Edward Keinholz
Today I bring you the evocative assemblages of Edward Keinholz, most of which contain a dash of sharp satire and/or criticisms of modern life (works range from the 1960’s-1980’s).
Although he obtained no formal training, Keinholz grew up on a farm where he learned carpentry, drafting and mechanical skills.
His roster of formal jobs is as eclectic as his artistic endeavors: orderly in a psychiatric hospital, manager of a dance band, used car salesman, caterer, decorator and vacuum cleaner salesman.
SheWalksSoftly 
May 19, 2014 at 8:10 pm
Well… have to confess I’m not always a fan of installation pieces (regarding BritArt for instance: Damien Hirst leaves me cold, yet I’ve grown very fond of Tracey Emin’s work over the years) but there’s just so much going on in Keinholz’s conceptualisations that I had to look, and look again. Then I stumbled across his, ‘An Illegal Operation’ which actually made me cry.
Yet another great find Dana. Thank you! -Nx