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Mark Pascale (Editor), Esther Adler (Editor), Édouard Kopp (Editor)

Joseph E. Yoakum: What I Saw

Exhibition History

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Mark Pascale (Editor), Esther Adler (Editor), Édouard Kopp (Editor)

PublisherArt Institute of Chicago

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Exhibition History

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2019

Joseph Elmer Yoakum, Venus Over Manhattan, New York, June 20–July 26, 2019 (exh. cat.)

2015

Joseph E. Yoakum: Spiritual Unfoldments, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, Sept. 11–Oct. 31, 2015

2010

Joseph Yoakum: Visionary Landscapes, Mayor Gallery, London, June 16–July 20, 2010

2009

The Picture Tells the Story: The Drawings of Joseph E. Yoakum, Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, Chicago, Jan. 16–June 27, 2009 (exh. cat.)

Joseph Yoakum: Line and Landscape, Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago, Sept. 8, 2009–May 2, 2010

2003

Joseph Yoakum: The Magic and the Wonder of the World, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, Sept. 18–Nov. 8, 2003

2001

Joseph Yoakum, Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, Jan. 6–Feb. 3, 2001

1995

Force of a Dream: The Drawings of Joseph E. Yoakum, Art Institute of Chicago, Feb. 11–Aug. 6, 1995

1989

Animistic Landscapes, Janet Fleisher Gallery (now Fleisher/Ollman Gallery), Philadelphia, Feb. 11–Mar. 4, 1989 (exh. cat.)

Joseph E. Yoakum: Selected Drawings from the Collection, Richard L. Nelson Gallery and the Fine Art Collection, University of California, Davis, Oct. 13–Dec. 15, 1989

Joseph Yoakum: A Comprehensive Exhibition of Works from Collections, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, Nov. 17–Dec. 12, 1989

1988

Joseph E. Yoakum: A Survey of Drawings, Memorial Union Art Gallery, University of California, Davis, Jan. 22–Feb. 12, 1988 (exh. pamphlet)

1985

Joseph E. Yoakum: Drawings, Hirschl and Adler Modern Gallery, New York, June 5–July 3, 1985

1982

Yoakum, Hammer and Hammer Gallery (now Carl Hammer Gallery), Chicago

1981

Joseph Yoakum, Hammer and Hammer Gallery (now Carl Hammer Gallery), Chicago, Feb. 26–Mar. 31, 1981

1975

Joseph E. Yoakum: Drawings, 1886–1972, Gallery 200, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, Nov. 11–Dec. 4, 1975

Joseph E. Yoakum: Drawings, Artist’s House, New York

1973

Joseph E. Yoakum: Drawings, Fine Arts Center, University of Rhode Island, Kingston

1972

Joseph Yoakum: Drawings, Douglas Kenyon Gallery (now closed), Chicago, Oct. 5–Nov. 1, 1972 (see p. 32, fig. 8)

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Description: Installation view of Joseph E. Yoakum at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New...

Installation view of Joseph E. Yoakum at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1972. Photograph by Whitney Halstead.

Joseph E. Yoakum, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Oct. 23–Nov. 26, 1972 (exh. broch.)

Joseph E. Yoakum: Drawings, Montgomery Ward Gallery, Chicago Circle Center, University of Illinois at Chicago Circle Campus

1970

The World of Joseph E. Yoakum, Pennsylvania State University Art Museum (now Palmer Museum of Art), University Park, Mar. 31–Apr. 22, 1970

1969

Joseph Yoakum: Recent Paintings, Edward Sherbeyn Gallery, Chicago

1968

Joseph E. Yoakum, Edward Sherbeyn Gallery (now closed), Chicago, Mar. 29–May 5, 1968 (see p. 17, fig. 2)

1967

Joseph Yoakum, The Whole, St. Bartholomew’s Church, Chicago (see p. 16, fig. 1; and p. 31, fig. 5)

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2019

Landscape without Boundaries: Selections from the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, University of California, Davis, July 14–Dec. 15, 2019

2018

Outliers and American Vanguard Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Jan. 28–May 13, 2018; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, June 22–Sept. 30, 2018; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Nov. 18, 2018–Mar. 18, 2019 (exh. cat.)

Chicago Calling: Art against the Flow, Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, Chicago, Mar. 13, 2018–Nov. 1, 2020 (exh. cat.)

