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Now, an exhibit is touring the country with 35 of Gray's works But while many of Gray's paintings are political, others deal with the charms of the rural South: boys skinny-dipping while girls steal their clothes; a baptism in a pond near a church; a Sunday night dance in the woods He attended a segregated high school, where teachers who recognized his talent put him in charge of billboards and displays His only art training came during this time, from a correspondence class advertised in a magazine They are prominently featured on a site, developed in association with the series, that chronicles the history of segregation htm Schomburg Center: http://www He sold his paintings for $25 to $100, and sometimes gave them away He met his wife when she asked him to paint several doors in her home He served in the Army in the 1960s, including a stint in Vietnam, and then returned to South Carolina, working as a carpenter and in textile mills Born to a sharecropper family in 1941 in Spartanburg, S He told her it represented the honeymoon they were too poor to afford After they were married in 1978, Gray's painting began in earnest, including a scenic view of Atlanta that featured the couple near a beautiful water fountain But "Rising Above Jim Crow: The Paintings of Johnnie Lee Gray," is bittersweet: Gray died two years ago at the age of 58 from lung cancer Most of Gray's vivid, detailed paintings are autobiographical, evoking his experience as a black man living in the South during the "Jim Crow" era of the 1950s and early 1960s and during the first decades of desegregation He occasionally entered some of his paintings in art shows and county fairs, earning several ribbons Exhibit Showcases Segregated South Nov 21, 3:34 PM EST NEW YORK (AP) â€â€? Johnnie Lee Gray worked harvests with his sharecropper grandfather, watched movies in segregated theaters, fought in the Vietnam War and lived through the struggles of the Civil Rights movement He often sketched the toys he wanted, but his family could not afford Everett said Gray's story is unique because of the little training he received, the period he captures in his work and because he didn't start painting seriously until he was well into adulthood to know your collective history," Everett said The segregated accommodations are gone, too, but the neighborhood is marred by streetwalkers and overwhelmed by billboards advertising liquor and lottery "I wish he was here to see it â€â€? that brings a little sadness," said his widow, Shirley Sims Gray "But there is also a happiness because now everybody is going to know that he was a great artist org/research/sc/sc , Gray was an only child who drew to amuse himself â€â€?â€â€?â€â€? On the Net: The History of Jim Crow: http://www A gallery exhibited his work during the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, and a friend took three of his paintings to New York City Exhibit curator Gwendolyn H html C While his early works are linear and realistic, some of his later paintings are more abstract and suggest Gray may have studied van Gogh and Cezanne "It was what he knew and what he could imagine," she said C jimcrowhistory After the exhibition closes at the Schomburg, it will travel to the Chicago Historical Society, the Atlanta History Center, the Art Galleries of California State University in Northridge and the Greenville County Museum of Art in Greenville, S " The exhibit, which will eventually travel to Chicago, Atlanta, South Carolina and California, is on display through Jan In the last 22 years of his life, the self-taught artist committed his memories to canvas â€â€? or leftover plywood from his job as a carpenter when he couldn't afford canvas In a series of paintings, Gray examines how a city neighborhood at the fictional intersection of Jefferson Davis Boulevard and General Lee Avenue â€â€? with a "whites only" restaurant and hotel â€â€? changes through the civil rights protests of the 1960s 3 at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Gray's paintings are often landscapes of forests and fields populated by people whose every detail â€â€? from the brim of a hat to a Bible â€â€? is finely etched Still, his work was little known outside Spartanburg until researchers working on a Web site to accompany the 2002 PBS series "The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow" came upon his paintings Shirley Gray said she was amazed that exhibit organizers were able to divide her husband's work into distinct themes â€â€? such as play, worship, work and promise â€â€? because he often said ideas just appeared in his brain and "nagged" him until they were completed "He tells us a lot about the past and his circumstances and in a way reminding us not to forget it In the last painting, the streets have been renamed Martin Luther King Boulevard and Nelson Mandela Avenue nypl org/home Several deceased artists scored victories Sunday night, including two each by Warren Zevon and June Carter Cash, and one by Cash's husband, Johnny Other deceased winners were: George Harrison, "Marwa Blues," pop instrumental performance; Celia Cruz, "Regalo Del Alma," salsa-merengue album; and Sam Cooke, "Legend," short form music video Harrison died of cancer in 2001; Cruz died of a brain tumor in July; and soul singer Cooke was shot to death in 1964 , that part of him would be loving it He'd be dressed in an all-cashmere suit Carter Cash, who died in May, won female country vocal performance for "Keep On the Sunny Side," and the traditional folk album trophy for "Wildwood Flower A witty and irreverent lyricist whose songs often poked fun at death and failed relationships, Zevon was a critical but not a commercial success " Johnny Cash, who died in September, won short form music video for "Hurt," a song about drug addiction that he recorded in 2002 He completed "The Wind" in the final months of his life, and it won contemporary folk album One of its songs, the raucous "Disorder in the House," won Zevon and Bruce Springsteen the Grammy for best rock performance by a duo or group with vocal Dad, what are you doing to me?" Zevon's son, Jordan, said as he accepted the award for "Disorder in the House These people never got me,'" said Jorge Calderon, the musician's producer and longtime friend It was his 12th career Grammy " Zevon scored his first two career Grammy victories five months after dying of cancer "I really don't think it's because they passed away, I don't think it's a sympathy vote," country singer and Grammy winner Ricky Skaggs said "Oh man "His other side, which was very Sammy Davis Jr "I really think that it was because Johnny Cash is probably the most popular human being of our lifetime "She's laughing and dancing somewhere Cooke also was a first-time winner; Cruz won her second; and Harrison, the former Beatle, earned his fourth solo Grammy There's never been a bigger star Winning two trophies surely would have provoked his twisted sense of humor " For his survivors, it was vindication The album has one soul but it has many hearts," he said " "My mother's heart never, it may give up in body but it never did in spirit, you know, she kept on going," said John Carter Cash, who accepted on her behalf Deceased Artists Among Top Grammy Winners Feb 9, 8:24 AM EST It's never too late to win a Grammy He'd be here digging it " "Well, all the people tonight when you get home â€â€? all the parents â€â€? and your kids say, `Mom, Dad, who's Warren Zevon?' Do us a favor and add an incredible father to the description "His hard-boiled side would say, 'I don't care about this |
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