Maytagging: The Bleeding Edge of Primitive Art

By now you’ve probably heard of Maytagging which is the art of turning rusted out, abandoned appliances into art by using spray paint. The collector, if they are lucky, will already have some appliances laying about on their property or if not, they can purchase completely unusable appliances and have them shipped to their own outdoor gallery for the artist to paint or ‘tag’.

The following collection is private and not available to the public. It’s a small but growing gallery called Blue Tarp Art Gallery on Murder Ridge somewhere in the Smokey Mountains of Tennessee.

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