The Candy Store, Parker Gallery, Los Angeles, June 10–Aug. 11, 2018

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Description: Grizzly Gulch Valley Ohansburg Vermont, as shown in Ray Yoshida's home by Yoakum,...

Grizzly Gulch Valley Ohansburg Vermont (pl. 18) in Ray Yoshida’s home, c. 1970. Sandra Jorgensen (American, 1934–1999). Untitled (Photographs of Chicago Imagists). Image courtesy of the Elmhurst University Art Collection.

2017

Graphite Vision, Schick Art Gallery, Saratoga Springs, New York, Mar. 24–Apr. 23, 2017

The Museum of Everything, Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart, Australia, June 1, 2017–Apr. 2, 2018

Joseph Yoakum and Robyn O’Neil, Susan Inglett Gallery, New York, Dec. 14, 2017–Jan. 27, 2018 (exh. cat.)

2016

As Essential as Dreams: Self-Taught Art from the Collection of Stephanie and John Smither, Menil Collection, Houston, June 10–Oct. 16, 2016 (exh. cat.)

Outside, Karma, Amagansett, New York, Sept. 3–25, 2016

2015

Vodun, Vodou, Conjure: The Animistic Arts of the African Diaspora, Cavin-Morris Gallery, New York, Mar. 26–May 2, 2015 (exh. cat.)

Joan Nelson and Joseph Yoakum, Adams and Ollman, Portland, Oregon, June 4–July 11, 2015

2014

Self-Taught Genius: Treasures from the American Folk Art Museum, American Folk Art Museum, New York, May 13–Aug. 17, 2014; Figge Art Museum, Davenport, Iowa, Nov. 15, 2014–Mar. 15, 2015; Mingei International Museum, San Diego, Apr. 18–Aug. 16, 2015; Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Oct. 10, 2015–Jan. 3, 2016; New Orleans Museum of Art, Feb. 26–May 22, 2016; Saint Louis Art Museum, June 19–Sept. 11, 2016; Tampa Museum of Art, Florida, Oct. 1, 2016–Jan. 8, 2017 (exh. cat.)

Enigmas Rapt in Mysteries: American Art without Epoch, Cavin-Morris Gallery, New York, Dec. 18, 2014–Feb. 14, 2015

2013

Story Lines: Tracing the Narrative of “Outsider” Art, Galerie St. Etienne, New York, Jan. 15–Mar. 30, 2013 (exh. cat.)

Great and Mighty Things: Outsider Art from the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz Collection, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Mar. 3–June 9, 2013 (exh. cat.)

A Trip from Here to There, Museum of Modern Art, New York, Mar. 15–July 30, 2013

Carnegie International, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Oct. 5, 2013–Mar. 16, 2014

The Open Eye, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, Oct. 13, 2013–Mar. 4, 2014

2012

Accidental Genius: Art from the Anthony Petullo Collection, Milwaukee Art Museum, Feb. 10–May 6, 2012 (exh. cat.)

2008

Glossolalia, Museum of Modern Art, New York, Mar. 26–July 7, 2008 Castle in Context, Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, Oct. 10–Dec. 6, 2008 (exh. cat.)

2006

Inner Worlds Outside, Fundación “la Caixa,” Madrid, Jan. 27–Apr. 2, 2006; Whitechapel Gallery, London, Apr. 26–July 2, 2006; Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, July 25–Oct. 15, 2006 (exh. cat.)

1999

Drawn from Artists’ Collections, Drawing Center, New York, Apr. 24–June 12, 1999; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, July 13–Sept. 26, 1999 (exh. cat.)

Outsider Art: Tradition vs. Obsession, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, July 16–Sept. 3, 1999

Outsider and Folk Art: The Chicago Collections, Halle Sainte Pierre, Paris, Sept. 14, 1998–July 25, 1999; Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, Jan. 15–Apr. 2, 2000 (exh. cat.)

