A Retrospective

This Documentary Film, Which Was Created To Accompany The Exhibition, Examines The Life And Career Of James Castle Who Was Born Profoundly Deaf In Idaho In 1899. As A Result Of His Handicap He Never Received Any Formal Artistic Training Yet He Produced An Amazing Body Of Work. Included Are Photographs Of The Artist, And Selected Works Of Art, Plus Interviews With His Surviving Relatives, And Art Experts Familiar With His Work. Lenders To The Exhibition -- Foreword / Innis Howe Shoemaker -- Acknowledgments -- Map -- Note To The Reader -- Unfolding The Familiar: James Castle Reintroduced / Ann Percy -- Feather In The Doorjamb: The Private Practice Of A Curious Mind / Jacqueline Crist -- Tying Things Together: An Interview With Terry Winters / Jeffrey Wolf -- Characters More Comely To The Eye: Text And Intention In The Art Of James Castle / Brendan Greaves -- A Creative Obsession: Observations On James Castle's Materials And Techniques / Nancy Ash And Scott Homolka -- Handmade: A Scientific Study Of James Castle's Art / Beth Anne Price, Ken Sutherland, Daniel Kirby And Maartin Van Bommel -- Chronology / Ann Percy And Kathleen Krattenmaker -- Checklist Of The Exhibition / Ann Percy, Nancy Ash, And Scott Homolka -- Exhibition History -- Appendix: Castle Family Documents -- Notes. Edited By Ann Percy ; Essays By Ann Percy ... [et Al.] ; Interview With Terry Winters By Jeffrey Wolf. Catalog Of An Exhibition At The Philadelphia Museum Of Art, Oct. 14, 2008-jan. 4, 2009, And At The Art Institute Of Chicago. Dvd Contains The Videorecording: The Foundation For Self-taught American Artists Presents James Castle, Portrait Of An Artist / A Film By Jeffrey Wolf. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [225]-247) And Index.