Beverly Buchanan review – ramshackle mini barns and shanties bursting with brutal history
Spike Island, BristolInspired by the shacks and sheds of the American south, Buchanan’s exceptional sculptures combine folk art and minimalism to memorialise the survival of enslaved peopleWhen she was a kid, Beverly Buchanan visited tenant farmers and sharecroppers across the American south-east with her dad. There in the fields she saw shacks and sheds, shanties and shotgun houses. More than…
Spike Island, BristolInspired by the shacks and sheds of the American south, Buchanan’s exceptional sculptures combine folk art and minimalism to memorialise the survival of enslaved peopleWhen she was a kid, Beverly Buchanan visited tenant farmers and sharecroppers across the American south-east with her dad. There in the fields she saw shacks and sheds, shanties and shotgun houses. More than…
