‘Bill Traylor Unfiltered’: Outsider art show at Just Folk

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Over a five year period, when he was in his eighties, celebrated Southern outsider artist Bill Traylor (1854-1949) produced a flurry of work that beguiles with its simplicity of materials--pencil and poster paint on discarded shirt cardboard--and forms. Works such as ‘Woman with Handbag and Umbrella’ sell for six figures; while ‘Two Blue Chickens’ has a $85,000 sticker. Price of admission to see 28 works that have not been seen in the U.S. for over a decade is free at Just Folk in Summerland, CA. Tonight, from 6-9 p.m., the opening night for ‘Bill Traylor Unfiltered’ also promises, according to the gallery, ‘adult beverages and swing music.’ RSVP essential: reachus@justfolk.com. (805) 969 7118.

--David A. Keeps

Photo credits: Just Folk