We Are Made of Stories av Leslie Umberger

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<p><b>A richly illustrated history of self-taught artists and how they changed American art</b><br><br>Artists without formal training, who learned from family, community, and personal journeys, have long been a presence in American art. But it wasn¿t until the 1980s, with the help of trailblazing advocates, that the collective force of their creative vision and bold self-definition permanently changed the mainstream art world. In <i>We Are Made of Stories</i>, Leslie Umberger traces the rise of self-taught artists in the twentieth century and examines how, despite wide-ranging societal, racial, and gender-based obstacles, they redefined who could be rightfully seen as an artist and revealed a much more diverse community of American makers.<br><br>Lavishly illustrated throughout, <i>We Are Made of Stories </i>features more than one hundred drawings, paintings, and sculptures, ranging from the narrative to the abstract, by forty-three artists¿including James Castle, Thornton Dial, Willi