Defining Their Times—Masterworks by Twentieth Century Self-Taught Artists, Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, Sept. 29–Oct. 30, 1999

American Masters: A Study Collection, Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, Chicago, Dec. 3, 1999–Aug. 31, 2000

Surreal Landscapes: Henry Darger, Joseph Parker, Eugene von Bruenchenhein, Joseph Yoakum, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago

1998

Self-Taught Artists of the Twentieth Century: An American Anthology, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Mar. 10–May 17, 1998; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, July 14–Sept. 20, 1998; Amon Carter Museum and Modern Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, Oct. 31, 1998–Jan. 24, 1999; Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, New York, Feb. 20–Apr. 18, 1999;

Wexner Center for the Arts, Ohio State University, Columbus, May 15–Aug. 8, 1999 (organized by Museum of American Folk Art, New York) (exh. cat.)

Self-Taught Artists of the 20th Century: Perspectives on Patterning, Museum of American Folk Art, New York, Mar. 14–June 7, 1998

Hidden Aspects: A Selection of Works on Paper and Other Materials from the Roger Brown Study Collection of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Roger Brown Study Collection, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, May 15–June 12, 1998 (exh. cat.)

In and Out: Naive Folk and Self-Taught Artists from the Collection, Menil Collection, Houston, June 12–Oct. 11, 1998

1997

Outsider Art: An Exploration of Chicago Collections, Chicago Cultural Center (now Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts and Culture), Jan. 3–Feb. 23, 1997 (exh. cat.)

Flying Free: Twentieth Century Self-Taught Art from the Collection of Ellin and Baron Gordon, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center (now Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum), Williamsburg, Virginia, July 6–Nov. 9, 1997 (exh. cat.)

Humble Beginnings: Awesome Legacies, Afro-American Cultural Center, Charlotte, North Carolina, Nov. 7, 1997–Jan. 18, 1998

1996

Sacred Waters: Twentieth Century Outsiders and the Sea, South Street Seaport Museum, New York, Jan. 26–May 28, 1996

Since the Harlem Renaissance: Sixty Years of African American Art, Art Institute of Chicago, May 18–Aug. 25, 1996 (exh. cat.)

In Pursuit of the Invisible: Selections from the Collection of Janice and Mickey Cartin, Sue and Eugene Mercy Jr. Gallery, Richmond Art Center, Loomis Chaffee School, Windsor, Connecticut, May 20–June 6, 1996 (exh. cat.)

Off Center: Outsider Art in the Midwest, Minnesota Museum of American Art, Saint Paul, Aug. 11–Oct. 20, 1996 (exh. cat.)

Art in Chicago: 1945–1995, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Nov. 16, 1996–Mar. 23, 1997 (exh. cat.)

1995

A World of Their Own: Twentieth Century American Folk Art, Newark Museum of Art, New Jersey, Jan. 26–Apr. 23, 1995 (exh. cat.)

The Tree of Life: The Inaugural Exhibition of the American Visionary Art Museum, American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, Nov. 24, 1995–Sept. 1, 1996 (exh. cat.)

Peace on Earth: Eddie Arning, Tony Fitzpatrick, Kamante Gatura, Marcy Hermansader, Joseph Yoakum, Janet Fleisher Gallery (now Fleisher/Ollman Gallery), Philadelphia, Dec. 18, 1995–Jan. 13, 1996

Chicago Connectors: Ten Self-Taught Visions Intersect the Mainstream, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago

1994

The Harmon and Harriet Kelley Collection of African American Art, San Antonio Museum of Art, Texas, Feb. 4–Apr. 3, 1994; El Paso Museum of Art, Texas; Michael C. Carlos Museum, Atlanta; Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio; Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee; Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (exh. cat.)

Philadelphia Wireman and Joseph Yoakum, Janet Fleisher Gallery (now Fleisher/Ollman Gallery), Philadelphia, Feb. 9–Mar. 5, 1994; Nine Self-Taught Artists from Chicago and Vicinity, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago

1993

Black History and Artistry: Work by Self-Taught Painters and Sculptors from the Blanchard-Hill Collection, Sidney Mishkin Gallery (now Mishkin Gallery), Baruch College/CUNY, New York, Feb. 5–Mar. 4, 1993 (exh. cat.)

The “Outsider” Question: Non-Academic Art from 1900 to the Present, Galerie St. Etienne, New York, Mar. 23–May 28, 1993

Common Ground–Uncommon Vision: The Michael and Julie Hall Collection of American Folk Art, Milwaukee Art Museum, Apr. 16–June 20, 1993; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, July 18–Sept. 5, 1993; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, Nov. 12, 1993–Jan. 2, 1994; Phoenix Art Museum, Mar. 5–May 15, 1994; Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, June 10–Sept. 4, 1994; Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center (now Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum), Williamsburg, Virginia, Oct. 3, 1994–Jan. 2, 1995 (exh. cat.)

