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Dubuffet Collection at Gugging Museum
Pascal-Désir Maisonneuve
until July 2, 2017
In jean dubuffet’s art brut.! the origins of the collection, Museum gugging presents 169 works from Jean Dubuffet’s illustrious collection, which he assembled between 1945 and 1949. It includes works by famous artists such as Aloïse Corbaz, Adolf Wölfli, Auguste Forestier and many other recognised – but also anonymous – artists. They are all united in this historical exhibition, which was shown for the first time in autumn 1949 in Paris at Galerie René Drouin under the title “L’Art Brut”. Today these works form the original core of the Collection de l’Art Brut in Lausanne, which compiled this showcase on the occasion of their 40th anniversary.
MUSEUM GUGGING
Am Campus 2, A-3400, Maria Gugging, AUSTRIA
www.gugging.at
Bill Traylor's Gravestone
Bill Traylor's burial place in a Mongomery, Alabama churchyard
The Bill Traylor Monument Fund has recently been established to raise funds to erect a tombstone and monument to one of America’s greatest outsider/folk artists. Traylor’s burial site has always been a mystery, unfound and unmarked. A couple months ago there was a confluence of events that led to a major breakthrough and his burial site was discovered in a small graveyard in Montgomery, Alabama. It is intended to build a gravestone, place a plaque by Monroe and Lawrence Streets in Montgomery where he drew so many of his famous works and to erect a monument. For further details and to make a contribution contact Jeffrey Woolf at breakawayfilms@gmail.com
and also see information at: https://marciaweberartobjects.com/monuments-for-bill-traylor/
Musée de la Création Franche
Andrew Rizgalla
February 3 – April 2, 2017
A solo show dedicated to Australian self-taught artist Andrew Rizgalla. Rizgalla's extensive travels feed his creation and inspire his taste for colour, line drawing and dark circles.
Gene Merritt
Parallel exhibition Le Juke-Box de Gene Merritt presents drawings by Gene Merritt, bringing together Merritt's celebrity portraits, including Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash, Charles Bronson, James Dean, along with their discography, vinyl covers and recordings to listen to.
MUSEE DE LA CREATION FRANCHE
58 Avenue Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny, 33130 Bègles, FRANCE
www.musee-creationfranche.com
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FEATURED ARTIST:
George Widener (b. 1962)
Dates and numbers hold an irresistible fascination for George Widener, who from childhood has been able to effortlessly multiply in his head two times two to the power of forty, and to calculate distant past and future dates. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Widener’s childhood was marked by socially awkward behaviour.
At school he excelled in any subject that required rote memory, and he was well ahead of his age in reading. When he was 17 he worked as a technician for the Air Force for four years, after which he worked at various unskilled jobs and took some college classes. His nonconformist tendencies led to periods in institutions, and in his mid-twenties he was diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome.
portrait: Ted Degener
above: Titanic, 2004, 9 x 7.5 ins, ink on card. private collection
Widener has always excelled in drawing, but it is the combination with his extraordinary numeric ability and prodigious memory that makes his art truly unique. His detailed technical drawings are complemented by lists of statistics and historical facts, all recalled from memory.
His magic squares and calendars refer to often disastrous events such as the sinking of the Titanic, a particular interest of his. Widener has learned to overcome his literal nature and create original work, often drawing on found pieces of paper such as table napkins.
George Widener is featured in our Outsider Art Sourcebook.
Doomsday Device, 2013, courtesy Henry Boxer Gallery