Horace Pippin James “Son Ford” Thomas "Outliers" in Washington, DCuntil May 13, 2018 "Outliers and American Vanguard Art" focuses on three periods over the last century when the intersection of self-taught artists with the mainstream has been at its most fertile. The exhibition brings together some 250 works in a range of media. It includes more than 80 schooled and unschooled artists and argues for a more diverse and inclusive representation in cultural institutions and cultural history. Read about the exhibition in Raw Vision 96, out now. National Gallery of Art Other venues: Intuit, Chicago, ILuntil May 13, 2018 "Stephen Warde Anderson: Attention to Detail" captures the pointillist techniques Anderson employed in his earliest works. Anderson’s art is heavily concentrated in portraits of film stars, famous women and historical subjects. Intuit is showcasing more than 30 of these paintings, two never-before-seen by the public. "Attention to Detail" unites many of his original pieces, as most have been dispersed between private collections. until March 11, 2018 "In the Land of Pasaquan: The Story of Eddie Owens Martin" features a large selection of never-before-seen original drawings, sculptures, paintings, regalia, adornments and other examples of art by St. EOM. Through the use of original art, informational text panels, and vintage and contemporary photographs, the colourful exhibit tells the incredible story of the life of the creator of Pasaquan. Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art above and below: St. EOM, courtesy of LaGrange Art Museum Outsider Art in Berlinuntil March 2, 2018 Kunstwerk blisse and Galerie ART CRU Berlin are showing drawings by Achim Maaz. Lwerk... Kunstwerk blisse, Blissestraße 14, 10713 Berlin, Germany Currently at Galerie ART CRU Berlin through February 28 is an exhibition of wool and yarn embroideries by Oliver Rincke. Galerie ART CRU Berlin Raw Vision 96 Article Preview: Robert Bannister expressed a cosmic consciousness through his work Robert Bannister (1911–1996) had a deep interest in cosmic consciousness and psycho-cybernetics, areas of study he had explored via the piles of books and scientific journals collected in the small rented room he lived in near downtown Champaign, Illinois. When I first met him in 1975, he often told me he had a “cosmic awareness of human life”. Born in Urbana, Illinois, Bannister was stricken by tuberculosis of the hip when he was six years old. His father died from complications of tuberculosis in 1917, and Robert and his mother were both admitted to Urbana’s Outlook Sanitarium. His mother died there in 1925. Young Robert continued to live there until he was 19 years old, then stayed with people he referred to as his “foster grandparents”. He suffered from anaemia and a poor diet, and was finally admitted to the Champaign County Nursing Home in the mid 1950s. During this stay at the nursing home, Bannister was first introduced to art tools through an occupational therapy programme. First attracted to woodcarving, Bannister later turned to drawing and painting. After his release in 1961, Bannister was left to live on his own. His impressions of the world around him were affected by the limits imposed by his disabilities and by his loneliness. His small room was one of a number that lined the back hallway of an apartment building. The rooms may have once been living space for building maintenance people or pensioners. There, Bannister’s social contact must have included encounters and possibly friendships with other tenants, but when I visited he was invariably alone, sitting in his chair. He had no help with cleaning or housekeeping, and the imprint of his movements between chair and bed were ghostly. Walls were veiled with cobwebs, and nicotine-stained dust bunnies draped over all surfaces. Unable to walk without a cane, Bannister was visited regularly (but infrequently) by a Catholic charity, and once a year he was taken for a few days to a retreat in the country near St Louis. His only regular contact with the outside world was when he took his short walk to the lunch counter each day. He would greet and talk with the restaurant workers, and showed the roll of drawings that he carried in his coat to anyone who showed interest. The inspiration for Bannister’s work came from a combination of sources. He collected magazines and books, including volumes on psycho-cybernetics, cosmic consciousness, human anatomy, and popular science and science fiction. Bannister used some of the techniques described in his books about psycho-Cybernetics to help organise his world and to find ways to overcome some of the limitations he was experiencing in life... Read the rest of this article in Raw Vision 96, out now! |