Chicago artist and teacher Ray Yoshida (1930-2009) spent much of his life collecting art objects, turning his home into an autotopography, “a material memory landscape.” He filled his home with paintings, sculptures, dolls, masks, toys, and other various objects he found at flea markets and thrift stores, by artists of both high and non-existent status. For Yoshida, “the poetry of bricolage—the art of constructing a work from eclectic images and objects—became a way of life.” Yoshida’s collection includes drawings by fellow Chicago artist, Lee Godie (1908-1994). Itinerant and homeless, Godie became recognized in the 1960s as the woman drawing and selling portraits on the steps of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her works in the context of Yoshida’s collection exemplify the significance of the city’s culture in Yoshida’s life and work, not only providing a window into the artist’s mind, but also into the unique quirks and eccentricities of Chicago.
Posted on: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 18:30:00 +0000
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