About Earl Wayne Simmons
As a child, Earl Wayne Simmons made his own toys from scraps of cardboard, jar lids, and bottlecaps, sometimes using a Coca Cola bottle as a hammer. In the early 1980s, he began to build his home and “Art Shop,” constructed from scrap lumber, aluminum tubing, reflectors and other found materials, in his hometown of Bovina, Mississippi. The Art Shop burned in 2002 and again in 2012. Today, Earl is hard at work rebuilding. (Detour Art)
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Earl’s work often includes pop culture items and food.
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Collection: Jim Massey
Accession Number: 474
