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Washington Square East Gallery will present the exhibition James ‘Son Ford’
Thomas: The Devil and His Blues, on view at from June 9th to August 7th, 2015.
Taking its
title from folklorist William Ferris’s seminal text on Thomas’s work, The Devil
and His Blues will be the first major institutional solo presentation of James
‘Son Ford’ Thomas’s sculpture to take place since the artist’s death in 1993.
The
exhibition will include 100 of his unfired clay objects in addition to two
documentary films on his work: ‘Sonny Ford:’ Delta Artist, made by William
Ferris in Leland, Mississippi in 1969 and JAMES ‘SON FORD’ THOMAS: ARTIST made by filmmakers Jeffrey Wolf and
Zach Wolf, using footage shot of Thomas in 1982 while exhibiting his work as
part of the seminal touring exhibition Black Folk Art in America, 1930-1980,
which has been edited on the occasion of this exhibition."
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