Overview
Using facts as scaffolding he constructs intimate narratives around each artist, painting their poor and difficult circumstances on the outskirts of American society and demonstrating struggle's influence on their largely undiscovered art. Both mournful and celebratory, these profiles embrace these compulsive creators with empathy and visceral sensory details.
Each sentence reads with the cadence of a preacher who engages the art of the spirit and passion that often strays into obsession. Raised in the workingāclass South as a devout Christian with a deeply troubled brother, Bottoms understands how these eight outsiders "made art for a higher power and for themselves."
This book title, Spiritual American Trash (Portraits from the Margins of Art and Faith), ISBN: 9781619020597, by Greg Bottoms, published by Catapult (April 2, 2013) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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