Driven to Create: The Anthony Petullo Collection of Self-Taught and Outsider Art, Museum of American Folk Art (now American Folk Art Museum), New York, Sept. 18–Nov. 7, 1993; Milwaukee Art Museum, Mar. 11–May 8, 1994; Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Sept. 10–Nov. 6, 1994; Akron Art Museum, Ohio, Apr. 8–June 4, 1995; Tampa Museum of Art, Florida, June 25–Aug. 27, 1995 (exh. cat.)

Visionaries, Outsiders, and Spiritualists: American Self-Taught Artists, David Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University, Providence, Oct. 16–Nov. 21, 1993

1992

Contemporary American Folk Art: The Balsley Collection, Patrice and Beatrice Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Apr. 15–Aug. 2, 1992 (exh. cat.)

Parallel Visions: Modern Artists and Outsider Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Oct. 18, 1992–Jan. 3, 1993; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Feb. 11–May 9, 1993; Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland, July 4–Aug. 29, 1993; Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo, Sept. 30–Dec. 12, 1993 (exh. cat.)

Free within Ourselves: African-American Artists in the Collection of the National Museum of American Art, Wadsworth Atheneum Musem of Art, Hartford, Connecticut, Oct. 18, 1992–Jan. 10, 1993; IBM Gallery of Science and Art, New York, Feb. 9–Apr. 10, 1993; Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, Nov. 5–Dec. 30, 1993; Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Tennessee, Jan. 1–Mar. 27, 1994; Columbus Museum, Georgia, May 1–June 26, 1994 (exh. cat.)

Dream Singers, Story Tellers: An African-American Presence, Fukui Fine Arts Museum, Japan, Nov. 6–Dec. 6, 1992; Tokushima Modern Art Museum, Japan, Jan. 23–Mar. 7, 1993; Otani Memorial Art Museum, Japan, Apr. 10–May 9, 1993; New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, Aug. 7, 1993–Mar. 20, 1994 (exh. cat.)

Without Parallel, Ricco/Maresca Gallery, New York

1990

Image: Contemporary Drawing, Janet Fleisher Gallery (now Fleisher/Ollman Gallery), Philadelphia, Sept. 7–Oct. 6, 1990

Visions: Expressions beyond the Mainstream from Chicago Collections, Arts Club of Chicago, Sept. 17–Nov. 3, 1990 (exh. cat.)

Outsiders: Artists outside the Mainstream, Octagon Center for the Arts, Ames, Iowa, Sept. 21–Oct. 21, 1990 (exh. cat.)

Made with Passion: The Hemphill Folk Art Collection, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution (now Smithsonian American Art Museum), Washington, DC, Sept. 23, 1990–Jan. 21, 1991 (exh. cat.)

The Cutting Edge: Contemporary American Folk Art, Museum of American Folk Art (now American Folk Art Museum), New York, Dec. 6, 1990–Mar. 10, 1991; Laguna Art Museum, Los Angeles, June 14–Aug. 18, 1991; Tampa Museum of Art, Florida, Feb. 23–April 5, 1992

The Singular Imagination, Phyllis Kind Gallery (closed in 1998), Chicago, Dec. 9, 1990–Jan. 17, 1991

1989

Viewpoints VII: 20th Century American Landscape Drawings, M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, Jan. 18–Apr. 9, 1989

Gifted Visions: Black American Folk Art, Nashua Fine Arts Center (now Nashua Performing Art Center), New Hampshire, Jan–Feb. 28, 1998

African American Artists, 1880–1987: Selections from the Evans-Tibbs Collection, Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, Washington, DC, June 3–July 16, 1989 (exh. cat.)

A Density of Passions, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, July 29–Sept. 24, 1989 (exh. cat.)

