Really Free - The Radical Art of Nellie Mae Rowe BookAn unprecedented look at Nellie Mae Rowes art as a radical act of self expression and liberation in the post civil rights era South During the last 15 years of her life, Nellie Mae Rowe lived on Paces Ferry Road, a major thoroughfare in Vinings, Georgia, and welcomed visitors to her Playhouse, which she decorated with found object installations, handmade dolls, chewing gum sculptures and hundreds of drawings. Rowe created her first works as a child in