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{{Short description|American wood carver and art dealer}}
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'''James R. Hedges III''' (1942&ndash;2014) was an American wood carver and art dealer. He produced and dealt in art primarily of the [[Folk art|Folk]] and [[Outsider art|Outsider]] genres, and was the founder of the Rising Fawn Folk Art Gallery.

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'''James Hedges III''' (better known as Jimmy Hedges), was an American wood carver and art dealer. He produced and dealt in art primarily of the [[Folk art|Folk]] and [[Outsider art|Outsider]] genres, and was the founder of the Rising Fawn Folk Art Gallery.


==Early life==
==Early life==
Jimmy Hedges was born into a Tennessee industrialist family in 1942.<ref name=NP /> His first profession was in the real estate industry,<ref name=TFG /> and he was also a trustee of the Tonya Foundation, which was founded by his grandfather.<ref>http://www.timesfreepress.com/obits/2014/jul/15/james-hedges-iii-r/53982/</ref> Hedges became a self-taught a [[Chainsaw carving|chainsaw woodcarver]], and later a dealer/gallerist for other self-taught artists in the medium. He came upon the artform after taking a bet from folk artist Homer Green, who challenged him to see if he could do it.<ref name=HP>http://www.heraldpalladium.com/features/outsiders-return-to-harbert/article_db85ac87-3919-5060-8a5d-dd518c70d36c.html</ref> He later showed his carvings to a gallerist in [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]], who encouraged him to start incorporating folk art into his repertoire.<ref name=TFG /> He then also began working in the genre of [[Outsider art|Outsider Art]].<ref name=SI />
Jimmy Hedges was born into a Tennessee industrialist family in 1942.<ref name=NP /> His first profession was in the real estate industry,<ref name=TFG /> and he was also a trustee of the Tonya Foundation, which was founded by his grandfather.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.timesfreepress.com/obits/2014/jul/15/james-hedges-iii-r/53982/|date=July 15, 2014|title=Obit: James Hedges III R|publisher=Chattanooga Times Free Press}}</ref> Hedges became a self-taught [[Chainsaw carving|chainsaw woodcarver]], and later a dealer/gallerist for other self-taught artists in the medium. He came upon the artform after taking a bet from folk artist Homer Green, who challenged him to see if he could do it.<ref name=HP>{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldpalladium.com/features/outsiders-return-to-harbert/article_db85ac87-3919-5060-8a5d-dd518c70d36c.html|title=Outsiders return to Harbert: 17th annual art fair draws from all over|publisher=Herald Palladium|date=September 1, 2011|author=Jeremy D. Bonfiglio}}</ref> He later showed his carvings to a gallerist in [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]], who encouraged him to start incorporating folk art into his repertoire.<ref name=TFG /> He then also began working in the genre of [[Outsider art|Outsider Art]].<ref name=SI />


==Art career==
==Art career==
Hedges’ work incorporated people and places that he encountered while exploring different parts of the United States. Hedges also engaged with social commentary, such as incorporating the figure of a [[KKK|Klansman]] with trousers that reflected that the person beneath the sheets was likely a law enforcement officer.<ref name=HP /> His folk art additionally incorporated folk narratives he encountered during his travels.<ref name=TFG /> Most of his carvings are created from cedar wood. Hedges exhibited his work at festivals including the Outsiders Outside Art Fair,<ref name=HP /> as well as the Intui’s Collectorama in Chicago, and Folk Fest in Atlanta.<ref name=RV />
Hedges' work incorporated people and places that he encountered while exploring different parts of the United States. Hedges also engaged with social commentary, such as incorporating the figure of a [[KKK|Klansman]] with trousers that reflected that the person beneath the sheets was likely a law enforcement officer.<ref name=HP /> His folk art additionally incorporated folk narratives he encountered during his travels.<ref name=TFG /> Most of his carvings are created from cedar wood. Hedges exhibited his work at festivals including the Outsiders Outside Art Fair,<ref name=HP /> as well as the Intui's Collectorama in Chicago, and Folk Fest in Atlanta.<ref name=RV />


