Don't forget to check out the Slotin Folk Art Auction tomorrow, Saturday November 14, for an incredible auction of 400 lots including: - outsider art
- self-taught art
- Southern folk pottery
- Native American art & objects
- contemporary art
- and new discoveries
Click here to have a sneak peek at the items in the auction.
Adamson Collection Trust:Naming the OrphansOn Monday 16 November, the artist-run radio station, Radiophrenia will broadcast Naming the Orphans. This 30-minute programme tells the story of a drawing of a house made by an individual who was a member of a group in a pioneering UK asylum art therapy studio. The studio, based at the Netherne psychiatric hospital in Surrey, was founded in 1946 by artist Edward Adamson (1911 to 1996) – now known as “the father of Art Therapy in Britain” – and ran until his retirement in 1981.
The programme discusses the legacy of the Netherne asylum art group, the pioneering work of Edward Adamson and the development of the Adamson Collection from 1946 to 1981 (which features some 5,000 works created by group members). It also explores the morality of whether we can, or should, describe those who lived in asylums, via their creative expressions alone.
Retaliation, Artist (woman), name currently unknown (c. 1946–1949). Poster paint on paper, 50 x 50cm / 19.7 x 19.7 in. Courtesy: Adamson Collection / Wellcome Collection Employing radio’s singular ability to invoke present and past simultaneously, Naming the Orphans is equal parts poem, soundscape and documentary. It interweaves spoken-word performance with archive footage of those who lived and worked at Netherne asylum, and features a newly recorded interview with David O’Flynn (Chair of the Adamson Collection Trust).
Y Todos Caeran, Isaac Crespo (2020). Ink on paper, 71.1 x 50.8 cm / 28 x 20 in. The incredibly unique artwork is produced by untrained artists and is known as “Outsider” art. These artists haven’t been formally trained in art, work outside the artistic mainstream, and have unconventional world views.
Untitled, Jorge Alberto Cadi "El Buzo" Cuban (2018). Book, mixed media Outsider art, sometimes called Art Brut, had its origins in the collections of 19th-century European psychiatric hospitals where doctors analyzed the work clinically. Many, but not all outsider artists suffer from mental illness. Social isolation and traumatic experiences inform the works of others.
Misleidys Castillo Pedroso Cuban, Woman (b. 1985) (c. 2018). Acrylic on paper, 34.3 X 22.9 cm / 13.5 X 9 in. Copyright: The artist. Photo: Eloy Costa "They thought I was asleep, I also thought I was asleep and dreamed, but it wasn't, “it wasn't a dream, it was a flood” (Frank Stanford). Outsider art has its moment of lucidity when fewer order rules around it or when one is asleep, or awake within the dream. The reality is that everything is valid in the subconscious and therefore has a real explanation and therein lies the magic of these artists, in their
authenticity, in being art that does not know its name.
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The Gallery of Everything: Nina Karasek (a.k.a. Joële)
The Gallery of Everything presents Artist Focus: a series of short essays which consider (re)discovered visual authors with significant bodies of work, and position in within a context of makers, within and beyond mainstream culture.
Freude (Happiness), Nina Karasek (1944). Graphite and coloured pencil on paper, 35.5 x 25.5 cm / 14 x 10 in. Artist Focus: Nina Karasek, known as Joële, is accompanied by a digital installation of artworks. This collection of 28 drawings, dating from 1920s to the 1950s, is the first major offering of material by this important and recently rediscovered mediumistic artist.
Die unschuldig Leidgeborenen (The innocent born into suffering), Nina Karasek (1946). Graphite and ink on paper, 30.7 x 21.6 cm / 12.1 x 85 in. For all enquiries, please contact The Gallery of Everything. Works can be examined by appointment on Zoom and can be seen physically by appointment after the UK lockdown.
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Untitled, Nina Karasek (1946). Graphite and ink on paper, 35 x 25 cm / 13.75 x 9.9 in. Follow The Gallery of Everything (@gallevery) and their parent organisation, The Museum of Everything (@musevery) to learn more about the artists featured in their Artist Focus and Artwork Focus series. Their Re-Focus series presents a recollection of
earlier projects, shared through Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.
Dave Peel Documentary: "Tony Tomlin and me"Tony Tomlin is an outsider artist who is well known in his native city of Leeds, UK (there was even a dedicated "Tony Tomlin Appreciation Society" Facebook group). While Tony has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and is currently less prolific than in earlier years, we reflect on the work of this enthusiastic, one-of-a-kind character captured in Dave Peel's documentary "Tony Tomlin and me" (2011).
"Tony Tomlin And Me" by Dave Peel, 2011 The documentary followed Tony on his daily routine across Leeds, where, at the time, he had been given the East Street Arts Salon Award. "This is the story of Tony a one of a
kind character who is trying to make it in the art business. The story is told through the eyes of Tony's friend, barber and first time film maker. The film concentrates around Tony and his friends who rally round him. Most importantly all the lecturers that have helped him through a 30 year college career bending a few rules to keep him in the college system."
Tony Tomlin A poem about Tony, from his website (a.k.a. "The Tony Tomlin Show"): Tony Tomlin he’s the man He makes “Bad” art whenever he can Tony Tomlin he’s the man He’s the man with the “art look”
Miss Paynt Brush (!), Tony Tomlin (n.d.), from the Ulrike Rost Collection Never did good at school That’s why he’s so cool He hangs around with socialists He made art about a swimming pool
A Pint of Beer Please, Tony Tomlin (n.d.), from the Dave Peel Collection He comes from Chapeltown You’re never going to put him down He calls you boss, he freshens up He wears a tie with a dressing gown
Tonius Tomlinus, Tony Tomlin (n.d.), from the Joe Mills Collection Tony Tomlin he’s the man He makes “Bad” art whenever he can Tony Tomlin he’s the
man He’s the man with the “art look”
See more of Tony's artworks and learn more about him on his website.
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