TED DEGENER & SHRINE:
Visionary DetoursOnline exhibition View an amazing collection of photographs of outsider artists and environments captured by Ted Degener at Shrine.NYC. Beginning with a cross country road trip to see Watts Towers in Los Angeles while in college, Ted Degener has been documenting artists in their workspaces and art environments for
decades.
Prophet Isaiah Robertson, Niagara Falls, New York. Photo: Ted Degener Relying on early books focused on “folk” and “Outsider” art, and through word of mouth, Degener obsessively plotted travels across America (and elsewhere) to visit and document as many living self-taught artists and makers as possible, a pursuit he is still actively involved with. Degener’s images are taken on the fly with a simple photo-kit, and the resulting photographs are as raw and powerful as the artists and spaces he has captured on film.
Robert Howell, Powatan County, Virginia. Photo: Ted Degener Ted Degener first began sharing his photos with the public in 1990 at The Houston Center for Photography’s exhibition, “Reinventing the World: Issues on Folk Art Environments”, and has contributed photos to books such as “Self Made Worlds” and “Souls Grown Deep”.
OHR-O’KEEFE MUSEUM OF ART:
Changing Tides, Gifts From Gordon W. BaileyJuly 12, 2021 – February 8, 2022The Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art is pleased to present Changing Tides: Gifts from Gordon W.
Bailey opening July 12, 2021. Showcasing artworks recently gifted by Mr. Bailey, a Los Angeles-based, advocate, scholar and collector, the exhibition represents an important new direction for the Ohr-O’Keefe.
Sailboat, Sam Doyle, c.1960s, house paint on metal, 25 x 26 1/2 in. (63.5 x 67.31 cm). Photo: Gordon W. Bailey Collection Created with various media, the artworks testify to the enduring creative impulse that cuts across cultures, geography and generations. All of the featured artists are making their debuts in the museum’s expanding permanent collection.
There Are Angels In The City, Purvis Young, c. 1990s, mixed media on wood, 55 1/2 x 48 x 1 in. (140.97 x 121.92 x 2.54 cm). Photo: Gordon W. Bailey Collection African American artists Leroy Almon, David Butler, Richard Dial, Thornton Dial Sr., Minnie Evans, Roy Ferdinand, Sandy Hall, Clementine Hunter, Charlie Lucas, Juanita Rogers, Sulton Rogers, Welmon Sharlhorne, Herbert Singleton, Willie White, and Purvis Young are displayed along with Native Americans, Silas and Bertha Claw, Betty Manygoats, Elizabeth Manygoats, Wallace Nez, and Lorraine Williams and Southern
potters, Burlon “B.B.” Craig, Cheever Meaders, and Lanier Meaders.
Horny Toad Wedding Vase, Betty Manygoats, c. 1980s, glazed stoneware, 5 x 6 x 6 in. (12.7 x 15.24 x 15.24 cm). Photo: Gordon W. Bailey Collection Important works include: a sculpture of a horse fashioned from cast-off automobile suspension parts, welded together by Charlie Lucas; one of a few extant whirligigs created by David Butler, mounted on its original artist-made stand; Minnie Evans’s 1946 mixed media on paper depiction of a ceremonial offering; the poignant tribute Melrose by the late Louisiana centenarian
Clementine Hunter; a charming group of four wood figures, Pretty Women, carved by Sulton Rogers; and a book repurposed by the late Purvis Young who affixed 200 of his original paintings to its bound pages.
To learn more and see a preview of the exhibition, go to: georgeohr.org
OBITUARY:
Michael F. BrienThe Raw Vision team were saddened to hear about the recent loss of artist Michael F. Brien (b. 1933).
Michael Brien via his Facebook artist profile Also known as "The Count", Brien was a self-taught artist. Much of his work focused on Romani life, heaven and hell (especially angels) and his many years at war.
A gypsy of Spanish and English descent, living in Australia, Brien lived many lives, from the military to the sea, from restaurant critic to painter. He will be sadly missed.
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PIETRO GHIZZARDI From peasant roots, Italian Ghizzardi grew into an artist and writer
For most of his life, Pietro Ghizzardi (1906–1986) was a landless peasant who, through his art and writing, asserted his unwavering sense of self. A semi-literate farmhand, he was without doubt self-taught, and today is considered to be one of the most relevant creators on the Italian and international scene. At the age of 23, he undertook his own artistic experimentation – in secret, at night. The scarcity of artistic supplies led him to use old cardboard from a nearby nail factory, which he painted on both sides with colour pigments that he produced himself from substances such as herbs, animal blood, grated bricks and soot. With no formal knowledge of art history or drawing, Ghizzardi discovered realism, perspective and
chiaroscuro for himself.
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