The Treasure Of Ulysses Davis  

November 4, 2009

Wednesday 10:30am - 4:30pm

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Organized by the High Museum of Art, Atlanta in association with King Tisdell Cottage Foundation of Savannah Georgia. The exhibition is made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts as part of American Masterpieces: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius. Generous support is provided by the Henry Luce Foundation with additional support from The Judith Rothschild Foundation and the University of Central Florida Foundation.

In the early 1950s, Ulysses Davis(1914 - 1990) began barbering in a shop he built behind his home in Savannah Georgia.  During his lifetime he carved more than three hundred works, producing a varied, but unified body of wood sculpture that reflects his deep faith, humor, and dignity.  The work can be divided into several major categories: religious images, patriotism, works influenced by African forms, abstract decorative objects and portraits of African and American leaders to include his masterwork, a group of forty carved busts of all the U.S. presidents through George H.W. Bush.