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Blocks of orange, blue and green spray paint superimposed with white outlines of a bird and thr…
Joe Morris Watching Cars Go By (#1078)
Blocks of orange, blue and green spray paint superimposed with white outlines of a bird and thr…
Blocks of orange, blue and green spray paint superimposed with white outlines of a bird and three faces capped by a single top hat.
Joe Morris Watching Cars Go By (#1078), Butch Anthony, 1998, mixed media on a wooden door, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia, © Butch Anthony.

Joe Morris Watching Cars Go By (#1078)

Artist (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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Not on view
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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