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L’Esprit Singulier at Halle Saint Pierre Mar 30 – Aug 26 2016 L’Esprit Singulier [Single Mind] will be presenting over 2500 works gathered over 3 decades by Jean-Claude Volot, including featured works by Josée Francisco Abello Vives, Philippe Dereux and self taught artists Louis Pons, Michel Macréau and others. Halle Saint Pierre |
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High Museum of Art receives significant gift from the Gordon W. Bailey Collection |
Image: Bessie Harvey, Untitled (Root Sculpture), 1980s, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, gift of Gordon W. Bailey. |
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Comprising paintings, sculpture and works on paper, Bailey’s 2016 gift features such renowned artists as Leroy Almon, Burlon Craig, Arthur Dial, Thornton Dial, Jr., Roy Ferdinand, Howard Finster, Bessie Harvey, Lonnie Holley, Ronald Lockett, Elijah Pierce, Herbert Singleton and Purvis Young. All of the artists represented in the gift are Southern and self-taught and the majority are African American. Above: Carlo Zinelli, Untitled, 1964, Collection de l’Art Brut, Lausanne, photo by Claude Bornand. “A Cut Above” will feature more than 25 wood carvings and constructions drawn from the artworks Bailey has donated to the High over the past six years. The exhibition will place particular focus on Almon, a Georgia artist whose carving tools and teaching tablets—on view alongside his wood bas reliefs—give intimate insight into his process. Other key works featured in the exhibition will High Museum of Art |
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The new issue of Raw Vision is available now to purchase, containing the following features. |
COLLECTION de L’ART BRUTA milestone as the Collection reaches its fortieth year. |
SARAH LOMBARDIAn interview with the director of the Collection de l’Art Brut. |
GIL BATLEAfter years in prison, Batle carves his experiences on ostrich eggs. |
LARRY JOHN PALSSONSecret art discovered, four years after the artist’s death. |
MR TRAINNew Yorker James Chandler’s detailed obsession with trains. |
SCOTTIE WILSON in CANADAWilson’s little-reported 13 years in Canada. |
LOIC LUCASMicroscopically detailed drawings by self-taught artist from France. |
RAW COLLECTORHannah Rieger on living with art brut. |
Arts Project Australia in Melbourne. |
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