{"product_id":"an-opinionated-guide-to-folk-art","title":"An Opinionated Guide to Folk Art","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"mainContent___KncIm\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv role=\"tabpanel\" id=\"title-references-tabpanel-1\" aria-labelledby=\"title-references-tab-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"MuiBox-root css-old1by\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFrom Ukrainian pansky eggs to politically charged quilts, these 65 folk artworks challenge our preconceptions about what constitutes art, how it should be made, and who should make it.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe best art isn’t just created in art schools. Scratched into cave walls, molded in clay, embroidered onto clothing, sketched in the margins, painted on scrap cardboard in time snatched after work, perhaps in secret. Art is not only made inside academies and institutions by people with money and training, though sometimes the canon suggests otherwise. From Ukrainian pansky eggs to politically charged quilts, these 65 artworks challenge our preconceptions about what constitutes art, how it should be made and who should make it.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mainContent___KncIm\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv role=\"tabpanel\" id=\"title-references-tabpanel-2\" aria-labelledby=\"title-references-tab-2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"MuiBox-root css-old1by\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"contribBio\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFarah Abdessamad\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a French-Tunisian writer currently based in NYC. She writes about arts and culture for publications including\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eObserver, Art Review, Middle East Eye, The Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand others.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"ACC Art Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42309073272914,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0378\/2901\/files\/9781914314841_e9727.jpg?v=1771704011","url":"https:\/\/theaugusttree.com\/products\/an-opinionated-guide-to-folk-art","provider":"The August Tree","version":"1.0","type":"link"}