October 9 2020 #185
Jennifer Gilbert: in conversation with Agnès Cardinal, wife of Roger Cardinal
On Tuesday 27 October join gallerist Jennifer Gilbert in conversation with Agnès Cardinal, wife of the late Roger Cardinal.
Roger Cardinal, 2007; photo: Roger McDonald
His revolutionary book Outsider Art, published in 1972 was the very first work in English on the subject and gave the world the name 'Outsider Art,' originally as an English equivalent to Dubuffet's art brut definition. In 1979 he co-curated "Outsiders" at London's Hayward Gallery with Victor Musgrave, presenting the great masters of outsider art, an exhibition that had a profound and lasting impact.
Roger Cardinal, 2007; photo: Roger McDonald
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Augustinum Stiftung: euward winners announced
The Augustinum Stiftung has awarded the euward every three years since 2000. This distinction is the most important award internationally for art in the context of mental disability. Its goal is to promote unknown artists and to make their creativity accessible to the public.
General Guisan und Papst Paul VI, Faust, Felix Brenner (2011). Wall installation with drawings.
This year, the selected winners are (in alphabetical order): Felix Brenner (Altnau, Switzerland), Andreas Maus (Cologne, Germany) and KarHang Mui (Goes, Netherlands). Positions will be announced during the official award ceremony on April 29, 2021, at Haus der Kunst.
Kaiser Wilhelm II. Bei der Rede zum Ausbruch des ersten Weltkrieges, Andrea Maus (2018). Ink on paper, 42 x 29.7 cm (16.5 x 11.7 in.)
A jury of renowned professionals chooses three prizewinners from entries submitted from across Europe. They receive an exhibition of their works in the Haus der Kunst in Munich. They are also supported with cash prizes and a catalogue of their works, totalling €19,000 in value.
Een warmzomersebuitenlandseavondstad, Karhang Mui (2013). Crayon and pencil on paper, 50 x 65 cm (20 x 25.5 in.). The title "Een warmzomersebuitenlandseavondstad" means "a warm summer foreign evening city".
The art of persons with a mental disability has developed strongly in recent years. Alongside the tradition of “Art Brut” or “Outsider Art”, it now forms a new artistic scene. “Supervised studios” often provide the conditions that the talents need to realise themselves as freelance artists.
"Presenting artist Karhang Mui. Atelier de Kaai, NL. EOA", Sven Blume (2019)
As part of the "Archives in Residence" series, the euward archive is a guest at Haus der Kunst and makes part of its holdings publicly available for the first time.
The Gallery of Everything: Almighty God (Kwame Akoto), Abu Bakarr Mansaray & Johnson Weree
For 1-54 African Contemporary Art Fair, the Gallery of Everything presents three global artists of African origin.
Untitled, Johnson Weree (2018). Coloured pencil on paper, 50 x 35 cm (20 x 14 in.)
Johnson Weree (b. 1970) is an itinerant autodidact from Liberia, whose otherworldly populations have been curated by artist Mamma Andersson and supported by critic Jerry Saltz.
As a child growing up in war-torn Liberia, Weree salvaged what discarded materials he could find to illustrate his portraits. Today, his practice continues in the relative comfort of The Netherlands. Weree has neither studio nor home, no sitters nor patrons. Like the artist himself, his practice is itinerant. A safeguard against the outside world, it serves as a daily ritual which occupies its author morning to night.
Julumbu, Abu Bakarr Mansaray (2018). Coloured pencil, pencil on paper, 80 x 120 cm (31.5 x 47 in.)
Currently on display at MOMA in New York, Abu Bakarr Mansaray (b. 1970) is a renowned and idiosyncratic Sierra Leonean draughtsman, whose imaginary defence robots straddle a line between design, mechanics and witchcraft.
Abu Bakarr Mansaray occupies a distinct position within contemporary African art. His practice is personal, perfectionist and profound. It engineers fantastical technologies from a hybrid of ancestral beliefs, popular culture and citizen science. The ensuing large-scale drawings (dense, defined and elegant) resonate with an intricate eye and macabre sense of humour. They also reflect the civil war which once dominated the streets of Freetown.
Populist Party, Almighty God (Kwame Akoto). Oil on wood, 79 x 121 cm (31.1 x 47.64 in.)
Amighty God (Kwame Akoto) (b. 1950) is a Ghanaian sign-painter and lay-preacher, whose studio creates works which speak explicitly to matters of identity, morality and mortality.
Trained in sign and vehicle painting as a teenager, Almighty God established his studio in the mid-70s, "God Almighty Art Works", to further his career and earn a living. Yet as his prolific output developed, so a much more profound and personal practice emerged, motivated by his quest for truth and redemption.
Learn more in The Gallery of Everything's press release.
Raw Vision 106 Out Now
Raw Vision #106 features: Gwyneth Rowlands, Joe Coleman, Patrick Hackleman, Jean-Marc Renault, Nellie Mae Rowe, Monique Mercerat, Albert and La Fabuloserie.
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