Robert Cargo
FOLK ART GALLERY
 Self-taught, visionary, and outsider artists of the South
African-American quilts · Haitian spirit flags

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The Robert Cargo Folk Art Gallery has been in continuous operation since 1984. After twenty years in the original location in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, we moved  to our new Philadelphia Main Line location in January 2004. 

Collectors are welcome to schedule appointments in our residential gallery in Paoli, just over half an hour from the city.  We also invite you to visit our virtual gallery to preview paintings, sculptures, carvings, and drawings by more than seventy artists. In many cases, we have additional works available that are not published on these web pages.  Please contact us with your questions.
 
Spring Gallery Closing -- Please note that the gallery will be closed for vacation from March 21 through April 11, 2008.    We will be glad to respond to your inquiries upon our return.


Rev. Benjamin F. Perkins
   
November updates to the website
  • Jimmy Lee Sudduth - additional paintings selected from the gallery inventory of works from the 1980's
  • Nora Ezell - award-winning Alabama quilt maker who died in September 2007

 

 

Alabama Folk Art Exhibition

The Birmingham Museum of Art

February 12 - December 30, 2007

The Birmingham Museum of Art, in conjunction with the State of Alabama, opened the doors of a newly-designed annex to feature a comprehensive exhibition of works by Alabama’s premier folk artists including internationally-recognized artists Bill Traylor, the Quilters of Gees Bend, Thornton Dial, Lonnie Holley, Charlie Lucas, Jerry Brown, Jimmy Lee Sudduth, Mose Tolliver, Nora Ezell, Yvonne Wells, Benjamin Franklin Perkins, and Howard Finster, among others.

The exhibition, Alabama Folk Art, is installed in 10,000 square feet of gallery space in the historic Young and Vann Building in downtown Birmingham. The works of art are drawn from the Museum’s permanent collection and loaned from significant private collections, both from within Alabama and without.

New objects will rotate into the exhibition during the year to explore multi-layered relationships between the artists and artworks.

Robert Cargo Folk Art Gallery
Caroline Cargo, Director
110 Darby Road · Paoli, PA  19301
610-240-9528  ·  info@cargofolkart.com
Inquiries welcome.  Open by appointment only.

All contents and photos © Robert Cargo 2007

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