The Highwaymen Murals: Al Black's Concrete Dreams
by Gary Monroe
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Author: Gary MonroeEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2009-04-26
ISBN: 0813033594
Number of pages: 160
Publisher: University Press of Florida
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Book Review: The unique story of an artist and the striking works he created
Summary: 5 Stars
Art is a business to some, and a love for others, but can't it be both? "The Highwaymen Murals: Al Black's Concrete Dreams" tells the story of Al Black, an artist and salesman who spent much of his life repairing and selling paintings on the roads of America. He fell afoul of drugs, but while serving his prison sentence, he was given the opportunity to paint more than one hundred murals for the Department of Corrections. "The Highwaymen Murals" tells this unique story of an artist and the striking works he created, presented in full color for readers and viewers to enjoy.
Summary of The Highwaymen Murals: Al Black's Concrete Dreams
By now, the story of Florida's Highwaymen - self-trained African American painters whose visions of the state were sold to travelers out of the trunks of their cars - is fairly well known. Emerging in the late 1950s and led by painters such as Alfred Hair and Harold Newton, the Highwaymen produced an astonishing number of landscapes that depict a faraway place of windswept palms, billowing clouds, placid wetlands, and lush sunsets. As demand soared, Al Black (b. 1946) emerged as a salesman par excellence. Often earning thirty-five per cent commission, he learned to paint partly from repairing damaged works that had been loaded into his car while still wet. Inevitably, the boom times went bust, Black struggled with drugs, and eventually went to prison. While in the Central Florida Reception Center, 'Inmate Black' was recognized as painter 'Al Black' after the warden read a story by St. Petersburg Times columnist Jeff Klinkenberg about the Highwaymen. Soon, with the warden's encouragement and permission, Black was painting murals throughout the prison, classic Highwaymen landscapes in unexpected venues. When he left CFRC in 2006, Black had created more than 100 murals for the Department of Corrections. "The Highwaymen Murals" is the only record of these images and a must-have for any connoisseur of their work. This is the latest volume in Gary Monroe's "Highwaymen" trilogy.African American Books
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