February 26 2021 #205
FOUNTAIN HOUSE GALLERY:
Rigged Society/Organized Chaos
February 26 – April 14, 2021
This online Fountain House Gallery exhibition presents collaborative and individual works by self-taught artists Sasha P.W. and Don'aë Tate, who together also curated the show.
Rigged Society/Organized Chaos comments on societal structures and injustices, and underscores the ways in which class, ethnicity, and technology have impacted these artists’ lives.
Elezea, Don’aë Tate, 2020. Acrylic and charcoal on canvas, 160 × 69.9 cm / 63 × 27 1/2 in.
Pane 4 Pain, Sasha P.W., 2020. Acrylic, water based oil, and charcoal on canvas, 160 × 61 cm / 63 × 24 in.
Of the 40 acrylic on canvas and paper pieces showcased in the exhibition, 32 are individual works and eight are a product of the collaboration.
Learn more at fountainhousegallery.org and artsy.net.
INTUIT Exhibition:
In Focus: George Widener
February 26 – May 9, 2021
Intuit, The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, reopens to the public on Friday, February 26, with a new exhibition featuring a breadth of work by George Widener.
Work in 8 Parts (one of eight), George Widener, 2016. Ink on paper, 9 x 16 ½ in. (22.8 x 40.9 cm) each. Collection of Victor F. Keen. Photo by Stan Narten
Born in Covington, Ky., in 1962, George Widener displayed mathematical prowess and exceptional memory from an early age. After encountering his first wall calendar at his grandmother’s house, Widener began a lifelong fascination with dates, calendars and numbers, which he transforms into complex visual imagery.
George Widener's artist talk at Intuit, 2020
Intuit is pleased to present this artist-focused exhibition featuring selections of his drawings and notebooks from Intuit’s collection and his large-scale multimedia works from the collection of Victor F. Keen, a prominent collector of Widener’s work. In Focus exhibits a breadth of George Widener’s oeuvre with works dating from 1999 to 2018.
Learn more about the exhibition at art.org.
Nippon Foundation:
Diversity in the Arts Winners
The third annual Nippon Foundation Diversity in the Arts awards have been announced. Winners include Japanese artist NANA (jury prize) and Galerie Atelier Herenplaats' artist Grietje Killian (overseas work award).
ピエロ (clown), NANA
ノミとエイリアン (Fleas and Aliens), NANA
This is event focuses on the work of outsider artists. An international selection took place, usually followed by a traveling exhibition through Japan. The exhibition is currently being postponed due to Covid-19.
Woestijn kikker, Grietje Killian
Boom kikker, Grietje Killian
To see the full list of winners and awards, visit: www.diversity-in-the-arts.jp
OBITUARY:
Helen Rae (1938–2021)
Helen Rae, the contemporary artist who broke down barriers in art, age and accessibility, has died at 83.
The visual artist, who was inspired by couture photography, transformed simple materials of graphite, colored pencil and paper into intricate forms and figures died Thursday, February 12, 2021 in Southern California.
Rae grew up in Claremont, California where her father was a professor at one of the Claremont Colleges.
photo: Ted Degener
She was deaf and nonverbal, and learned sign language and other methods of communication, most importantly visual art.
Works by Helen Rae at the Outsider Art Fair NY, 2016.
Photo courtesy Tierra del Sol Foundation
At 50 years old, Helen's mother enrolled her in what is now the Tierra Del Sol Studio Art Program, where she discovered her own expressive language making ceramic masks, sculpture, water color and colored pencil drawings that became her stylistic medium known around the world.
Helen's last solo exhibition, at Tierra Del Sol Gallery last year, was titled The Evolution of Helen Rae because it showcased Helen's portraiture as an emerging facet of her practice. At 83, she was always in pursuit of the visual imagery that enabled her to break free of the limitations the world tried to impose on her.
Learn more about Helen's life and work at tierradelsol.org.
"The Evolution of Helen Rae", video from Tierra Del Sol Gallery (2020)
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