October 16 2020 #186
Outsider Art Fair Paris: October 21–30, 2020
The 8th edition of the Outsider Art Fair Paris will take place from October 21–30, 2020, with both online and in-person components in Paris.
For the first time, the fair will include a hybrid of online and in-person components, with viewing rooms powered by ArtLogic, featuring 39 exhibitors from 29 cities representing 12 countries – one of the most international editions of the Paris fair to date.
American Folk Art Museum: Online Auction
The American Folk Art Museum (AFAM) have launched For Folk’s Sake! Contemporary Artists x the American Folk Art Museum, an online auction which will run until October 22, 2020, presented in partnership with Artsy.
Nandi and Natalie, Bisa Butler (2007). Inkjet print on paper, 30.5 × 45.7 cm (12 × 18 in.)
The benefit auction will feature over 100 works donated by contemporary artists who have close ties to the museum, support its mission, and have looked to its collection and exhibitions for inspiration. Contributing artists include Bisa Butler, Mark Dion, Marcel Dzama, Jenny Holzer, KAWS, Chris Martin, Javier Piñón, Duke Riley, Faith Ringgold, William Wegman, Polly Apfelbaum, Fred Tomaselli, Laurie Simmons, Matt Dillon, John Lurie, Erik Parker, Swoon, Cary Leibowitz, Barry Yusufu, and James Siena.
Some Everyday Plagues, Mark Dion (2020). Colored pencil on paper, 29.2 × 33 cm (11.5 × 13 in.)
Proceeds from the auction will be used to strengthen the museum’s education programs and exhibitions, as well as ensure free access to its online resources, archives, and library.
Registration is required to bid; register online here. Browse lots and place bids before the sale closes this Thursday at 5pm EDT.
galerie gugging: Latest Exhibition Video
See galerie gugging's current exhibition "ladies – brut" in their latest video below, or click here to open it in a new window.
"galerie gugging Rundflug durch die aktuelle Ausstellung: ladies – brut" by galerie gugging (2020)
galerie gugging will be part of the OAF Paris Viewing Room, which offers the opportunity to discover and acquire a small selection of works by the Gugging Artists and their international colleagues in a digital setting.
Visit the gallery's YouTube channel to see more work from their wonderful artists, and enjoy our exhibitions online.
Treger/Saint Silvestre Art Brut Collection: Exhibition "Sereno Variável"
The exhibition "Sereno Variável" ("Serene Variable") inaugurates next October 30, 2020, at the Centro de Arte Oliva. Curated by Antonia Gaeta, "Sereno Variável" gathers about 170 works from the different nuclei of the Treger/Saint Silvestre Collection.
The Garden of Bomarzo, also known as The Sacro Bosco ("Sacred Grove") or the Park of the Monsters, began construction in 1552. Duke of Bomarzo Pier Francesco Orsini, helped by the architect Pirro Ligorio, created a gigantic set of stone monsters, fantastic animals and enigmatic figures which had the most bizarre anthropomorphic forms. The riddle one of the sphinxes posed to visitors at the entrance to the Bomarzo garden of monsters served as the starting point for the ideas presented in this exhibition:
Tu ch’entri qua pon mente
parte a parte
et dimmi poi se tante
maraviglie
sien fatte per inganno
o pur per arte
(“You who enter here, put your mind to it, part by part, and tell me if some many marvels were made by deceit or by design.”)
Sphinx de Paris au Louvres et Bonaparte d'Abrautès, Aloïse Corbaz (c. 1951-1960). Coloured pencil and juice of geranium on sewn-together sheets of paper (front), 140 x 50 cm (55 x 59 in.). Photo: SIK-ISEA, Zürich
“Sereno Variável” presents artworks of intelligent creatures in the midst of shadows of mannerism and grotesque, with echoes of medieval literature and Central European epics. Within the exhibition rooms, the artworks are accompanied by mythological and enigmatic references in the form of masks, satires and illusionistic games.
Sphinx de Paris au Louvres et Bonaparte d'Abrautès, Aloïse Corbaz (c. 1951-1960). Coloured pencil and juice of geranium on sewn-together sheets of paper (back), 140 x 50 cm (55 x 59 in.). Photo: SIK-ISEA, Zürich
The exhibition features dozens of legendary outsider artists, including Swiss outsider artist Aloïse Corbaz (1886–1964), Davood Koochaki (1939-2020) and Edmund Monsiel (1897–1962). To see the full list of featured artists and to learn more about the exhibition, visit the Treger/Saint Silvestre website.
American Visionary Art Museum: Video Previews
The American Visionary Art Museum (AVAM) has shared two videos of art installations currently in pace, both inside the museum and outside, on their sidewalk:
"The mural on our sidewalk starts with Chief Tecumseh of the Shawnee Indian tribe of North America. #IndigenousPeoplesDay
"He was a visionary and a leader able to predict and quite literally “see” things and events in his world that most people could not. The fairly universal representation of the American Indian “Wheel of Life” depicting man’s place in the world with the four directions / four winds, four seasons, past, present, future, hereafter, earth, fire, wind and water in equal balance are shown just below his image."
A Star-Spangled Sidewalk by Lee T. Wheeler, artist and mural designer, via facebook.com/theavam
"The mural goes on to recount the War of 1812. Tecumseh tried to save the way of life of his people by uniting the native tribes of North America, but he was unsuccessful.
"The sidewalk continues with Europeans advancing westward. The settlers cleared trees for their cabins and soon the Industrial Revolution marked the point of no return for the taking of the North American wilderness. Though he didn’t live to witness it, Chief Tecumseh “saw” it happening a long time ago.
"The mural finishes with Tecumseh’s valor speech. He dies at the hand of the U.S. Military in October 1813 in the Battle of The Thames, but his words live on."
You can read the full guide to each mural panel here on their website.
An Artist's Personal Sanctuary, via facebook.com/theavam
"In the early days of the AIDS epidemic, the mechanism of transmission was unclear. So, Adrian Kellard, who was HIV+ converted his small apartment into a source of great tender comfort and beauty, all of his own making. We've re-created his bedroom, his personal chapel, in our newest show 'The Science and Mystery of Sleep,' premiering tomorrow, Saturday, October 10, 2020.
"'One day I went back to [my hometown in New York of] New Rochelle and went into the church where I had been an altar boy. The first thing I saw was the art. It became apparent to me that [...] I was involved with [...] an attempt to forget where I came from, which a lot of gay people go through at that age. I came back to myself,' explains Adrian.
"He passed away from AIDS-related causes in 1991."
To visit the premiere of the exhibition, see www.avam.org for tickets.
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