LIFE, LIBERTY & THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS Opens at The American Visionary Art Museum

Saturday October 3rd the new exhibit “Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Happiness” opens at the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore.

The AVAM is a landmark in Baltimore known for it unique buildings and quirky art by mostly self taught artists with no formal training.

The quest for human rights and the search for personal fulfillment,
as proposed in the 1776 American Declaration of Independence, provide the starting point for this international exhibition curated by Roger Manley (curator of AVAM’s mega-popular inaugural exhibition “Tree of Life.”) Works by the last surviving descendant of the Tsars of Russia, Iroquois Indians, French Revolutionaries, illegal immigrants, Algerian War veterans, Guantanamo Bay detainees, Holocaust survivors, incarcerated prisoners, African-American civil rights activists and Iraqi doctors are among the 80 visionary artists to be featured. Illustrator Renaldo Kuhlers vast imaginary country of “Rocaterrania,”Tilden Stones masterful “Furnitures of Secrets,” and Duncan Lauries Purr Generator (a happiness machine) are among the many works that will never have been shown publicly before. AVAM is open Tues-Sun 10AM-6PM. 800 Key Highway, Baltimore MD. 410.244.1900 www.avam.org