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August 25,1981 ? GAMECOCK ? Page 3B
Southern Make Exhibit Through Sept 30
The wealth of items
in the USC McKissick
Museums exhibit,
titled "Southern
Make: Tht Southern
Folk Art Heritage"
reflect life in the
Southeastern region of
the United States
during the last three
centuries.
"Southern Make"
will be displayed Aug.
23-Sept. 30 and will
highlight the work
done by folk artists
who worked in
traditional media such
as textiles, clay, wood
and iron.
The exhibit is funded
in part by grants from
the South Carolina
Committee for the
Humanities and the
Institute for Southern
Studies at USC. Objects
in the show are
from private collections
and museums in
the Southeast.
Generally speaking,
the term folk art refers
to an aesthetic, often
utilitarian object,
produced using
traditional methods
( and forms and made
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professionally as an
artist.
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increased since then.
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produced by artisans
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used as household
items include jugs,
baskets, quilts and
chairs, a variety of
which are displayed in
the "Southern Make"
exhibit.
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for the enduring interest
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illustrate how people
were able to take
simple materials and
make aesthetically
beautiful objects for
everyday use.
One artist
represented in the
exhibition is the late
E.A. McKillop of
Balfour, N.C. During
the 1920s, McKillop
began to carve walnut
figures, many of them
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animals. Two of these
carvings, a kangaroo
and a gorilla, are in the
collection of the
Columbia Museums of
Art and Sciences and
are included in the
McKissick exhibit.
ONE OF
MCKILLOP'g most
amazing hwrlts is a
"hippocerous" now
part of the Abby
Aldrich Rockefeller
Folk Art Collection in
Williamsburg, Va.
Nearly six feet long,
the "hippocerous" is
part hippopotamus,
part rhinocerous and
has taxidermist's eyes
and bone and ivory
teeth. If this were not
enough, the "hippocerous"
back opens
to reveal a victrola and
its leather tongue
moves as the turntable
revolves.
The works of
Mississippi canemaker
Lester Willis also are
featured in the exhibit.
Willis began making
walking canes during
the Depression.
Says he/'I placed a
stick in everybody's
hand that wanted one.
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was on, almost
everybody in the
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brigade, but I kept the
wolf away from my
door with walking
sticks."
The likenesses of
political figures such
as Jimmy Carter and
Gerald Ford, or
television personalities
like George Burns,
Redd Foxx and Ed
Sullivan grace Willis'
canes. But imagination
also an important role
because many of the
caricatures are fresh
creations.
South Carolina is
well represented in
"Southern Make"
exhibit, especially in
the areas of pottery
and basketry.
POTTERIES IN
THE Edgefield County
area, most of which
operated during the
mid-19th century,
produced utilitarian
wares such as jugs,
pitchers, churns and
bowls. The pottery
produced there has
been recognized as an
outstanding type of
American folk pottery.
One of its distinctive
features was the use of
an alkaline glaze,
made from a combination
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in the Northeast.
Basketry is another
art form practiced by
early and contemporary
Southern
craftsmen. The AfroAmerican
tradition in
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by the coiled "sweet
grass'' baskets still
made in the Mt.
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Charleston.
In addition to the folk
art displayed,"Southern
Make" will include
iwu puunu symposiums
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ALSO, CONTEMPORARY
folk
artists will present
demonstrations and
discuss their work.
Videotapes on folk
artists and traditional
crafts also will be
available for viewing
throughout the exhibit.
McKissick Museums
is located at the top of
the Horseshoe and is
open from 9 a.m. to 4
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