Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia from September 27, 2020 - January 10, 2021.

A fascinating examination of the Bible's influence on seventy-three self-taught artists and 122 works of art

Forms from African and American popular arts, photojournalism, advertising, voodoo and the landscape reflect oral traditions of black culture: rural legends, popular history, Biblical stories, revivalism. No index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

At Christmas-Hanukkah time, a Christian woodcarver gives a carved angel to a young Jewish friend, who struggles with accepting the Christmas gift until he realizes that friendship means the same thing in any religion.

Today the work of so-called "outsider" artists is receiving unprecedented attention. This major critical appraisal of America's 20th-century self-taught artists coincides with a major 1998 traveling exhibition organized by the Museum of American Folk Art in New York. While some of these artists have received critical recognition, others remain virtually unknown, following their muse regardless. 150 color images.

Daddy Wes tells how Africans were brought to America as slaves, but promises his children that as long as they can hear the rhythm of the earth, they will be free.

Through this catalog, readers will experience Aminah Robinson's amazing house, her art, and her profuse journals. In them, as was so often the case, she succinctly defined the importance of art in general and of her relationship with the Columbus Museum of Art.