Holger Cahill in his landmark 1932 exhibition American Folk Art: The Art of the Common Man in America, for the Museum of Modern Art, looked to the pre-industrial past for “the simple and unaffected ...
Heri Dono is a contemporary Indonesian artist known for his inventive mélange of traditional folk art with contemporary imagery. Throughout his practice, he combines diverse source material such as ...
Referring to how Yakshagana got updated in its form and content to remain relevant, writer R.K. Hudgi has said that folk art ...
It was around then that the London folk scene saw the rise of other traditional artists such as Laura Marling and Noah and the Whale. In 2008, the band played their first Glastonbury Festival and ...
Yang is particularly interested in the ways contemporary art connects with older folk and craft traditions. For example, she explores weaving practices from different cultures, even working with ...
She uses a folk art form called Madhubani - which takes its name from a district in the state. The art uses natural pigments for colour and are illustrations on walls of homes and in modern times ...