#edward deeds

James Edward Deeds, Jr., Missouri (1908-1987)

Rescued from a trash heap by a 14 year old boy in 1970, and discovered thirty six years later by Harris Diamant, the hand made album consists of 283 drawings done on ledger sheets, each bearing the name of the hospital, State Hospital No.3, a Lunatic Asylum in Nevada, Mo.

Two weeks ago, Riverfront Times staff writer Aimee Levitt published a story about the 'discovery' of outsider artist Edward Deeds, a patient at Missouri State Hospital No. 3, a mental asylum in Nevada, Mo. Deeds made at least 283 detailed, extraordinary colored pencil drawings, works which are now finding their way into the outsider art market at $16,000 a pop. 

Don't miss Levitt's remarkable story -- you'll never think of outsider art again without thinking of the 'treatments' used at State Hospital No. 3 -- and the accompanying slide show. She also tells us about all of it on the second segment of this week's Modern Art Notes Podcast.

The lead guest on week's Modern Art Notes Podcast features Carrie Mae Weems. A new retrospective exhibition of Weems's work titled, "Carrie Mae Weems: Three Decades of Photography and Video," opened last week at Nashville's Frist Center for the Visual Arts.

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