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Outsider Art Fair opens in New York
Jan 19–22, 2017
Celebrating its 25th year, the Outsider Art Fair New York 2017 features over 60 international exhibitors including eight first-time exhibitors, as well as two curated spaces at the Flatiron District's Metropolitan Pavilion. See works from artists who are pushing the boundaries of creativity.
Raw Vision is showing miniature chewing gum masterpieces by English self-taught artist Ben Wilson and minute matchstick and toothpick carved figures by Indian self-taught artist Pradeep Kumar.
On January 18, 6.30–8.30 pm, a talk titled "From Obscurity to Prominence: The Discovery and Stewardship of Outsider Art" will be held at The New Museum (235 Bowery, New York, NY 10012).
Tickets to the Outsider Art Fair can be purchased here.
Metropolitan Pavilion
125 West 18th Street, New York, NY 10011
www.outsiderartfair.com
Museum of Sex
Royal Robertson
Jan 18 – Sep 18, 2017
Curated by Frank Maresca, Known/Unknown: Private Obsession and Hidden Desire in Outsider Art illustrates the scope of sexual and erotic subject matter, in all mediums, within the fields of Outsider, self-taught and folk art. Featuring work by Henry Darger, Morton Bartlett, Thornton Dial, Steve Ashby, Johann Garber, Marilena Pelosi, Royal Robertson and more.
MUSEUM OF SEX
233 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016
www.museumofsex.com
Henry Darger at Intuit
Jan 20 – May 29, 2017
Examinations of Henry Darger’s writings juxtaposed with his artwork have been performed in scholarly essays but never presented in a museum or gallery setting where viewers can see an actual work of art next to a facsimile of a corresponding page of text. In fact, pages from his epic novel In the Realms of the Unreal are almost never exhibited except for the occasional display of a Realms volume from the permanent collection of the American Folk Art Museum, so the exhibition Henry Darger: Author/Artist is a rare opportunity to see Darger’s art and read his words in one and the same viewing.
Also opening at Intuit on January 20 until March 26, Unreal Realms takes the world Henry Darger imagined in In the Realms of the Unreal and provides a view into the otherworldly places created in the artworks of Adolf Wölfli, A. G. Rizzoli, Charles A. A. Dellschau, Ken Grimes and Darger.
INTUIT: THE CENTER FOR INTUITIVE AND OUTSIDER ART
756 N Milwaukee Avenue Chicago, IL 60642
www.art.org
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Raw Vision 92 is on its way to all subscribers now! This packed issue features:
- Woolsey bottle cap classics
- Brent Brown's cardboard works
- Muscovite painter Alevtian Pyzhova
- Homeless artist William Hall
- Classic outsider artist Minnie Evans
- 19th century mediumistic painter Georgiana Houghton
- Louisiana's African American Heritage Museum
- Plus plenty of news and reviews!
FEATURED ARTIST:
Robert Tatin (1902–1983)
Le Musée Robert Tatin, Cossé-le-Vivien, Loire, France
Unlike most intuitive builders, Robert Tatin had experienced some success as a ceramic artist before he purchased the derelict rural farmhouse of La Frénouse. After imaginatively restoring the house with the assistance of his wife Lise, Tatin went on to build a personal temple to the heavens, reflecting his unique beliefs, a mixture of ancient and New Age philosophies.
A series of life-size sculptures representing Tatin’s own heroes stand along the “Avenue of the Giants” which leads to the open dragon’s mouth at the entrance to the walled compound.
Within, tall-standing sculptural structures representing the sun and moon look down on various figures, including those of Tatin and his wife, which are installed in arcades surrounding a central pool. Behind these are chambers that house Tatin’s paintings and other creations. Unlike a purely intuitive builder, Tatin had an overall scheme in mind and worked with some premeditation and planning.
Robert Tatin is featured in our Outsider Art Sourcebook.
photo: Maggie Jones Maizels