James Castle (1899 – 1977) fæddist heyrnarlaus í fámennu fjallasamfélagi í Garden Valley í Idaho. Um sex ára aldur tók hann til við að teikna á pappír sem varð á vegi hans, með bleki sem hann bjó til með því að skrapa sót úr eldavélinni, spýta í það og teikna með ydduðu priki — en þessari iðju hélt hann áfram alla sína ævi. Castle hlaut viðurkenningu sem listamaður snemma á sjötta áratugnum þegar ungur frændi hans, Bob Beach, sýndi leiðbeinendum sínum í listaskóla í Portland, Oregon verk Castle. Myndir Castle voru í kjölfarið með á sýningum víða í norðvesturríkjum Bandaríkjanna. Verk hans má nú finna í virtum söfnum víða um Bandaríkin.
sýning a) – Kling & Bang
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James Castle (1899 – 1977) was born deaf in the sparsely populated mountain community of Garden Valley, Idaho. At approximately age six, he began drawing on found paper with ink he made from soot he scraped from the wood burning stove, and by spitting in it and drawing with a sharpened stick — a practice he continued throughout his lifetime. Castle gained recognition as an artist in the early 1950s when his nephew Bob Beach showed his uncle’s drawings to his instructors at a Portland, Oregon art school. Castle’s work has since then been included in exhibitions throughout the Northwest in the U.S. His work is now represented in museum collections throughout the U.S.
exhibition a) – Kling & Bang