Title: The last folk hero
Description: The lives and works of blue-collar, African American artists Thornton Dial and Lonnie Holley are documented in this true story of outsider art, ego, exploitation, and race. Following the interaction between Dial, an illiterate factory worker with creative genius, his comrade-in-arts Holley, and Bill Arnett, a wealthy, white, and infamous art patron, this account details the obsessions and exploitations found in the soap-opera world of modern art.
Subjects: Politics in art, African American artists, African American art, Art and society, Art and race, Artists, Biography
Places: United States
People: Thornton Dial, Lonnie Holley