==Rising Fawn Folk Art==
==Rising Fawn Folk Art==
As a dealer, Hedges sold his work and those of other artists through the Rising Fawn Folk Art Gallery. Artists represented by Rising Fawn included Jimmy Lee Sudduth, Purvis Young, and Charles Simmons.<ref name=HP /> The gallery was founded near [[Chattanooga, Tennessee]],<ref name=SI /> on the Georgian side of Lookout Mountain,<ref name=NP>{{cite news|url=http://archive.naplesnews.com/entertainment/arts-and-culture/hedges-grassroots-archives-tell-tale-of-american-art-history-34c95d39-7f2e-452f-e053-0100007fb559-382533971.html|author=Harriet Howard Heithaus |date=December 10, 2016|publisher=Naples Daily News|title=Naples collector's grassroots archive tells tale of American art history}}</ref> and exhibited the work of their artists in surrounding urban centers. Hedges actively promoted the artists with fliers and other printed materials, and sold their work at festivals.<ref name=NP /> Hedges would hand deliver much of the work purchased through his gallery, and travelled the countryside visiting other artists in order to obtain their newest work.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/13/arts/design/warhol-museum-is-adding-long-sought-do-it-yourself-sailboats.html?_r=1</ref> Adjacent to the gallery Hedges also ran the Rising Fawn Folk Art Sculpture Garden.<ref name=RV>https://rawvision.com/news/jimmy-hedges</ref> He represented more than four hundred artists during his career.<ref>https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/visual-arts/2016/5/26/heres-the-trust-bringing-outsider-american-art-into-the-main.html</ref>
As a dealer, Hedges sold his work and those of other artists through the Rising Fawn Folk Art Gallery. Artists represented by Rising Fawn included Jimmy Lee Sudduth, Purvis Young, and Charles Simmons.<ref name=HP /> The gallery was founded near [[Chattanooga, Tennessee]],<ref name=SI /> on the Georgian side of Lookout Mountain,<ref name=NP>{{cite news|url=http://archive.naplesnews.com/entertainment/arts-and-culture/hedges-grassroots-archives-tell-tale-of-american-art-history-34c95d39-7f2e-452f-e053-0100007fb559-382533971.html|author=Harriet Howard Heithaus |date=December 10, 2016|publisher=Naples Daily News|title=Naples collector's grassroots archive tells tale of American art history}}</ref> and exhibited the work of their artists in surrounding urban centers. Hedges actively promoted the artists with fliers and other printed materials, and sold their work at festivals.<ref name=NP /> Hedges would hand deliver much of the work purchased through his gallery, and travelled the countryside visiting other artists in order to obtain their newest work.<ref>{{cite news|author=Robin Pogriben|date=May 12, 2016|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/13/arts/design/warhol-museum-is-adding-long-sought-do-it-yourself-sailboats.html?_r=1|title=Warhol Museum is Adding Long Sought 'Do it Yourself (Sailboats)'|work=New York Times}}</ref> Adjacent to the gallery Hedges also ran the Rising Fawn Folk Art Sculpture Garden.<ref name=RV>{{cite web|url=https://rawvision.com/news/jimmy-hedges|title=Jimmy Hedges (1942-2014)|author=Micki Beth Stiller|publisher=Raw Vision Magazine|access-date=2017-08-17|archive-date=2017-08-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818011714/https://rawvision.com/news/jimmy-hedges|url-status=dead}}</ref> He represented more than four hundred artists during his career.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/visual-arts/2016/5/26/heres-the-trust-bringing-outsider-american-art-into-the-main.html|title=Here's the Trust Bringing "Outsider" American Art Into the Mainstream|date=May 26, 2016|author=Mike Scutari|publisher=Inside Philanthropy|access-date=August 17, 2017|archive-date=August 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818011042/https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/visual-arts/2016/5/26/heres-the-trust-bringing-outsider-american-art-into-the-main.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>


