July 16, 2009 - After our walk around Walden pond in Concord we drove next door to Lincoln and the DeCorodova Art Museum and sculpture walk. The current exhibit on display in the gallery is. The Old, Weird America: Folk Themes in Contemporary Art “This summer DeCordova Sculpture Park + Museum hosts the award-winning traveling show The Old, Weird America, the first museum exhibition to explore the widespread resurgence of folk imagery and mythic history in recent art from the United States. Organized by Toby Kamps, Senior Curator at Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, the exhibition illustrates the relevance and appeal of folklore to contemporary artists, as well as the genre's power to illuminate ingrained cultural forces and overlooked histories. The exhibition borrows its inspiration and title—with the author's blessing—from music and cultural critic Greil Marcus' 1997
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