Visionary art by an Alabama native who grew to affect the world far beyond his small-town southern roots.

The work of Roger Brown (1941?)--a nationally celebrated artist, innovator of the Chicago "Imagist" movement, and an Alabama native--has been exhibited many times and is held in numerous collections, public and private. However, no view of his life and work is as personal as Roger Brown: Southern Exposure. This book highlights a very intimate side of Brown's oeuvre: his connection to family and his southern roots.

From his early childhood drawings to...