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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Painting the Town Orange: The Stories Behind Houston's Visionary Art Environments

Painting the Town Orange: The Stories Behind Houston's Visionary Art Environments

Gershon, Pete

Hardcover

Conservation & PreservationGeneral ArtRegional: Southwest

Publisher Price: $35.99

ISBN10: 1540224678
ISBN13: 9781540224675
Publisher: History Pr
Published: Feb 18 2014
Pages: 226
Weight: 1.04
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Houston's sprawl has come with controversy, but it has created a blank canvas for the public art community. It all started in the Telephone Road Place subdivision, where retired mail carrier Jefferson Davis McKissack built the Orange Show, an extraordinary and eccentric monument to self-reliance, hard work and, yes, the fruit itself. McKissack's installation spawned more of its kind in the Bayou City, like the Beer Can House, the Flower Man's House, Pigdom--one woman's shrine to swine--and a flourishing art scene committed to preserving Houston's art environments. Author Pete Gershon tells the stories of these sites, their creators and the members of Houston's unique art community, all set against the backdrop of the city's quirky history..

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