on view through Aug. 1
Mennello Museum of American Art
900 E. Princeton St.
$5
When Gainesville artist Mr. Eddy Mumma arose every morning, he was greeted by a crowd of eager faces, beaming at him from the hundreds of canvases that covered every inch of wall space in his small home. These were his paintings. These were his
friends. The vibrant friendly-throng effect is reproduced in miniature as part of the Mennello Museum s new exhibit,
The Grand Portraits of Mr. Eddy Mumma, on display until Aug. 1.
Eddy Mumma was a self-taught artist who did not start painting until he was 60, newly relocated to Gainesville, diabetic and homebound. Despite his health challenges, Mumma threw himself into his art fully, and by the end of his life, he had produced nearly a thousand paintings, many on both sides of a particular canvas or indeed doors, sheets of plywood or even glass. (A few of these double-sided canvases are on display, evidence of a compulsive work rate upon comple
An Irresistible Urge to Create: The Monroe Family Collection of Florida Outsider Art
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John Gerdes, Looking at You, (n.d.). Collage. Copyright the artist s estate.
The passion for Outsider Art runs deep in Florida, where self-taught artists have forged an indelible mark of special attention on the creative landscape of the state.
An Irresistible Urge to Create: The Monroe Family Collection of Florida Outsider Art is the most comprehensive exhibition of its kind, on view at the Boca Raton Museum of Art until September 5th. This is the first time a museum has presented this definitive group of artists with an exhibition of this size and scope.
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John Lowndes’ name is over the entrance of the Loch Haven Park building that houses Orlando Shakes, but that wasn’t important to him.“He never cared about getting credit, the credit always went to someone else,” said Orlando Shakes artistic director Jim Helsinger. “That was one of the nice things about John. It was part of his Southern charm.”