Gertrude Morgan saw herself as the Bride of Christ and painted accordingly, placing lines of Scripture in many of her works.
Bessie Harvey said, “The story of my life would make `Roots’ and `The Color Purple’ look like a fairy tale.”
Nellie Mae Rowe made a sculpture of chewing gum. And Minnie Evans heard a voice telling her to “draw or die.”
These late artists are featured in “Sistuhs: Four African-American Self Taught Artists.” The exhibit runs through the end of February at Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, 756 N. Milwaukee Ave.
“I was struck by their work because each of them had this really unique vision,” said Cleo Wilson, Intuit’s president.
The gallery has scheduled a discussion of the four for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, with Wilson; Kymberly Pinder, associate professor of art history at the School of the Art Institute; and two other experts.
“I find these artists represent a visual culture that is much more relevant to the everyday person,” Pinder said.