Larry Harvey, RIPBurning Man founder Larry Harvey has passed away at the age of 70. After a suffering a stroke a few weeks ago, he died on April 28 in San Francisco. Shortly before his death, Larry attended the gala opening of the Smithsonian’s Burning Man exhibit, “No Spectators,” at the Renwick Gallery in Washington which recognises Burning Man as a major American art movement. Larry saw Burning Man as not just a celebration of art and creativity, but as a cultural movement and the ultimate alternative to consumerist mainstream, offering visitors the opportunity to create and experience authentic culture. image: Harrod Blank Ted Diamond at The Good Luck Gallery, CAuntil June 3, 2018 J. Theodore “Ted” Diamond's brilliantly coloured gouaches on paper are presented at The Good Luck Gallery. The arresting works by this outsider have, until now, never been seen out of the notebooks in which they had been carefully preserved for over 50 years. The Good Luck Gallery Norwich Castle Museum & Art Galleryuntil May 20, 2018 In 2017, a call for entries went out to artists living in East Anglia, attracting a record-breaking number of submissions. Titled "Inheritance: Norwich Castle Open Art Show", the resulting exhibition was selected by a panel of invited judges and features paintings, sculptures, sound, textiles, film, printmaking and photography. Self-taught artist James Gladwell from Barrington Farm is one of the featured artists and was selected by Brown&Co as the recipient of their award for excellence. Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery
Treger/Saint Silvestre Collection, PortugalHenry Darger until October 14, 2018 "Histories of violence" explores the theme of destructiveness in the human race: where does it originate from and how does art use these destructive impulses? The artworks chosen by curator Gustavo Giacosa include art brut, singular art and contemporary art. More than 50 artists are presented, including Henry Darger, Friedrich Schröeder-Sonnenster and Franco Belucci. Núcleo de Arte da Oliva Raw Vision 97 Article Preview:MAVERICKS IN JAPANInventive ways of handling their materials and distinctive personal obsessions characterise the work of four Japanese self-taught artistBy KUSHINO NOBUMASA, Kushino Nobumasa introduces four Japanese art-makers whose work describes their individualistic points of view, which stand out in a conformity-minded society like Japan’s. ラーテル Anaguma Hachirō (“Ratel”) 伊藤輝政 ITŌ Terumasa Itō Terumasa, who lives in Hiroshima, was born in 1977 with a severe heart condition. Unable to physically exert himself due to his illness, he has come to spend most of his time at home where, with fascination, he has created a big, beautiful world of dekotora (or “decoration trucks”, from dekoreeshon torakku, the Japanese phonetic transcription of the English words). As fate would have it, as a young child, Itō watched Truck Guys, a series of Japanese movies. Adorned with decorative lights and paint, dekotora became a nationwide craze. Itō began to create his paper trucks... 小林一緒 Kobayashi Itsuo Born in 1962, Kobayashi Itsuo lives in the city of Misato, in Saitama Prefecture, with his elderly mother. After working as a chef in a local buckwheat-noodle restaurant and lunch centre until the age of 46, due to neuritis related to alcohol consumption, he began suffering from a difficulty that made it hard to walk. Turning to the unpublished writings he had produced since he was 18 years old and calling upon his memory, since he was around 26 years old he has filled notebooks with his illustrations and written impressions of all the meals he has eaten. Recalling everything, from each restaurant’s name to the design of its plates, he diligently recreates each dining occasion, and the extraordinary power of his memory has been astonishing... 八木志基 YAGI Motoki Born in 2003, Yagi Motoki lives with his parents and little brother in the city of Kawasaki, in Kanagawa Prefecture. When he was four, he was diagnosed as autistic. It was difficult for him to easily express his thoughts, so, since he was a young child, to let his mother know what he has wanted, he has drawn and shown her pictures. In school, Yagi still does not have a best friend, so instead, each day, after he returns home, he draws pictures straight through until bedtime... Read more about these little-known outsiders in Raw Vision 97, out now! |