Self-Taught Masters of Twentieth Century Art, Cavin-Morris Gallery, New York

1988

Outsider Art: The Black Experience, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, Feb.–Mar. 15, 1988

Shape Shifting, Cavin-Morris Gallery, New York

Worlds of Wonder, Memorial Gallery, Mills College, Oakland, California

1987

American Outsider Art: A Few People Have Imagination for Reality, George Cicle Gallery, Baltimore, Jan. 8–Jan. 31, 1987

Painting and Sculpture by Black Self-Taught Artists, Janet Fleisher Gallery (now Fleisher/Ollman Gallery), Philadelphia, Feb.–Mar. 4, 1987

In Another World: Outsider Art from Europe and America, Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, England, June 13–July 19, 1987; Milton Keynes Exhibition Gallery (now MK Gallery), Saxon Gate East, England, July 25–Aug. 30, 1987; Wolverhampton Art Gallery, England, Sept. 5–Oct. 11, 1987; Graves Art Gallery (now Graves Gallery), Sheffield, England, Oct. 17–Nov. 22, 1987; Stoke-on-Trent City Museum and Art Gallery, England, Nov. 28, 1987–Jan. 10, 1988; Arnolfini, Bristol, England, Jan. 16–Feb. 21, 1988; Cornerhouse, Manchester, England; Aberystwyth Art Centre, England, Apr. 16–May 22, 1988 (organized by South Bank Centre, London) (exh. cat.)

American Mysteries: The Rediscovery of Outsider Art, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery (now San Francisco Arts Commission Galleries), Sept. 29–Nov. 1, 1987

Visionary Landscapes: Works by Four Self-Taught Artists, Cavin-Morris Gallery, New York

1986

Outsiders: Art beyond the Norms, Rosa Esman Gallery (closed 1992), New York, Jan. 11–Feb. 12, 1986 (exh. cat.)

Naivety in Art, Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo; Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, Japan, Mar. 30–Aug. 3, 1986 (exh. cat.)

The Imagist Tradition: Chicago in the 70s, Janet Fleisher Gallery (now Fleisher/Ollman Gallery), Philadelphia, May 10–June 7, 1986

Muffled Voices: Folk Artists in Contemporary America, Museum of American Folk Art at Paine Webber Art Gallery (now UBS Art Gallery), New York, May 16–Sept. 12, 1986 (exh. cat.)

Visionary Works on Paper, Janet Fleisher Gallery (now Fleisher/Ollman Gallery), Philadelphia, Dec. 10–31, 1986

1985

Masterpieces of Folk Art, Janet Fleisher Gallery (now Fleisher/Ollman Gallery), Philadelphia, Sept. 7–Oct. 12, 1985

A Time to Reap: Late-Blooming Folk Artists, Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey, Nov. 9–Dec. 7, 1985; Allen House, Monmouth County Historical Association, Shrewsbury, New Jersey, Dec. 13, 1985–Feb. 28, 1986; Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, New Jersey, Mar. 10–May 31, 1986 (organized by Museum of American Folk Art [now American Folk Art Museum], New York) (exh. cat.)

Drawings by Master Visionaries, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago

1984

Joseph Yoakum: His Influence on Contemporary Art and Artists, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago; Janet Fleisher Gallery (now Fleisher/Ollman Gallery), Philadelphia, Jan. 13–July 1984

Major Black Folk Artists, Janet Fleisher Gallery (now Fleisher/Ollman Gallery), Philadelphia, Nov. 17–Dec. 8, 1984

Artists of the Black Experience, University of Illinois at Chicago Circle

1983

Masters of 20th Century American Naive and Visionary Art, Janet Fleisher Gallery (now Fleisher/Ollman Gallery), Philadelphia, Oct.–Nov. 19, 1983

1982

Black Folk Art in America: 1930–1980, Corcoran Gallery of Art (merged with the National Gallery of Art and George Washington University in 2014), Washington, DC, Jan. 15–Mar. 28, 1982; J. B. Speed Art Museum (now Speed Art Museum), Louisville, Kentucky, Apr. 28–June 13, 1982; Brooklyn Museum of Art (now Brooklyn Museum), New York, July 3–Sept. 12, 1982; Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, Nov. 30, 1982–Feb. 3, 1983; Institute of the Arts (now Moody Center for the Arts), Rice University, Houston, Mar. 4–May 15, 1983; Detroit Institute of Arts; Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama, opened July 1983; Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Apr. 14–July 15, 1984 (exh. cat.)

Self-Taught, Janet Fleisher Gallery (now Fleisher/Ollman Gallery), Philadelphia

1981

Selections from the Dennis Adrian Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Jan. 16–Mar. 14, 1981 (exh. cat.)

