![]() The classic works for which he is known are brightly-colored tin cut-outs, sometimes incorporating found objects, mounted both in windows and on poles and ![]() Only a year later, his yard environment was dismantled when illness required him to move in with family, and Butler's prolific and site-specific practice transformed into the production of discrete objects intended for sale on the art market. Butler turned to art in middle age, after a work-related injury at a sawmill.īut he managed to bridge his private environment and the broader art world, first rising to prominence with the landmark 1982 exhibition "Black Folk Art in America, 1930-1980" at the Corcoran Gallery, Washington, DC. One of the first recognized stars of Southern African-American yard art, David Butler installed a fantastic tin zoological environment on and outside his home in Patterson, Louisiana, over the course of several decades. ![]() David Butler is known for Folk art sculpture, painting, yard art.ĭavid Butler: 1898-1997, lived and worked in Patterson, Louisiana ![]() David Butler (1898 - 1997) was active/lived in Louisiana. ![]()
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