Abstract
A Folk Art revival is quietly inspiring artists and illustrators, but as De s McCannon discovers, Folk Art means more than drawing owls or men with beards. It has nothing to do with extreme right wing politics. The illustrators currently inspired by Folk Art are not only reshaping their idea of illustration, they are rethinking ideas of nation
Disciplines
Art Practice | Arts and Humanities | Contemporary Art
Recommended Citation
McCannon, D. (2009)‘From folk culture to modern British’. VAROOM (11) Illustration, Culture, Society.
Digital Commons Citation
McCannon, Desdemona, "From folk culture to modern British" (2009). Art and Design. Paper 2.
http://epubs.glyndwr.ac.uk/ad/2
Comments
This article was published in VAROOM magazine in the Winter of 2009. Article copyright Desdemona McCannon, reproduced by permission of VAROOM magazine. The magazine website is located at http://www.varoom-mag.com For a review of this article see “The Missing Critical History of Illustration” by Rick Poynor at http://www.printmag.com (last paragraph)