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Joe Morris Watching Cars Go By (#1078)

Artist Butch Anthony (American, born 1966)

Date1998

MediumPaint on wooden door

DimensionsFramed: 28 3/4 × 33 inches (73 × 83.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of Diane Sinclair Croom.

Object number2001.8.2

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Copyright© Butch Anthony. The images and text contained on this page are owned by Telfair Museums or used by the Museum with permission from the owners. Unauthorized reproduction, transmission or display of these materials is prohibited with the exception of items deemed “fair use” as defined by U.S. and international copyright laws.Label Textn Seale, Alabama, Butch Anthony built the Museum of Wonder, touted as the world’s first drive-through museum. Working in a genre he defines as Intertwan-gleism (inter = to mix; twangle = a distinctive way of speaking, think-ing, behaving, assessing; and ism = a theory), Anthony’s work is influ-enced by his upbringing in the Deep South, his enduring interest in the natural environment, and his fascination with material and conceptual layers. 'Joe Morris Watching Cars Go By (#1078)' embraces the structure of the door panel, painting a scene in flattened perspective of a man with a caged bird watching cars in motion on the road. Text written for 'Anything Goes: Contemporary Art and Materials' on view October 28, 2022-May 14, 2023.

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