July 3 2020 #171
Outsiderville: Newly launched outsider music label
St. Petersburg-based outsider art foundation Outsiderville has launched a label dedicated to outsider music.
"ANO "OUTSIDERVILLE" (St. Petersburg, Russia), was organized in 2013 and actively helps people with mental disorders in their social rehabilitation with support for creative self-realization."
"The art of outsiders, people with mental disabilities, or self-taught artists working outside the professional social institutions is not limited to visual arts. There are outsider poetry, literature, music, and so on. We decided to expand our project and launch a music label to publish, combine, and popularize outsider music."
"Outsider music isn't necessarily disharmonious, clumsy, raw, or anxious. Just like the experiences and ideas of each artist, it is always different. We are not limited by any particular genre and will be releasing records ranging from krautrock and experimental electronic music to modern classical music."
Album "Metamorph" by Yuri Vinogradov
You can listen to their releases on the Outsiderville official Bandcamp account.
If you're a musician, don't be afraid to share your music with them. They are open to everything that goes beyond genre conventions and sounds strange or weird.
Contact Outsiderville to learn more.
Kunsthaus Kannen: Reopening for new exhibition
Kunsthaus Kannen in Münster, Germany, are happy to welcome guests and visitors again starting this weekend. From July 5 until October 4, 2020, their new exhibition „Wo bin ich? – Where am I?“ will be open to the public.
The opening event usually held for each exhibition unfortunately cannot go forward on this occasion due to the current global circumstances.
Daniel Green, © Creativity Explored Licensing, LLC
"What is visible and what is perceived? Where am I? Through the use of text as an aesthetic element and pictorial medium, the artists document their everyday experiences and establish a relationship between person, place and the present."
Laura Jo Pierce, Creative Growth
Artists featured include Robert Burda, Heinrich Büning, Hans-Georg Kastilan, Hermann König and Fritz Tobergte, as well as guest artists Daniel Green, John P. McKenzie, James Montgomery and Laura Jo Pierce.
The guest artists work in two Californian studios: Creativity Explored, San Francisco and Creative Growth, Oakland.
Fritz Tobergte, Kunsthaus Kannen
Visit their website or contact Kuntshaus Kannen directly to learn more: Kunsthaus-Kannen@alexianer.de
Jennifer Lauren Gallery: Live talks
Join the Jennifer Lauren Gallery on Tuesday evenings in July for a new series of live online talks with artists that featured in her #MonochromaticMinds exhibition in #London earlier this year.
Each week, within an hour slot, three artists will talk separately with Jennifer and there will be time for questions. The talk time will be 6:30–7:30pm (UK time, GMT) and you will need to sign up via the eventbrite links to listen in. A zoom link will be sent out via email the day before. The three links for booking can be found on her website.
Untitled #153, Daniel Goncalves, 2017, Ink on paper, 70x50cm. Photo by Ellie Walmsley
Tuesday 7 July – Join Jennifer with Portugese artist Daniel Gonçalves, British artist Carlo Keshishian and American artist Robert Latchman.
Tuesday 14 July – Join Jennifer with Iranian artist Mehrdad Rashidi, Argentinian artist Julia Sisi and British artist Cathy Ward.
Tuesday 21 July – Join Jennifer for a bumper edition with British artists Aradne and Judith McNicol, American artist Zinnia Nishikawa and British Archivist and Curator Vivienne Roberts talking about Madge Gill.
Inner Sky, Julia Sisi, acrylic and ink on paper 16.5" × 23.2", 2020
For more information, visit www.jenniferlaurengallery.com or contact: info@jenniferlaurengallery.com
Treger Saint Silvestre: Exhibition continues
Treger Saint Silvestre in São João da Madeira, Portugal, are nearing the end of their exhibition Lusofolia: A Beleza Insensata, which closes July 31 at Centro de Arte Oliva.
Watch a trailer for the exhibition below:
"Exposição “Lusofolia: A Beleza Insensata” no Centro de Arte Oliva / S. João da Madeira", Município S. João da Madeira
Curated by António Saint Silvestre, Lusofolia: Insane Beauty assembled about twenty Art Brut artists from the Portuguese-speaking world, bringing Portugal, Brazil and Angola together, and introducing them collectively for the first time.
Lusofolia: A Beleza Insensata © Dinis Santos
The exhibition features works from their collection by Portuguese artists Ana Carrondo, C.V.M. (Carlos Vítor Martins), Daniel Gonçalves, Jaime Fernandes, João Fróis, José Ribeiro, Manuel Bonifácio, Manuel Carrondo, Mário Chichorro, Mónica Machado, Serafim Barbosa, Ti Guilhermina (Guilhermina Júlia) and ZMB.
Featured Brazilian artists include Albino Braz, Artur Moreira, Camilo Raimundo, Evaristo Rodrigues, Jesuys Crystiano, José Teófilo Resende and Marilena Pelosi alongside precious drawings by unknown Angolan artists.
View the exhibition catalog to learn more.
Art in quarantine: Steven Hirsch
New York resident Steven Hirsch is well-known for his courthouse photography as well as documentary work.
During the COVID-19 lockdown, Hirsch has turned his attention to a new medium: drawing.
Quarantine, Hirsch. 2020, pencil on paper, 8" x 6"
"I started drawing the virus the same day I started to self-quarantine. I had never made a drawing before. I spent the next two months looking out the window at a deserted and ravaged New York City, listening to the constant drone of sirens wailing as ambulances thundered up First Avenue filled with the casualties of the plague."
Lungs, Hirsch. 2020, acrylic and pencils on paper, 6" x 8"
"I was scared. I knew fear. As a photojournalist I had photographed the World Trade Center that fateful morning on 9/11 and a few years later beat a ravaging disease that almost took my life."
"It seemed like a time to start doing something different considering the world flipped upside down in a week [...] The virus seemed like the only thing that made sense to draw since my work is autobiographical. I try to draw one a day."
Welcome to Buffalo, Hirsch. 2020, acrylic and pencil on paper, 6" x 8"
See more of Hirsch's drawings here, and explore his photography here. You can contact Hirsch directly to learn more about his work: sh@stevenhirsch.com
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Raw Vision #103 and Raw Vision #87 featured Madge Gill.
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