Customer Reviews

Contemporary American Folk Art: A Collector's Guide

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This book is the most complete and honest introduction to the contemporary American folk art and outsider art scene I have read. It lists almost all of the noteworthy artists with capsule summaries of their work and what they are about. It also includes an informative pricing guide with valuable tips in where and what to buy of a particular artist. You would be doing yourself a favor in having this book when starting a collection.

This book would be a valuable reference if it weren't so hopelessly out of date. Ths subject matter needs a rewrite every three or four years or so. If you buy this I would reccomend buying it used. When I buy a new reference book I like the information to be a bit more timely

This book is a great introduction to the wonderful world of "outsider art". It is very well thought out & quite comprehensive. Great artist bios & lots of masterwork color photos. This book is a must have for any "folk art" collector or enthusiast.

It is hard to take seriously a book whose purpose is to inform the reader what art and by which artists is the most desirable and sought after, when the authors are selling folk art. It does have directions and locations of numerous artist's houses (I hope the artists want strangers coming to their respective houses) and to public collections where folk art can be found, and for that I will give the book one star. It also informs the reader where auctions are located and gives gallery listings in case the reader would like to go buy art. Maybe if we're lucky we can get some work from the authors' collection.