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Gilleys Gallery | Clementine Hunter & Folk Art - About Home About About After an early career as a social worker in Baton Rouge and helping to build the family's first business, Bridal Boutique, Shelby Gilley decided to pursue a longtime interest in art by opening Gilley’s Gallery in 1978. Since his childhood in North Louisiana and into adulthood, Shelby was fascinated with Louisiana's history and culture. After he began to collect Louisiana art and antiques, what started as a hobby would soon become a full-time venture. It began as an interest in the work of Clementine Hunter, but developed into a full-fledged appreciation of folk and outsider art. Soon thereafter, Shelby began to represent the now iconic works of Clementine Hunter, David Butler, Raymond Coins, Mary T. Smith, and the colorful preacher-artist Howard Finster. Shelby took a keen interest in Outsider Art because of their unique approach to the work, in that most Outsider artists know very little about the art world, along with their innovative use of the materials they have at hand. When these traits are seen in unison, Outsider artists represent a distinctly humble and honest approach to art. Through his efforts to represent the works of Outsider artists, Shelby Gilley became part of the vanguard of collectors and gallery owners who launched an awakening of Outsider and Folk art during the 1990s, along with putting Gilley's Gallery on the map both locally and internationally.…
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