Thursday, July 22, 2004

'CREATIVE potential in all of us'

'CREATIVE potential in all of us'
ic Huddersfield.co.uk - Huddersfield,England,UK
By The Huddersfield Daily Examiner. Within the establishment, Outsider
Art has always found a place and influenced scores of world famous painters.
...
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Friday, June 11, 2004

Unpatriotic art

Patriot Act gone wild: Art becomes the next suspect in America's 9/11 paranoia Low bandwidth link:here

Friday, June 04, 2004

Northern New Mexico

NORTHERN NEW MEXICO GALLERIES AND MUSEUMS
Albuquerque Tribune - Albuquerque,NM,USA
"... Bartlett's Vision," through Aug. 1; "Vernacular Visionaries: International
Outsider Art in Context," ...
here

Monday, May 31, 2004

"Fresh Ideas"

CULTURAL panel boss brings 'fresh ideas'
Palm Beach Daily News - Palm Beach,FL,USA
... She earned master's and undergraduate degrees in art history, is an
expert in outsider art, and is president of the Florida Art Museum Directors
Association. ...
here

ARTIST'S 'New State of Mind'

ARTIST'S 'New State of Mind' on display
Ann Arbor News - Ann Arbor,MI,USA

... What was lost in the hoopla - and what this display of art vividly
reminds us - is that Guyton made his mark as a proponent of "Outsider" art ...
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Saturday, May 29, 2004

the garden

STEPPING out and watching art garden grow

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Milwaukee,WI,USA
By ELIZABETH HULICK.
"Outsider art" might arguably include everything from
snowmen and treehouses to fanciful outdoor Christmas lighting. ...
here

Friday, May 28, 2004

Angry young man

ANGRY Young Man

Georgia Straight - Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada

Australia is like this permanent outsider, and
I think that makes for a kind of outsider art.
Here>

Monday, April 12, 2004

FULL Frame Ramps Up Offerings in Seventh Year

FULL Frame Ramps Up Offerings in Seventh Year
Indie Wire - USA
... One festival standout was Jessica Yu's "In the Realms of the Unreal," which stunningly and creatively portrays the life of outsider artist Henry Darger ...
here

MCCLEERY lectures on carved bricks

MCCLEERY lectures on carved bricks
Grand Forks Herald - Grand Forks,ND,USA
A reception begins at 4 pm. McCleery, professor of art, will talk about "Carved in Brick: Outsider Art From Inside the University.". ...
here

ROGER Brown : A Different Dimension

ROGER Brown : A Different Dimension
Absolutearts.com - USA
... Brown drew inspiration from his family residing throughout Alabama
and the state's farms and plantations, outsider artists, and roadside market stands. ...
here

MICHAEL Bucknell: the real Outsider Artist

MICHAEL Bucknell: the real Outsider Artist
Malta Independent - St. Julians,Malta
The showcase features a group of 10 paintings by the Russian/English artist who has been steadily acquiring fame in Europe. ...
here

Sunday, April 11, 2004

LEIGH trivia teaches collectors a thing or two about Googling

LEIGH trivia teaches collectors a thing or two about Googling
Chicago Tribune (subscription) - Chicago,IL,USA
... The sketch's value (autographed by subject and artist) is estimated
to be between $600-$900 by goldbergcoins.com. "Outsider" artist Frances "Lady Shalimar ..."
here

THE Minister's Art

THE Minister's Art
Artnet - New York,NY,USA
Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art in Chicago, Feb. 11-May 28, 2005. ...
here

A wonderful show about alienation

A wonderful show about alienation
Cleveland Plain Dealer - Cleveland,OH,USA
... There are problems with the show. It is inspired by a large, two-sided painting by outsider artist Henry Darger. ...
here

GILLIAN Anderson - in a league of her own

GILLIAN Anderson - in a league of her own
The Times (subscription) - London,England,UK
... she starts to paint again, her Strawberry-style chickens in baseball caps becoming the toast of the art world when her dealers sell them as "outsider art". ...
here

