CONTEMPOR AMERICAN
Laffal Collection in Connecticut "20th Century Folk Art from the Collection of Flo and Jules Laffar is on view at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum at Connecticut College in New London, Conn., through Jan. 4, 1998. A collection that was 20 years in the making, it features 150 pieces both serious and humorous in nature, including more than 20 works by the Reverend Howard Finster, as well as works by selftaught artists Lee Godie, Clementine Hunter, Felicien Levesque, Carl McKenzie, and John Vivolo. For more information, please call 860/443-2545.
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PRINCE CHARMING Lee Godie Chicago Date unknown Watercolor and ballpoint pen on paper 24 18" Collection of Flo and Jules Laffal
The Nek Chand Foundation The Nek Chand Foundation has been formed to aid in the completion, restoration, and preservation of the Rock Garden of Chandigarh in India. Constructed by Nek Chand from rocks and discarded industrial objects over a period of 33 years, the 25-acre site features hundreds of mosaic-encrusted sculptures—depicting all levels of
Indian society and animal life— set in a series of neatly planned, walled courtyards and walkways. For more information, please contact Sara Burns, The Nek Chand Foundation, 34 Highbury Place, London N5 1QP,England, 011 71 359 1747,fax 011 71 226 3255;email sbums@gallery. source.ulc.
The gallery proudly introduces the work of
NORA MAE CARMICHAEL. Coincidentally sharing a middle name with Nellie Mae Rowe, Carmichael's work—like Rowe's—is inspired by divine intervention. Her drawings of common folk,—the people around her—like those of Rowe, are vibrant, colorful, poignant, powerful and beautiful.
1086 Madison Avenue (at 82nd Street) New York, NY 10028 (212) 249-7250 Detail of Nek Chand's Rock Garden in Chandigarh, India
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