I’m very happy to continue expanding and sharing this platform with artists to spread the word about their art and find new homes for their wonderful works of art.
A handful of brilliant works by Max Kuhn, a multimedia, formerly self-taught tattoo artist who now works in collage, sculpture, and printmaking, are available for purchase as part of the FolkArtwork Collective.
After extensive solitary travels through the United States, Canada, and Europe, Kuhn began illustrating an ongoing travelogue on scrap cardboard and old book covers. Using limited painting techniques initially developed for making tattoo flash designs, this evolved into paintings and sculptures that depict the folkloric characters of cowboy or hobo, often incorporating diaristic and confessional writing.
“For me, they are pretty untethered from any kind of real history or nostalgia or something. It’s just the use of simple icons to represent something harder to get your hands around. They act as alter-egos, a way of blending actual experience and memory with a more collective myth,” says Kuhn.
Following more opportunities to begin exhibiting his work, Kuhn’s practice expanded to include collage, sculpture, printmaking, large scale diorama & audio-video pieces. Kuhn has had several solo exhibitions across the United States and self-published several monographs.
MAX KUHN
> MAX KUHN was born in 1989 in Richmond, Virginia, his work is widely collected by an international audience. He currently lives and works between northern New Mexico and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Learn more about Max Kuhn
About the FolkArtwork Collective
It brings me great pleasure to introduce the FolkArtwork Collective — a fantastic group of self-taught and emerging artists from across the globe. Jackie Bradshaw, Esteban Whiteside, Sarah Lee, Noel Hatfield, Peppermint House, Jordan Sullivan, Reneesha Mccoy and now Gabrielle K Brown are the first artists to bring original artwork directly to the FolkArtwork web store on both FolkArtwork.art/shop and directly on Instagram.
After four years of running this account, sharing daily art by great outsider and self-taught artists who are no longer with us, I am thrilled to share this space with current artists to assist in their artistic journey and bring their artwork to the masses and maybe to a home near you.
I am excited to see FolkArtwork evolve and grow. It will continue to share daily outsider artwork by some of the greatest artists ever, pictures from travels across the country, visiting unknown and hidden art environments, and now offering original artwork for sale.
Continuing to add more works and more artists in the coming months… stay tuned!
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