SHOPPING for Art's Sake

SHOPPING for Art's Sake
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA
... But this Midtown shop is also a fantastic source for offbeat outsider art: baskets created entirely from bottle caps, a giant parrot ...
here

Thursday, April 01, 2004

OUTSIDE inside

OUTSIDE inside
Waynesville Smoky Mountain News - Waynesville,NC,USA
... galleries and museums). Outsider artists are self-taught and usually create because of an inner compulsion to do so. ...
here

CLEVELAND Ends Tumultuous Year with Top-Notch Festival

Indie Wire - USA
... Docs I was unable to catch were "In the Realms of the Unreal," Jessica Yu's examination of outsider artist Henry Darger; "Naked World," ...
here

Sunday, March 28, 2004

COFFEE Mill hosts devilish outsider art

COFFEE Mill hosts devilish outsider art
Roanoke Times - Roanoke,VA,USA
... It was wild and colorful and direct; it was "outsider art." Outsider art includes country people making dolls out of scrap materials and other "fringe elements ..."
here
THE Shortest of Lifetime Collaborations
New York Times - New York,NY,USA
Lyle Rexer is the author of "How to Look at Outsider Art," to be published next year by Harry N. Abrams.
here

Friday, March 26, 2004

CINCINNATI author debuts with compelling novel

CINCINNATI author debuts with compelling novel
Columbus This Week Newspapers - Columbus Area,OH,USA
... It's about a guy who grew up living with an outsider artist, a Howard Finster kind of artist, who creates fantastic, strange environments,"
Sims said. ...
here

HOUSTON as Art Town

HOUSTON as Art Town
houston.about.com - Houston,TX,United States
Hearing a friend in New York City say, "I hear Houston is a hotbed of Outsider Art" may sound odd to a Houstonian. here

AN eBay collector confesses all

AN eBay collector confesses all
Dallas Morning News (subscription) - Dallas,TX,USA
... I should say I used to collect coconut masks. Now, apparently, I collect skeletons, demitasse cups, Fiestaware, Mediterranean pottery and outsider art. ...
here

Saturday, March 13, 2004

Coral Castle

http://waitingforagnes.com/facts.htm

Coral Castle is the finest example of massive stone construction in the United States.

A study of the immense sizes and weights of the coral rock excavated, moved, and used in its construction establishes it as an authentic wonder of the world. That it was built entirely by one man makes it unequaled in all history.

There are approximately 1,000 tons of coral rock used in the construction of the walls and tower alone. In addition, over 100 tons of coral rock were used in the carvings of the artistic objects found throughout the entire park.

Ed's tower, where he lived, contains 243 tons of coral rock made up of huge blocks of stone weighing up to 9 tons each. The average weight of the stones used in the construction of Coral Castle is greater than those used in the Great Pyramid of Giza.

Additionally, several of the stones used are taller than those found in Stonehenge in England. In weight, they exceed greatly the stones used in many other famous stone works around the world.

Ed built a perfectly shaped heart-table weighing 5,000 pounds that, according to Ripley's Believe-It-Or-Not, is the largest Valentine table in the world. Ed said that if he forgot to get Agnes a Valentine's card, now she could look at the table and have her card. He also planted an Ixora bush in the table's center so Agnes could have fresh flowers everyday; the plant is still alive.

Friday, March 12, 2004

OUTSIDE In

OUTSIDE In
Waynesville Smoky Mountain News - Waynesville,NC,USA

The term "outsider art" is widely used to describe creative efforts that ignore the rules.

here

Tuesday, March 09, 2004

Call for artists

CALL for Artists: the Raw Arts Festival

Emediawire (press release) - USA
... Raw Art Festival'. Raw or 'Outsider art' includes Folk/Intuitive/Marginalised/Self-taught/Visionary art.
LONDON, UK ...
here

Monday, March 08, 2004

Greek exhibit

ARTS & LEISURE

Kathimerini - Athens,Greece
... Together with partners Andre Breton and Michel Tapie, he founded the Compagnie de l'Art Brut and exhibited the collection of "outsider art" ...
here

