Robert Cargo Folk Art Gallery

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Sulton Rogers (1922 - 2003)
Born near Oxford, Mississippi, Sulton Rogers only attended school for a few years. He began learning carpentry from his father at a young age. Married at 19 years old, he subsequently fathered ten children and then deserted the family. After traveling and finally settling in Syracuse, New York, he took a job at a chemical plant. He had carved small animals a a child, and when he found that he needed to have somthing to do to keep him awake during night shifts, he took up carving once again. After retiring from work in 1884, he moved back to Mississippi. Rogers claimed to carve his dreams -- snakes, vampires, bodies in coffins, grotesque human figures, and "haints." He also occasionally carved religious subjects and sometimes created funeral scenes and ghost houses. Roger's work has been included in several museum shows, including "Black Art -- Ancestral Legacy: The African Impulse in African-American Art" in Dallas and "Passionate Visions of the American South" in New Orleans. His figurative sculpture is found in many museum and individual collections.

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	Grotesque Couple #1 woman with broom 13.5", man 14" $800

	Grotesque Couple #2 man with owl head 10", woman 9" SOLD

	Grotesque Couple #3 man 12", woman 12.5" $900

	Jonah and the Whale 14" long SOLD

References:
Contemporary American Folk Art (Rosenak, 1996)
Self Taught, Outsider, and Folk Art (Sellen and Johanson, 2000)