Good Q ! …Mostly The “Institutionalised” Cultural Gleaners, believe the Kraft as “Folk art” therfor not relevant ~ for real ! Man ! So much is lost with the collecting, as you might find from the last 2 decades [like not much], in the idear` of following any practitioners output over time, thereby alowing a glowing developmental view of their work, which in retrospect would reveal the mechanics of a Movement ! & Not just the collection of one person, Yet many… then the public,by way of triangulation/ survey, could disern for themselvs, a begioning or realised movement without to much “Curatorial” interfearance..Right ? So the actual cost of aquireing such is nominal overall,[in the aqusition "$" per item for Kraft] to the institutions,who are Funded & entrusted by the public, to Show whats “up” round the place, {if you know what i mean} so why so timid ? where’s the Gumtion ? Here’s my prompt – Get Busy, ! As we’r approching th 2nd decade of th Century , which [as history shows] informs and inspires~ all Milleniums.