Monday, March 01, 2004

ALBERTA'S Prairie Tales wag in many different directions

ALBERTA'S Prairie Tales wag in many different directions

Edmonton Journal - Edmonton,Alberta,Canada

... The only real documentary in the group is Outsider Artists, shot at Edmonton's Nina Haggerty arts centre and featuring artists who are developmentally disabled ...
here

Sunday, February 29, 2004

OFF the Charts: The Song-Poem Story

OFF the Charts: The Song-Poem Story

Louisville Courier Journal - Louisville,KY,USA

... It has been a thriving industry since 1902, and for fans of outsider art it has been a gold mine filled with treasures such as "Non-Violent Taekwondo Troopers ...
here

Friday, February 27, 2004

ARTIST'S Work Preaches "Word of God"

ARTIST'S Work Preaches Word of God
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA

... Nov. 13 though Jan. 16, 2005, and The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art in Chicago, from Feb. 11, 2005 through May 28, 2005.
here

Thursday, February 26, 2004

MASKED ARTISTS

MASKED ARTISTS
Kansas City Star - Kansas City,MO,USA

... We meet Chrystal K, an untrained 24-year-old artist whose "outsider art" capitalizes on her tragic life story of abusive foster homes, violence and street ...
here

Wednesday, February 25, 2004

CENTRAL State' play paints picture of asylum's triumphs

CENTRAL State' play paints picture of asylum's triumphs

Indianapolis Star - Indianapolis,IN,USA

... For the past seven years, Midtown Mental Health Community Center and Midland Arts & Antiques Market have co-sponsored the Outsider Art ...
here

Monday, February 23, 2004

SISTER Gertrude, a Preacher Who Could Paint

SISTER Gertrude, a Preacher Who Could Paint
New York Times - USA
... the art world soon took notice and Morgan became a star, long before the term Outsider Art was coined.
http://www.nytimes.com/ref/arts/design/22DECA.html?ex=1078030800&en=e8f1e14ec35f392c&ei=5062

Sunday, February 22, 2004

COMPARE and contrast

COMPARE and contrast
Knoxville News Sentinel - Knoxville,TN,USA

... African village of Nieu-Bethesda - and went deeper to create the award-winning
play "The Road to Mecca." Fugard reached into the soul of the outsider artist ...
here

Saturday, February 21, 2004

'VEHICLES' fuels county arts exhibition

'VEHICLES' fuels county arts exhibition
Tarboro Daily Southerner - Tarboro,NC,USA

... But at the opening for "Vehicles of Expression: Southern African-American Folk and Outsider Art," the Hobson Pittman Memorial Gallery was packed with people ...

here

Friday, February 20, 2004

AN Uneasy Brush With Modernism

AN Uneasy Brush With Modernism
Washington Post - USA

... In his effort to become a modern master, the skilled craftsman Avery borrows heavily from the untutored techniques of outsider artists. ...
here

man, anybody will steal from poor folks!

HOBO'S art enriches 'outsider art' market

HOBO'S art enriches 'outsider art' market
United Press International - USA
(UPI) -- The growing market for "outsider" art has hit it big in
the sculptures and paintings of Emery Blagdon, a Great Depression hobo ...
here

Saturday, February 07, 2004

More News

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IT'S pretty wild stuff over at C-Pop
Detroit Free Press - Detroit,MI,United States
... I was putting together a show called 'Outsider Art' for C-Pop and included some pieces of Ron's that I'd been holding onto forever," says Niagara....
here

AUTISTIC artist brings a methodic intensity to his drawings
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Seattle,WA,USA
... Garde Rail specializes in outsider art, a bankrupt term for the romantic, late 19th-century idea that the crazed, the criminal, the God-obsessed ...
here

BOOK dishes nasty White House dirt
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA
... I do think he needs some sassy highlights.". "Did you go to the Outsider Art Fair at the Puck Building?".
here

