Baby Shoe

Art

Gadsden Arts Center & Museum

"Baby Shoe" by Joe Light

Name/Title

Baby Shoe

Entry/Object ID

2010.1.7

Description

This image by Joe Light depicts a bright forest with trees and flowers, and in the middle the artist has attached a small baby’s shoe. While Joe Light was known for painting on just about any found object, sometimes, Light placed these objects directly onto his paintings, adding what he called "attachments." These attachments are anything from old photographs to toys, and were mostly found at the flea market where he worked for several years.

Artwork Details

Medium

Wood, Mixed Media, paint

Collection

Southern Vernacular Art Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2010.1

Source or Donor

Lou and Calynne Hill

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Light, Joe Louis

Role

Artist

Date made

n.d.

Dimensions

Height

19-1/2 in

Width

22 in

Depth

3-1/4 in

Interpretative Labels

Label

Joe Light (b. 1934-2005) Joe Light saw himself as a fighter against the shortcomings of humanity and used his paintings as his weapons. Light's paintings are characterized by bold, black lines outlining brightly colored cartoon-like figures. He worked with house paint on wood and also painted on discarded objects. Sometimes, he placed these discarded items directly on top of his paintings, adding what he called "attachments".

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Create Date

October 7, 2009