Black aesthetic, establishing important connections to the mainstream of contemporary art. The book's three essays illuminate the artists' novel use of found or salvaged materials, the work of the Gee's Bend artists in the broader history of American quilts, and the political context of the American South during and after the Civil Rights era, in which this art is grounded.



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