Many of the artists that Hedges represented were disabled in some manner, some mentally ill and others physically impaired. He also represented artists serving time in prison.<ref>http://www.artnet.com/magazine_pre2000/news/moore/moore1-26-99.asp</ref><ref name=TFG>{{cite news|url=http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/life/entertainment/story/2009/may/09/collector-heart/218885/|title=Collector at heart: Rising Fawn folk-art dealer brings his work home}}</ref> The archives and papers of Hedges’ personal records and the gallery became a part of the [[Smithsonian Archives of American Art]] in 2016, two years after his death. The work contained within the collection includes work from 1980 through 2014,<ref name=SI /> as well as photographs covering the work and artists of his gallery and the art shows he attended over the span of his career.<ref name=NP />
Many of the artists that Hedges represented were disabled in some manner, some mentally ill and others physically impaired. He also represented artists serving time in prison.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Art Net|author=Alan Moore|url=http://www.artnet.com/magazine_pre2000/news/moore/moore1-26-99.asp|title=irresistible outsider}}</ref>{{Failed verification|reason=Hedges's name is not discussed in this article.|date=December 2017}}<ref name=TFG>{{cite news|url=http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/life/entertainment/story/2009/may/09/collector-heart/218885/|title=Collector at heart: Rising Fawn folk-art dealer brings his work home|date=May 9, 2009|author=Holly Leber|publisher=Chattanooga Times Free Press|access-date=August 17, 2017|archive-date=August 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818044621/http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/life/entertainment/story/2009/may/09/collector-heart/218885/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The archives and papers of Hedges' personal records and the gallery became a part of the [[Smithsonian Archives of American Art]] in 2016, two years after his death. The work contained within the collection includes work from 1980 through 2014,<ref name=SI /> as well as photographs covering the work and artists of his gallery and the art shows he attended over the span of his career.<ref name=NP />


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Jimmy Hedges lived most of his life in [[Rising Fawn, Georgia]] near [[Lookout Mountain]]. He was married twice.<ref name=TFG /> In 2014 Hedges died in a drowning incident<ref name=SI>https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/jimmy-hedges-papers-and-rising-fawn-folk-art-gallery-records-17336</ref><ref name=NP /> on his property.<ref>http://www.chattanoogan.com/2014/7/14/280357/Jimmy-Hedges-Drowns-At-Mountain-Bluff.aspx</ref>
Jimmy Hedges lived most of his life in [[Rising Fawn, Georgia]] near [[Lookout Mountain]]. He was married twice.<ref name=TFG /> In 2014 Hedges died in a drowning incident<ref name=NP /><ref name=SI>{{cite web|publisher=Archives of American Art|url=https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/jimmy-hedges-papers-and-rising-fawn-folk-art-gallery-records-17336|title=Jimmy Hedges papers and Rising Fawn Folk Art Gallery records, circa 1980-2014}}</ref> on his property.<ref name="chat drowns">{{cite news|url=http://www.chattanoogan.com/2014/7/14/280357/Jimmy-Hedges-Drowns-At-Mountain-Bluff.aspx|title=Jimmy Hedges Drowns At Mountain-Bluff Lake On Lookout Mountain|publisher=The Chattanoogan|date=July 14, 2014}}</ref>


==References==
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Latest revision as of 21:24, 6 February 2024

For the American politician, see James Hedges.
Jimmy Hedges
Born
James R. Hedges III

1942
Died (aged 71)
Rising Fawn, Georgia, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
MovementOutsider art, Folk art

James R. Hedges III (1942–2014) was an American wood carver and art dealer. He produced and dealt in art primarily of the Folk and Outsider genres, and was the founder of the Rising Fawn Folk Art Gallery.

