The Art of Bill Traylor Between Worlds at THE SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM

[@jaydubya3698]

Anyone can work hard at being an artist...years of study in art schools, studio practice, etc. and never, ever be authentic. Then there are people like Bill Traylor, who, with no training, can almost spontaneously generate really, really sophisticated art work from.....who the heck knows? Where does it come from? Absolutely fantastic in its quality and mysterious in its origins. His work is reminiscent of Greek urns, cave paintings, Art Brut, Klee, Picasso...simultaneously modern and ancient, and always, always fresh. Wow...thanks for this video, James.

[@jameskalm]

Thanks jay dubya, for your insightful post. Yes, Bill Traylor is a mysterious miracle...

[@pjr5913]

your forgot your picabia

[@pjr5913]

could you imagine if this guy went to sculpture

[@sharonkaczorowski8690]

When we humans become elders, the past often becomes immediate. I think it is that simple and that complex. His gift, which had as far as we know been hidden, became a means of expressing that immediacy. His work is extraordinarily beautiful and indeed each is an act of grace.

[@marykazak2109]

Extraordinary opportunity to get behind the scenes because of you and thank you Kate.

[@dharshidesilva2189]

Thank you James and Kate! I have been binge watching your videos and using the inspiration in my own practice as an artist. I hope to one day travel to Brooklyn and see the art and meet the artists myself, that’s the dream. James monologues are simply amazing, I learn so much more than any art book just listening to James. He comes across as someone I would love to know and meet!

[@Blackgoatfolkart]

GREAT ART AND INFORMATION

[@JoseBuergo_]

Great job James! Thank you for introducing us to the work of this authentic and amazing artist.

[@garyspratt7853]

Thank you so much for making this film James. It's an amazing story. Seasons greetings from England.

[@cpea587]

Agree with comment below, so modern yet ancient but so original and fresh and totally captivating It really is so ‘authentic ‘ absolutely love bill traylors art thanks for sharing and uploading this

[@Billart]

Wonderful ! :)

[@tharkanzox1493]

fantastic video.

[@ohdandan]

it feels and is so authentic because it is. I feel as these works were never made for the desire for recognition, but were simply made as an expression of time had. It's hard to understand why they were made, the motivation to make them, and that makes these works so interesting.

[@Kelpy]

As an artist, I myself have gone through this issue, why to paint, for recognition? While our celebrity culture has for the last more than one hundred years made everything into a commercial enterprise, ultimately, all art, or the best art, is done by the artist to express important thoughts and feelings. and that it is all.

[@curiousperson6275]

Wonderful works and commentary. Many thanks.🙏

[@therealkitchen4realpeople956]

Bill Traylor, expressed and delivered his life story in his art. My relative.😊

[@telethon2864]

my favorite artist, thank you!

[@lizking385]

Folk artist and storyteller who cannot be replicated . His world is non-existant today but thankfully his work still exists to teach us and touch us today.

[@thirdrockjul2224]

Thank you Kate

[@suzanneteich3862]

Great post. Thank you so much! You are no doubt pleased about the new documentary offered virtually by Kino Now: "Bill Traylor, Chasing Ghosts" That is what brought me here! Love You Tube!

[@rlund651]

Another great post

[@pauloansiaesmonteiro7987]

Um dos grandes artistas americanos ...

[@singlespies]

What a great show! Thanks for the video James.

[@pjr5913]

some grreat work kalm, you moved through that show like a snake. your flow was perfect and did not outdo the work itself. thanks you kate

[@turienlammers1739]

Hi James, reminds me a little of the egyptian hieroglyphs, thanks a lot, I'll recommended you to my friends

[@kareymaurice3236]

Great coverage, I discovered Bill Traylor in the early 90’s reading Art in America or Art News when the Outsider Art movement was first being discussed.

[@cariclark]

Love your viewings so much thankyou James . Karen from French Riviera .

[@robertspies4695]

powerful stuff. Thanks,

[@TheBillybobbbbb]

great video. i like this fellow's work--ancient & contemporary, as someone noted. & thank you KATE!

[@paulgriffithsart]

What a remarkable artist, thank you for enlightening me. Bill's work in some ways reminds me of Alfred Wallis. For people who don't know Wallis, he was a Cornish fisherman who started painting around the same time as Bill. His work depicts his life at sea and was discovered when the St Ives group was flourishing. ☮🎨

[@anawieder5003]

I can see an influence on Kara Walker with those silhouette drawings

[@paulmactavish3355]

Time a head, and the brave SOUL'S Reflections

[@stlapierre]

awesome stuff!!!!

[@Kelpy]

thank you so much, what a wonderful artist and exhibition, wonderful that it has been preserved, I also paint and draw on scraps, as more and more do these days, but was unaware that it had started so long ago, logical I guess that it would have. The date you mentioned at the beginning was 1939, not 1839, btw.

[@christianegonbarnthaler1426]

super art 111

[@shaunm3206]

Thank you so much for this one! I was mesmerized. That blue Bill used is great. Do you know if the show is going on tour? I would definitely go and see it if it made its way over this side of the pond...

[@jameskalm]

I have no idea about whether this show will travel, sorry.

[@robinashleyjones12]

I have one painting and about 6 drawings by the late Great Trevor Phipps I told him I would put them in a vault which I did Excellent Show! r.i.p.

[@AVBNOW23]

❤

[@pjr5913]

james are you the nut ?rabbits get slaughtered

[@unobooks]

the pictures speak for themselves (roll eyes) just kill me with cliches why dont you