Jennifer Lauren Gallery, Meet the Collector Series:John and Maggie MaizelsJohn surrounded by art and books, working on Raw Vision; Maggie in her studio As part of their 'Meet the collector' series, the Jennifer Lauren Gallery recently published an interview with art collectors John an Maggie Maizels; John is the founder of Raw Vision magazine, and Maggie – Raw Vision's art editor – is an artist herself. From John:
Read the full interview here. Tierra Del Sol Gallery exhibition: Dru McKenzie From July 10 – August 28, 2020 Tierra Del Sol are hosting an exhibition of Dru McKenzie's work, curated from artworks made over 25 years.
Untitled (1), Dru McKenzie, 2010. Coloured pencil and marker on paper, 60 x 45 cm (24 x 18 in.)
Untitled (25), McKenzie, 2010. Coloured pencil and marker on paper, 18 x 18 cm (7 x 7 in.)
Follow the gallery on Instagram @tierradelsolgallery. The Collection of Mediumistic Art artist focus:Alma RumballThe Collection of Mediumistic Art is a private collection and has been compiled by psychologist Dr. Elmar R. Gruber over a period of 40 years. Gruber’s fascination with mediumistic art was based on the fact that it united two of his major fields of interest: art as well as transpersonal and paranormal experiences. Intrigued by his encounters with mediumistic artists, he began to collect their work. Untitled, Alma Rumball, 1960s. Coloured ink on paper, 58.6 x 73.5 cm (23 x 28.9 in.) The collection includes works by Canadian outsider and mediumistic artist Alma Rumball (1902–1980).
Untitled, Rumball, 1970s. Coloured ink on paper, 43.5 x 35.5 cm (17.1 x 14 in.)
Untitled, Rumball, 1960s. Coloured ink on paper, 23.5 x 58.2 cm (9.3 x 22.9 in.) Learn more about the collection and explore work from other mediumistic artists by visiting their website: mediumistic.art. Galerie Arthur Borgnis artist focus:Jaroslav Frantisek PeckaArthur Borgnis is a film director and gallery owner. He fell in love with art brut during the shooting of his film 'Eternity has no door of escape' (2018). After working for more than a year for several internationally renowned art brut galleries, he decided to set up his own gallery (Galerie Arthur Borgnis) at the end of 2018. The gallery offers great classics of art brut and gives pride of place to Czech mediumistic art as well as to the artists it represents and discovered. Borgnis also makes films in parallel with his gallery activity. It was during the shooting of his film 'Enter the Spirit', devoted to Czech mediumistic art (to be released in 2021), that he discovered the mediumistic work of František Jaroslav Pecka. Untitled, Pecka, 1927. Colored pencils on paper, 88 x 60 cm (34,6 x 23,6 in)
'FRANTISEK JAROSLAV PECKA', by GALERIE ARTHUR BORGNIS, 2020
Learn more about Pecka and other Czech mediumistic artists at the gallery's website: www.galeriearthurborgnis.com DVD of 'Eternity has no door of escape' is available at eternityhasnodoor.com. The Keepers Project artist focus:Rory McCormack‘The Keepers Project’ is a UK Arts Council England-funded audio-visual archival project on outsider/folk art sites in the UK, by artist David Clegg and photographer Thierry Bal. The project’s aim is to document threatened environments made by self-taught artists through sound recordings and photographs. Rory McCormack at Flint Grotto, Brighton Beach, East Sussex. Photo credit: The Keepers Project
Flint Grotto, Brighton Beach, East Sussex. Photo credit: The Keepers Project
Flint Grotto, Brighton Beach, East Sussex. Photo credit: The Keepers Project Their website was launched on July 9 and currently features seven art sites, including McCormack's envrionment. Explore their other featured outsider environments and their keepers at www.thekeepersproject.com. Follow them on Instagram at @thekeepersproject, and follow Bal's photography at @thiery_bal. Clegg is also the founder of the Trebus Project, the world’s largest archive of interviews with people with dementia. Obituary:Gerhard Dammann (1963–2020)Gerhard Dammann, a Swiss psychiatrist who, with his wife Karin, became known for his deep interest in art brut and for the comprehensive collection they assembled in this field, died on June 20, 2020, in Münsterlingen, Switzerland. He was 56 years old. As an intern at the Prinzhorn Collection in Heidelberg, Germany, Dammann became familiar with the artistic creations of psychiatric patients and their relationship to the history of art brut. Later, with his wife, he began amassing what would become one of the most substantive collections in this specialised field in Europe. Karin and Gerhard Dammann. Photo credit: Museum im Lagerhaus The Dammann Collection includes more than 600 works of art, including pieces by such emblematic art brut and outsider art creators as Henry Darger, Martín Ramírez, Guo Fengyi, and Ann Zemánková. The Dammanns often focused on the works of art brut makers associated with the psychiatric history of the genre, such as Aloïse Corbaz and Adolf Wölfli. Text courtesy of Edward M Gómez; read the full obituary on the Raw Vision website, coming this weekend. Raw Vision back issue and sourcebook sale Learn more about Czech outsider artists in Raw Vision #52 and about outsider art environments in our digital version of the Outsider Art Sourcebook: Environments. All back issues are currently half price for a limited time only. For orders of 10+ issues please email info@rawvision.com for a reduced postage cost. Raw Vision 105 out now |