June 25 2021 #222
EUWARD8 at Haus der Kunst, Munich
Extended until August 15, 2021
The exhibition euward8 at the Haus der Kunst in Munich has been extended until August 15, 2021.
Information about the opening hours of the museum and the rules regarding Covid-19 when visiting can be found on Haus der Kunst website.
Haus der Kunst, photo: Maximilian Geuter, 2021
At the finissage of the exhibition on Sunday, August 15, a public award will be given to one of the exhibiting artists, decided by online voting. You can take part in this vote at www.euward.de/publikumsabstimmung.
Haus der Kunst, photo: Maximilian Geuter, 2021
Project Ability Exhibition:
It’s in the Detail
11 June 2021 – 24 July 2021
Project Ability reopens their gallery, bringing work by learning disabled artists to Glasgow with the international exhhibition It’s in the Detail, with work from artists Leslie Thompson, Nils McDiarmid & Robin Wise. Selected works audio described with poetry by Sally Hirst. The exhibition is dedicated to the memory of exhibiting artist Robin Wise (1961–2021).
Three expert draughtsmen, all adult men with learning disabilities, these artists use a similar detailed technique to create work that tells their unique stories.
Untitled, Robin Wise , 2019, pen on paper, 17 x 12 ins.
As a studio we aim to create opportunities in the art world for disabled people, and offer them space, support and a platform to tell their own stories – as marginalised voices are so often silenced.
Whilst McDiarmid and Thompson are based out of urban studios (Garvald in Edinburgh and Venture Arts in Manchester, respectively), Robin Wise lived in Newton Dee: a unique rural “village” designed for adults with learning disabilities, offering meaningful work and opportunities to its residents.
Sam Smith, Nils McDiarmid, 2019, posca pen on paper, 23.5 x 16 ins.
We will also host an online version of the exhibition featuring a selection of the artworks, with bespoke audio description poetry by Sally Hirst (also based out of Venture Arts studios).
King Of The Jungle, Leslie Thompson, 2019, painted Illustration on unstretched canvas, 468 x 630 x 1 mm
A selection of artworks are available to view in an online gallery (click here to view), complete with audio description and a filmed walkthrough of the exhibition.
Ritual Britain:
Ben Edge and the Museum of British Folklore
June 4 – July 4, 2021
The exhibition 'Ben Edge and the Museum of British Folklore, Ritual Britain' is running at the incredible and atmospheric Crypt Gallery, London.
"Ben Edge and the Museum of British Folklore - Frontline Folklore, June 2021", by Ben Edge (2021)
Ben’s series of twenty paintings and documentary film titled ‘Frontline Folklore’ are on display alongside Simon Costin’s iconic MOBF collection. There will be events running throughout the exhibition that include talks and film showings.
Paintings by Ben Edge on display at the Crypt Gallery
For more information, check out Ben Edge's website as well as the Crypt Gallery.
ARTIST HIGHLIGHT:
Alison Spiesman
Alison Spiesman has served as director of a non-profit visual arts organisation, been a restoration in-painter, art instructor, managed galleries and served as curator for several exhibitions. She solo commands the Art Park Project VISION in Baltimore, Maryland.
Her new project is called ON THE FENCE & ON FIRE. Eight raw-canvas artworks were made with Art Park Project wrap-around fence as stretchers.
Magic Spell, 2020, spray paint/acrylic/oils on raw canvas, 5 x 9 in.
[This is] experimental, uncharted territory – roof nails used to anchor weather-stretched fabric, taut on planks of wood, incorporating gold gesso and the imprinted fence pattern.
Witch Doctor, 2020, spray paint/acrylic/oils on raw canvas, 5 x 9 in.
ON FIRE, 2020, spray paint/acrylic/oils on raw canvas, 5 x 9 in.
[This is] a new self-taught language of graffiti spray paint, adding a new limited pallet layer of acrylic, adding my forte final layer of oils.
Island Life Liberia, 2020, spray paint/acrylic/oils on raw canvas, 5 x 9 in.
See more work from Spiesman's portfolio atbakerartist.org/portfolios/alison-spiesman.
OBITUARY:
Rudy Bostic (1944–2021)
Rudolph Valentino Bostic was born August 16, 1944, in Savannah, Georgia. He sadly passed away on June 4, 2021.
As a young boy, Rudy had few toys and resorted to making his own. At the age of 17, he was asked to draw some religious paintings to be displayed in the church. To save on expense, he used cardboard and house paint. He was a prolific artist who persisted in the use of cardboard because of it’s smooth surface.
Rudy Bostic; photo by Ted Degener
Rudy Bostic was deeply religious and his favorite subjects were scenes from the bible. Occasionally, however, he would branch out into something he saw on television; circus animals, cowboys, and Paris or Venice. He had great enthusiasm for his art and loved to share his vision with others.
Rudolph V. Bostic has gained recognition as a talented self-taught artist and is included in the collection of The Mennello Museum Of American Folk Art, in Orlando, Florida.
Text: Main Street Gallery
Featured articles include:
BARBUS MÜLLER
The trail to the truth behind the enigmatic stone sculptures
“We will probably never know anything about the author (or authors) of ‘Barbus Müller'." This peremptory statement by Michel Thévoz in his book L’Art Brut, in 1975, has always intrigued me.
For Thévoz, the anonymity of the maker of these sculptures went hand in hand with an attitude that he considered characteristic of certain art brut creators, namely a hypothetical denial of their signature and of the personalisation of their works.
What was grouped together under the name of art brut was thus often presented as orphaned, without roots, a cultural fireball – or rather, an anti-cultural fireball – created by those who would have knowingly fled the lights of stardom.
Read the full article in
Raw Vision #107.