EXPO features local artists
Huntington Herald Dispatch - Huntington,WV,USA
... said. His work is called outsider art, which he describes as non-traditional.
He uses acrylics, pen and ink, and felt-tip pens. ...
here

TV'S month is full of black history shows
Kansas City Star (subscription)
... This one-hour documentary follows the legendary actor's life
and career. � "Highway Men: Florida's Outsider Artists" ...
here

Saturday, January 31, 2004

News Stories

THE creative heart of Bayou City beats year-round
San Antonio Express
... Nowhere more unabashedly displayed than at The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art, a superb example of outsider art, passion, creativity and ingenuity. ...
here

THERE'S MORE!
New York Post
So-called outsider art - that is, works done by self-taught artists, from Grandma Moses to Howard Finster - doesn't have quite the cachet it did in the 1980s ...
here

ARTISTIC take on interior design
Baltimore Sun
... The same writer placed Freeman inside the tradition of outsider art, which, like Freeman's work, frequently uses found materials and has religious themes. ...
here

OF Signs and Wonders, Visionaries and Loners
New York Times
... this fantasy is nourished by seeing that some great art has been produced by real Outsiders, as you may discover this weekend at the 12th annual Outsider Art ...
here

ART Calendar
Hartford Advocate
... Dealer specializes in outsider art. Art Brut and Outsider Art, works by Alexandra Huber, Ronald Sloan, Shane Van Pelt, Paul Pitt and others.
Through April 30. ...
here

A Loner's Belated Company
New York Times
ven within the Outsider Art field, where hard-to-classify works by self-taught artists are the stock in trade, some creations are more unusual than others.
here

NORTHERN NEW MEXICO GALLERIES AND MUSEUMS
Albuquerque Tribune
... Morocco," through March 14. "Vernacular Visionaries: International Outsider Art in Context," through March 29. "A Handmade Planet ...
here

MCKENDREE Robbins Long; Rudolf de Crignis; Deborah Butterfield
New York Times
... Although Long's paintings are well known in the folk art and Outsider Art worlds, this is his first New York gallery exhibition. It's worth a visit.
here

MCKENDREE Robbins Long; Rudolf de Crignis; Deborah Butterfield
New York Times
... Although Long's paintings are well known in the folk art and Outsider Art worlds, this is his first New York gallery exhibition. It's worth a visit. ...
here

HOW to repair bad art
IdahoStatesman.com
... This technique actually falls under the category of "outsider art," which is merely a nice way of describing efforts by totally untrained but nonetheless ...
here

African American Folk Art

EDGECOMBE ARTS posts spring schedule
Tarboro Daily Southerner
... Vehicles of Expression: Southern African-American Folk and Outsider Art" will be held at the Blount-Bridgers House Museum, located at 130 Bridgers St., Tarboro ...
here

Sunday, January 25, 2004

creative heart

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THE creative heart of Bayou City beats year-round
San Antonio Express
... Nowhere more unabashedly displayed than at The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art, a superb example of outsider art, passion, creativity and ingenuity. ...
here

ARTISTIC take on interior design
Baltimore Sun
... Like Freeman, outsider artists - also called visionary artists - tend to be self-taught and may be indifferent to such inconsequential matters as food, shelter ...
here

KEYS arts scene brims with activity, variety
Miami Herald
... Open Air Art Affair, an outdoor art show sponsored by Schooner Wharf Bar and the Outsider Artists of the Keys, will be held March 6 at the Key West Historic ...
here

ENTER Your E-mail Address Below To Receive Our Free iBerkshires. ...
iBerkshires.com
... in New York City Jan. 23 to 25. The event embraces works of self-taught/Outsider
artists. BURNED OUT: Usually, beginning this column ...
here

'WAR Memorial' artists call attention to their work, not to ...
Seattle Times
... is focused on the artwork, not the individuals responsible for the
pieces, said Chris Lodwig, who says he's the spokesman for the Seattle
Outsider Artists ...
here

MIXED media in frame
Sydney Morning Herald
... definition of an artist. Works by major Australian and New Zealand
artists keep company with works by "outsider" artists. As a collector
...
here

