John Foster|Accidental Mysteries
October 3, 2010
Accidental Mysteries

Interpretation of Ajanta cave painting in India

Rome. Circa 230-226 BC

Exhibited for “Power Print: Woodblock Prints by Ram Kumar Panday” at the Asian American Arts Centre, New York City, July 13-Aug. 3, 2001

Carving of hand in stone, England c. 1770-1800 (19″ x 16″ x 13″)

Gravestone carving

Auguste Rodin, Mighty Hand, ca. 1880, cast 1906, bronze (Legion of Honor, SF)

Antique artificial arm and hand
Industrial glove mold, France, c. 1900-1910

Shadow puppet of a deer.

Saul Bass, 1960, Man With the Golden Arm

Ursa Minor: The Amazing Yo-Yo, 1980. Photo by Chan Bush.

Silver print by Drahotin Sulla – “Duel” (1974)

Photograph by Francesco Viscuso

Stanko Abadžic – Hands and Eyes (from the Paris Cycle)

Hands on a scanner: Image by Ghastly

Collage illustration by Jessie Draxler

Cracked nail polish, photograph, photographer unknown
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John Foster and his wife, Teenuh, have been longtime collectors of self-taught art and vernacular photography. Their collection of anonymous, found snapshots has toured the country for five years and has been featured in Harper’s, Newsweek Online and others.