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Herrera, Nicholas

High Riders, Saints and Death Cars: A Life Saved by Art

56 pp. | Groundwood | June, 2011 | Trade ISBN 978-0-88899-854-5 $24.95
(3) 4-6 Photographs by John T. Denne. As told to Elisa Amado. This profile of New Mexico folk artist Nicholas Herrera describes his early life and later success. The text doesn't bypass his bad-boy phase culminating in the car accident (and coma) that brought about his renunciation of vice and his commitment to making art. Color reproductions of his striking paintings and sculptures, which feature cars and religious iconography, appear throughout the volume.
Reviewer: Nell Beram

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