A Fisherman’s Dream: Folk Art by Mario Sanchez November 7, 2012

The South Street Seaport Museum hosts a new exhibition, A Fisherman’s Dream: Folk Art by Mario Sanchez, highlighting Sanchez’s depictions of early 20th century Key West harbor, its watermen, and seafaring culture. The exhibition features 35 of Sanchez’s brightly painted intaglios, a type of carving where wood is removed to form a bas-relief. The exhibition is co-presented with the Key West Art & Historical Society and the American Folk Art Museum, whose exhibition Compass: Folk Art in Four Directions is also on view at the South Street Seaport Museum. The Seaport Museum sees A Fisherman’s Dream as a fitting companion to Compass.

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