IntuitSister Gertrude Morgan Intuit's physical museum in Chicago remains closed through April 30. To stay engaged with visitors, they have launched the Get Intuit Blog. Intuit’s staff is sharing posts about how to bind your own books, five titles to deepen your interest in the art while you may have some extra reading time, "What is outsider art?" and more: https://www.art.org/getintuit-blog/ You can also take a virtual tour of the current exhibition "Outsider Art: The Collection of Victor F. Keen". Tierra del Sol GalleryCurrently Tierra del Sol Gallery, Los Angeles, has a solo show by one of their founding artists, Michael LeVell. LeVell's show includes drawings, paintings, and ceramics. Although the gallery is currently closed and open only by appointment, they have decided to make the above video walk through to allow everyone to see the show. All works are for sale. Click here for details or email Paige: pwery@tierradelsol.org. Creative GrowthJuan Anguilera While Creative Growth's Studio and Gallery are closed, you can stay engaged with Creative Growth by following their Stuck at Home and Digital Media Lab series and by following them on Instagram. American Folk Art MuseumRalph Fasanella The American Folk Art Museum in New York is temporarily closed, but you can stay connected through their online collection and videos. Use free resources, dive into their magazine archives or learn about self-taught artists like Ralph Fasanella. Elijah Pierce at The Barnes - Exhibition Dates AmendedThe Barnes’s "Elijah Pierce’s America" exhibition have shifted to September 27, 2020 – January 10, 2021. The show presents the exceptional work of the self-taught woodcarver (1892–1984), known best for a tour-de-force volume of biblical scenes. His carvings depict remarkable narratives—religious parables, autobiographical scenes, episodes from American politics—and sometimes include figures from popular culture and sports. Barnes Foundation John Turner's New Book on Carved Coconut HeadsA new book by John Turner shines a light on a little known area of untaught expression – the carved coconut heads that originated from the South Sea islands. Available to purchase on Amazon here. Extract: So we’re free to consider the carved coconut heads with the same innocent delight, cynical criticality, or utter disinterest with which we approach a Koons ornament — or the Mona Lisa for that matter. But here another layer of complexity emerges. While carved coconut heads have been and continue to be mass-produced they — unlike a cast plastic hula dancer figurine or silk-screened souvenir throw-cushion — are subject to considerable organic variation, even at their most assembly-line uniformity. And the carved coconut heads in this collection are about as far from industrial as you can get. Running the gamut from absurd caricatures to mimetic likenesses, from nightmarish grotesques to archetypal icons, the Turner coconut endowment — while undeniably including tchotchkes created for the tourist trade — paradoxically encompasses a bafflingly encyclopedic array of sculptural and painterly strategies and conceptual approaches to the depiction of a (usually human) head. This wild heterogeny underscores the complexity of the conditions under which a genuine folk art — reflecting the global consumerist culture that now encompasses our planet — may come into being. Frantiska Blechova's Environment in the Czech RepublicFrantiska Blechova (1911-2001) built this sculpture garden in the village of Biskupice in the Czech Republic from the age of 67. She filled it with many colourful concrete sculptures and it became known as the ‘Fairy Tale Garden’. Her BISKUPICKÉ SAFARI is a unique example of spontaneous marginal work in the Czech Republic. After her death the house was sold and the new owner had all the sculptures restored. The video was shot in 2019 by art brut collector Pavel Konečný. Raw Vision 105 Out Now!Half Price Back Issue SaleIn our special Spring Sale, we are offering a huge 50% off all back issues! If you are missing any copies in your RV collection, now is the time to order while we have stock! For a limited time only! For orders of 10+ issues please email info@rawvision.com for a reduced postage cost. |