Jim Roche (artist)

Jim Roche
Born1943
Jackson County, Florida
EducationUniversity of Dallas, Texas
MovementContemporary Art, Performance
For other people with the same name, see Jim Roche.

Jim Roche (born 1943) is an American contemporary artist, known for his "outsider art" chronicling Southern culture in sculptures, graphics, and performance art since the 1960s. His work, which often adopts the folk motifs of contemporary Southern culture, has occasioned descriptions as both "standing for the far right"[1] and ... "confront[ing] hypocrisy and social injustice ... aligned [] with the downtrodden, disenfranchised and working class populations."[2]

  1. ^ Amy Killinger, Cincinnati Magazine, Nov. 1984, p.14.
  2. ^ University Galleries, University of Florida.