No Images? Click here Souls Run Deep: San Francisco donationThornton Dial The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco is receiving 62 works by self-taught African American artists from the Souls Grown Deep Foundation’s William S Arnett Collection in Atlanta. This major acquisition was achieved through a purchase by the Fine Arts Museums and a gift from the Foundation. The acquisition includes works by 22 artists, including Thornton Dial, Ralph Griffin, Bessie Harvey, Lonnie Holley, Joe Light, Ronald Lockett, Joe Minter, Mary T. Smith, Mose Tolliver and Purvis Young. The entire acquisition will be shown in a special exhibition Revelations: Art from the African American South, at the De Young section of the Museums in Golden Gate Park. Norbert Kox and Daniel Martin Diaz at La Luz de JesusNorbert Kox Daniel Martin Diaz Two great visionary artists are combined in one stunning exhibition in Los Angeles. Apocalyptic visionary Norbert Kox has developed his own techniques of translucent acrylic glazing to produce intensely glowing effects and illusionary depth that enhance his vision and the exhibition also features his famous False Christ series. Daniel Martin Diaz interprets John Milton’s epic poem Paradise Lost with a series of ten drawings that allegorically illustrate the Fall of Man and War in Heaven in contemporary times. Diaz derives his gothic style and mystical imagery from a variety of sources, including Byzantine iconography, retablos, ex votos, alchemy, scientific diagrams, and 16th century anatomical engravings. until February 26, 2017 Henriette Zéphir at Collection de l'art brutHenriette Zéphir Henriette Zéphir (1920-2012) was a French self-taught artist who worked in ink, coloured pencils and watercolour. She claimed her hand was conducted by an invisible "guide" whose influence she could sense. Organised by the museum's staff curator Anic Zanzi, with assistance from Alain Bouillet, a friend of Zéphir's who knew the artist's body of work well, the exhibition presents the various phases of her vibrant art, from early, randomly patterned abstractions through to the emergence of exuberantly coloured compositions with dramatically shaded, organic forms. Mesmer’s flying machines at Art en MargeGustav Mesmer, photo: Hartmaier und Mangold Institutionalised when only 26, Gustav Mesmer (1903-1994) sketched drawings and plans from his psychiatric hospital. He devised models and developed life-size flying machines that he tested personally. His tireless efforts to fly in the Lauter Valley earned him the nickname “Icarus of Lautertal.” Works in this immersive exhibition are from the Gustav Mesmer Foundation and include machines, original drawings, photographs and film. February 9 – June 11, 2017 It's the last week of our Winter Sale! Once out of stock these unique publications are hard to find. e.g. RV45 now $69.95 on Amazon. Featured Artist:
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