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James T. Nutt
A Chicago Visionary: The Surreal World of James T. Nutt James T. Nutt, born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, in 1938, emerged as a pivotal figure in the vibrant and iconoclastic art scene of mid-century Chicago. He wasn’t simply *part* of a movement; he helped define it. Along with fellow artists like Gladys Nilsson – who would become his wife – Nutt was instrumental in forging the distinctive aesthetic of the Chicago Imagists, also known
as the Hairy Who. This collective, born from the fertile ground of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, rejected the prevailing cool detachment of East Coast Pop Art, opting instead for a raw, intensely personal, and often deliberately unsettling vision. Nutt’s journey wasn't one of immediate recognition; it was a gradual unfolding of a unique artistic language steeped in both high art tradition and the vernacular exuberance of…