{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"1388"},"copyright":{"label":"Copyright","value":"Copyright for this work is under review."},"creditline":{"label":"Credit Line","value":"Gift of the artist"},"endDate":{"label":"End Date","value":"1980"},"sortNumber":{"label":"Sort Number","value":"1982     2    1"},"invno":{"label":"Accession number","value":"1982.2.1"},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"Crayon, pencil, gold paint on card"},"geographyPlaceregion":{"label":"Place/Region","value":"Wilmington"},"media":{"label":"Media","value":{"mediaURL":"https://collection.folkartmuseum.org/internal/media/dispatcher/1293/full","mediaDepartment":"Object Photographs","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"1293"}},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"Ark of the Covenant"},"geographyCity":{"value":"Wilmington"},"textEntriesWebsitedisplaytext":{"value":["Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.　To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org","Minnie Evans worked for many years as a domestic and later gatekeeper for Airlie Gardens.  She began painting late in life as the result of an apocalyptic vision. She traces her ancestry back to Trinidad and it is suggested in HEAVENLY VISIONS that her imagery might  be a racial memory (influenced) By the Yoruba culture which had a strong presence along the Atlantic coast and in Trinidad.  According to Thompson, the \"shouters of Trinidad employ \"geometric\" patterns filled with myriad mystic ciphers and notations. IN Youruba culture, white is the \"symbolic color of good character\" and a frontal, searching gaze and sealed lips were elevated expressions of great character, which might explain Evans' use of white people in her associations with Gog and goodness. Her use of eyes is explained thus:  become link between three presences:  Object, and viewer and divine presence."]},"bibliography":{"label":"Bibliography","value":""},"collections":{"label":"Collections","value":"Paintings"},"geography":{"label":"Geography","value":"Wilmington"},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"153156"},"geographyState":{"value":"North Carolina"},"geographyCountry":{"value":"United States"},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"0"},"people":{"label":"Artist / Maker","value":{"displayOrder":"1","personRole":"Artist","personID":"834","content":"Minnie Evans"}},"classifications":{"label":"Classification(s)","value":"Drawings"},"textEntries":{"label":"Text Entries","value":["Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.　To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org","Minnie Evans worked for many years as a domestic and later gatekeeper for Airlie Gardens.  She began painting late in life as the result of an apocalyptic vision. She traces her ancestry back to Trinidad and it is suggested in HEAVENLY VISIONS that her imagery might  be a racial memory (influenced) By the Yoruba culture which had a strong presence along the Atlantic coast and in Trinidad.  According to Thompson, the \"shouters of Trinidad employ \"geometric\" patterns filled with myriad mystic ciphers and notations. IN Youruba culture, white is the \"symbolic color of good character\" and a frontal, searching gaze and sealed lips were elevated expressions of great character, which might explain Evans' use of white people in her associations with Gog and goodness. Her use of eyes is explained thus:  become link between three presences:  Object, and viewer and divine presence."]},"beginDate":{"label":"Begin Date","value":"1980"},"displayDate":{"label":"Date","value":"1980"},"exhibitions":{"label":"Exhibitions","value":[{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Monday, October 3, 1983 - Sunday, November 13, 1983","exhibitionEndISODate":"1983-11-13","exhibitionID":"277","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"1983-10-03","exhibitionBeginDate":"1983","exhibitionTitle":"The Museum Collects","exhibitionEndDate":"1983"},{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Monday, July 22, 2019 - Friday, January 10, 2020","exhibitionEndISODate":"2020-01-10","exhibitionID":"235","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"2019-07-22","exhibitionBeginDate":"2019","exhibitionTitle":"A Piece of Yourself","exhibitionEndDate":"2020"}]},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"Sheet: 13 x 17 3/8 \" (33 x 44.1 cm)Frame: 15 7/8 x 20 \" (40.3 x 50.8 cm)"}}]}