John Snyder at the Walker Art Center. (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

Art in America | January 1, 1993| | Copyright

Like many contemporary artists, John Snyder draws upon a wide range of sources, in his case Italian Renaissance painting, American folk art, Mexican retablos and Persian art. Such eclecticism can lead to artistic drifting, but Snyder's vision is anchored by his steadfast fascination with artworld outsiders - industrial workers, the mentally retarded and African Americans - who figure prominently in his work as images of soulful melancholy or priestly authority. Not since Stephen Green painted the entombment of Christ in a style suggesting the Italian primitives under the ...

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