THE FOLK ARCHIVE - SET UP BY THE BRITISH COUNCIL - IS A COLLECTION OF MODERN DAY BRITISH FOLK 'ART'.
IT IS A REALLY INTERESTING DISPLAY OF THE SLIGHTLY ODD AND GROTESQUE ICONS OF MODERN CULTURE SUCH AS A POORLY PAINTED PICTURE OF PRINCESS DIANA AND A HAND MADE TATTOO GUN, MADE BY PRISONERS.
http://www.britishcouncil.org/folkarchive/folk.html
http://www.britishcouncil.org/arts-aad-folk-archive.htm
"TREADING THE FINE LINE BETWEEN ART AND ANTHROPOLOGY"
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Folk Archive: Contemporary Popular Art from the UK
by Jeremy Deller and Alan Kane (2005, 3rd edition, 2008)
