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Benny Carter
Born: 1943 (High Point, North Carolina)
Died: 2014 (Mayodan, North Carolina)

Benny Carter

About the Artist

Binford Taylor “Benny” Carter Jr. started painting in 1991 after being laid off from work. Many of his colorful painted constructions (birdhouses, totems) were placed around the yard of his house.

Where Else Can You Find His Work?

Radford University Art Museum
House of Blues

Publications and Press:

Detour Art (including his full obituary from the Winston-Salem Journal)
Rockingham Now
Goekjian, Karekin and Robert Peacock. Light of the Spirit: Portraits of Southern Outsider Artists. University Press of Mississippi, 1998.

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Pittsboro, NC 27312
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