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The Candy Store: Funk, Nut, and Other Art with a Kick

(Hardback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

The Candy Store: Funk, Nut, and Other Art with a Kick

Contributors:

By (Author) Scott A. Shields

ISBN:

9783777438399

Publisher:

Hirmer Verlag

Imprint:

Hirmer Verlag

Publication Date:

12th July 2022

Country:

Germany

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Other Subjects:

The Arts: art forms
The Arts: treatments and subjects

Dewey:

708.19453

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Hardback

Number of Pages:

136

Dimensions:

Width 248mm, Height 254mm

Weight:

910g

Description

Adeliza McHugh helped put the whimsical, funky, and irreverent aesthetic of California's Central Valley on the art-historical map at her legendary Candy Store Gallery. Published on what would be the 60th anniversary of the gallery's founding, this catalogue is the most significant to-date on the Candy Store and celebrates, as McHugh liked to say, art with a "kick."

In 1962, Adeliza McHugh opened the Candy Store Gallery in Folsom, California. The business began as a candy store, but when that closed, McHugh converted it into an art gallery. There, she featured ceramists and painters who would become nationally and even internationally significant, including Robert Arneson, Roy De Forest, David Gilhooly, Irving Marcus, Gladys Nilsson, Jim Nutt, Jack Ogden, Sandra Shannonhouse, Peter VandenBerge, and Maija Peeples-Bright. Their work, along with that of many other artists, delighted visitors to the gallery for 30 years.

Author Bio

Scott A. Shields is the associate director and chief curator at the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento. He holds a PhD in art history and has curated more than seventy-five exhibitions. His most recent publications include E. Charlton Fortune: The Colorful Spirit; Richard Diebenkorn: Beginnings, 1942-1955; Granville Redmond: The Eloquent Palette; and Wayne Thiebaud 100: Paintings, Prints, and Drawings.

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