Transmitters: The Isolate Artist in America, Philadelphia College of Art (now University of the Arts), Mar. 6–Apr. 8, 1981 (exh. cat.)

American Folk Art: The Herbert Waide Hemphill Jr. Collection, Milwaukee Art Museum, Sept. 17–Nov. 1, 1981; Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York, Jan. 15–Mar. 7, 1982; Allentown Art Museum, Pennsylvania, Mar. 21–May 9, 1982; Whitney Museum of Fairfield County, Stamford, Connecticut, June 18–Aug. 25, 1982; Akron Art Museum, Ohio, Sept. 11–Nov. 1982; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, California, Nov. 29, 1982–Jan. 22, 1983; Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, Feb. 20–Mar. 20, 1983; Joslyn Museum of Art, Omaha, Nebraska, Nov. 19, 1983–Jan. 8, 1984; Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Feb. 18–Apr. 1, 1984 (exh. cat.)

Welcome to the Candy Store!, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, Nov. 7–Dec. 27, 1981 (exh. cat.)

1980

Who Chicago?: An Exhibition of Contemporary Imagists, Camden Arts Centre, London, Dec. 10, 1980–Jan. 25, 1981; Ceolfrith Gallery, Sunderland Arts Centre (now Arts Centre Washington), England, Feb. 16–Mar. 14, 1981; Third Eye Centre (now Centre for Contemporary Arts), Glasgow, Scotland, Mar. 21–Apr. 30, 1981; Scottish National Gallery of Art (now Scottish National Gallery), Edinburgh, May–June 1981; Ulster Museum of Art (now Ulster Museum), Belfast, Northern Ireland, July–Aug. 1981 (exh. cat.)

1979

Outsiders: An Art without Precedent or Tradition, Arts Council of Great Britain (now Arts Council England), London, Feb. 8–Apr. 8, 1979 (exh. cat.)

Naive and Outsider Art in Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Dec. 8, 1979–Feb. 17, 1980 (exh. cat.)

Contemporary American Naive Works, Phyllis Kind Gallery (closed in 1998), New York and Chicago

1978

Contemporary American Folk Art and Naive Art: The Personal Visions of Self-Taught Artists, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Jan. 13–Feb. 3, 1978

Twentieth Century American Folk Art, Janet Fleisher Gallery (now Fleisher/Ollman Gallery), Philadelphia, Mar. 8–Apr. 5, 1978

Five Artists, Candy Store Gallery (closed 1992), Folsom, California, Apr. 15–May 17, 1978

1977

Masterpieces of Recent Chicago Art, Chicago Public Library Cultural Center (now Chicago Cultural Center), closed Nov. 2, 1977 (exh. cat.)

1975

American Folk Art from the Ozarks to the Rockies, Philbrook Art Center (now Philbrook Museum of Art), Tulsa, Oklahoma, Apr. 6–May 11, 1975; Oklahoma Art Center (now Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center), Oklahoma City, May 25–June 22, 1975; Springfield Art Museum, Missouri, July 4–Aug. 3, 1975; Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Aug. 20–Sept. 20, 1975 (exh. cat.)

1972

The Artless Artist: Contemporary “Naive” Works, Phyllis Kind Gallery (closed in 1998), Chicago

1971

Two Artists–Pauline Simon and Joseph E. Yoakum, Wabash Transit Gallery (now closed), School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Feb. 4–27, 1971; Rockford College, Illinois (see p. 21, fig. 7)

Untitled II, Penthouse Gallery, Museum of Modern Art, New York, May 20–July 5, 1971

1970

A Decade of Accomplishment: Prints and Drawings of the 1960s, Illinois Bell Telephone Company Lobby Gallery (now closed), Chicago, opened Jan. 14, 1970

American Primitive and Naive Art, Emanuel Walter Gallery, San Francisco

1969

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Exhibition poster (verso) for Don Baum Says “Chicago Needs Famous Artists,” 1969, featuring the artists in the show. Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago Library and Archives.

Don Baum Says “Chicago Needs Famous Artists,” Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Mar. 8–Apr. 13, 1969

Three Famous Artists: Gladys Nilsson, Joseph Yoakum, and Jim Nutt, Candy Store Gallery (closed 1992), Folsom, California, Nov. 16–Dec. 31, 1969 (see p. 22, fig. 8)

The Faculty Collects, Illinois State University, Normal

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