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Laurent Danchin (1946–2017)
photo: Mycelium
The close world of Outsider Art was thrown into mourning at the announcement of the death of Laurent Danchin, France’s leading intellectual, writer and curator in the field of Outsider Art and art brut. Danchin was the author of over 15 books and catalogues and the curator of many highly influential exhibitions. He was a great champion of self-taught artists, especially Chomo whom he visited weekly for many years. He was a member of the Advisory Board of the Collection de l’Art Brut and worked as Raw Vision’s French editor since its inception in 1989. His loss is a great blow to the field and to the many people who were privileged to know him over the years. We send our heartfelt condolences to his family and friends.
Funeral will be held on Tuesday January 17 at 10am at St Etienne-du-Mont church, Paris 5th district.
To contact Clara Danchin:
claradanchin@hotmail.fr
Raw Vision at the Outsider Art Fair
Ben Wilson's painted chewing gum
Pradeep Kumar's carved matchsticks
Jan 19–22, 2017
Raw Vision will be presenting the miniature masterpieces of BEN WILSON, London’s famous chewing gum artist whose tiny paintings enliven the sidewalks, and of PRADEEP KUMAR who has found fame in India for his minute matchstick and toothpick carved figures.
See the work and marvel! Only at Raw Vision at the Outsider Art Fair.
Visit Raw Vision at the Outsider Art Fair. Meet with our editor John Maizels and US editor Edward Gomez. Buy books and back copies at bargain prices and see the latest edition.
Tickets to the Outsider Art Fair can be purchased here.
Metropolitan Pavilion
125 West 18th Street, New York, NY 10011
www.outsiderartfair.com
Ben Wilson and his chewing gum artworks
Pradeep Kumar and his matchstick and toothpick carvings
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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:
William Edmondson (1870-1951)
In 1937, William Edmondson, the son of freed slaves living on a plantation outside Nashville, Tennessee, was the first African American artist to have a one-man show at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. He was among the first wave of self-taught artists to come to the fore in the US.
top: William Edmondson, 1989, portrait by Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents.
above: William Edmondson, Angel, c. 1935-38, courtesy of Ricco/Maresca Gallery
With little formal education and working originally as a labourer, farmhand and porter, Edmondson began carving enigmatic limestone tombstones in the early 1930s, claiming he had been directed to create by God. At first he made memorials for the congregation of his local church. He then began selling tombstones from his front yard along with carved “garden ornaments”. Edmondson gradually developed his skills, sculpting a whole range of distinctive subjects including biblical figures such as Noah, Adam and Eve, angels and crucifixions, and local subjects such as preachers and school teachers, birds and animals, celebrities of the day, nudes and female figures.
His forms are simple and serene with a minimum of detail, the texture of his rough carving balancing with areas of smooth fullness. He made several hundred limestone sculptures, all conveying his unique brand of religious symbolism, combining a simple elegance of overall mass with inner strength.
William Edmondson is featured in our Outsider Art Sourcebook.
William Edmondson, Woman with Muff, c. 1940, American Folk Art Museum