Early life

[edit]

Jimmy Hedges was born into a Tennessee industrialist family in 1942.[1] His first profession was in the real estate industry,[2] and he was also a trustee of the Tonya Foundation, which was founded by his grandfather.[3] Hedges became a self-taught chainsaw woodcarver, and later a dealer/gallerist for other self-taught artists in the medium. He came upon the artform after taking a bet from folk artist Homer Green, who challenged him to see if he could do it.[4] He later showed his carvings to a gallerist in Memphis, who encouraged him to start incorporating folk art into his repertoire.[2] He then also began working in the genre of Outsider Art.[5]

Art career

[edit]

Hedges' work incorporated people and places that he encountered while exploring different parts of the United States. Hedges also engaged with social commentary, such as incorporating the figure of a Klansman with trousers that reflected that the person beneath the sheets was likely a law enforcement officer.[4] His folk art additionally incorporated folk narratives he encountered during his travels.[2] Most of his carvings are created from cedar wood. Hedges exhibited his work at festivals including the Outsiders Outside Art Fair,[4] as well as the Intui's Collectorama in Chicago, and Folk Fest in Atlanta.[6]

Rising Fawn Folk Art

[edit]

As a dealer, Hedges sold his work and those of other artists through the Rising Fawn Folk Art Gallery. Artists represented by Rising Fawn included Jimmy Lee Sudduth, Purvis Young, and Charles Simmons.[4] The gallery was founded near Chattanooga, Tennessee,[5] on the Georgian side of Lookout Mountain,[1] and exhibited the work of their artists in surrounding urban centers. Hedges actively promoted the artists with fliers and other printed materials, and sold their work at festivals.[1] Hedges would hand deliver much of the work purchased through his gallery, and travelled the countryside visiting other artists in order to obtain their newest work.[7] Adjacent to the gallery Hedges also ran the Rising Fawn Folk Art Sculpture Garden.[6] He represented more than four hundred artists during his career.[8]

Many of the artists that Hedges represented were disabled in some manner, some mentally ill and others physically impaired. He also represented artists serving time in prison.[9][failed verification][2] The archives and papers of Hedges' personal records and the gallery became a part of the Smithsonian Archives of American Art in 2016, two years after his death. The work contained within the collection includes work from 1980 through 2014,[5] as well as photographs covering the work and artists of his gallery and the art shows he attended over the span of his career.[1]

Personal life

[edit]

Jimmy Hedges lived most of his life in Rising Fawn, Georgia near Lookout Mountain. He was married twice.[2] In 2014 Hedges died in a drowning incident[1][5] on his property.[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Harriet Howard Heithaus (December 10, 2016). "Naples collector's grassroots archive tells tale of American art history". Naples Daily News.
  2. ^ a b c d e Holly Leber (May 9, 2009). "Collector at heart: Rising Fawn folk-art dealer brings his work home". Chattanooga Times Free Press. Archived from the original on August 18, 2017. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
  3. ^ "Obit: James Hedges III R". Chattanooga Times Free Press. July 15, 2014.
  4. ^ a b c d Jeremy D. Bonfiglio (September 1, 2011). "Outsiders return to Harbert: 17th annual art fair draws from all over". Herald Palladium.
  5. ^ a b c d "Jimmy Hedges papers and Rising Fawn Folk Art Gallery records, circa 1980-2014". Archives of American Art.
  6. ^ a b Micki Beth Stiller. "Jimmy Hedges (1942-2014)". Raw Vision Magazine. Archived from the original on 2017-08-18. Retrieved 2017-08-17.
  7. ^ Robin Pogriben (May 12, 2016). "Warhol Museum is Adding Long Sought 'Do it Yourself (Sailboats)'". New York Times.
  8. ^ Mike Scutari (May 26, 2016). "Here's the Trust Bringing "Outsider" American Art Into the Mainstream". Inside Philanthropy. Archived from the original on August 18, 2017. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
  9. ^ Alan Moore. "irresistible outsider". Art Net.
  10. ^ "Jimmy Hedges Drowns At Mountain-Bluff Lake On Lookout Mountain". The Chattanoogan. July 14, 2014.
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