NEW exhibit examines the 'Demons' in Gillespie's work
Boston Globe
... Outsider artists succeed when, despite their lack of training,
they make work that has a certain formal sophistication.
here

THE reluctant disciple
Guardian
... Modernists and reactionaries alike have wanted to see in El Greco an autarkic outsider artist ... we can look beyond a myth of El Greco that, if it fed modern art ...
here

THE envoy and the artwork
The Japan Times
... An outsider can hardly condemn the artist, a Jew, for empathizing with... Remarks about the inviolability of art and diplomatic conventions alike seem offensive ...
here

SUNDANCE 2004: The Buzz and the Bores
Newsweek
... the risk of sentimentality, get us rooting for and identifying with
this ultimate outsider ... It's an artful film about, among many other
things, the power of art ...
here

NORTHERN NEW MEXICO GALLERIES AND MUSEUMS
Albuquerque Tribune
... through March 14. "Vernacular Visionaries: International Outsider Art in Context," through March 29. "A Handmade Planet ...
here

OF Signs and Wonders, Visionaries and Loners
New York Times
... this fantasy is nourished by seeing that some great art has been produced by real Outsiders, as you may discover this weekend at the 12th annual Outsider Art ...
here

ART Calendar
Hartford Advocate
... Dealer specializes in outsider art. Art Brut and Outsider Art, works by Alexandra Huber, Ronald Sloan, Shane Van Pelt, Paul Pitt and others.
Through April 30. ...
here

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Mind & machines

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MIND of an artist
GoMemphis.com
... While a great deal of his mature art resembles the work of self-taught or outsider artists, the progress of his career was a self-willed (or
unavoidable ...
here

FITTON displays ' Spirit Machines '
Hamilton Journal News
HAMILTON � Art is for everyone and a Cincinnati studio for "outsider
artists" provides proof in its "Spirit Machines" exhibition at the
Fitton Center ...
here

Tuesday, January 20, 2004

Show openings

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A Loner's Belated Company
New York Times, NY
... within the Outsider Art field, where hard-to-classify works by self-taught artists are the stock in trade, some creations are more unusual than others. ... here

KEYS arts scene brims with activity, variety
Miami Herald, FL
... Open Air Art Affair, an outdoor art show sponsored by Schooner Wharf Bar and the Outsider Artists of the Keys, will be held March 6 ... here

Friday, January 16, 2004

Outsider Artists

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MCKENDREE Robbins Long; Rudolf de Crignis; Deborah Butterfield
New York Times
... Although Long's paintings are well known in the folk art and Outsider Art worlds, this is his first New York gallery exhibition. It's worth a visit. ...
here

Thursday, January 15, 2004

War Memorial

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'War Memorial' artists call attention to their work, not to themselves

By Maria Gonzalez

Seattle Times staff reporter
Clues to the identities of the artists responsible for the soldier art put up atop Sand Point Magnuson Park's Kite Hill surfaced yesterday with the anonymous artists issuing a public statement.

The artists wish to remain anonymous so that public attention is focused on the artwork, not the individuals responsible for the pieces, said Chris Lodwig, who says he's the spokesman for the Seattle Outsider Artists Project, a group representing the artists.

"So many people worked on this, they wanted to remain anonymous.
Plus it allows people to look at the art as art," Lodwig said.

In an e-mailed statement, the artists said the "Endless War Memorial" began in early 2003 as a way to protest the looming war with Iraq but grew to include broader military, political and economic issues. Four to 10 people worked on the project throughout the year, Lodwig said.

The installation, which appeared mysteriously at Magnuson Park last week, shows nine life-sized plywood soldiers. Eight soldiers painted black with mirrors for faces surround a silver-colored officer saluting his men.

Kite Hill is also the site where a monolith appeared on New Year's Day in 2001. Lodwig said some of the artists with ties to the monolith project participated in the soldier installation.

The artists chose to depict the eight-man squad with an officer, the smallest operational military unit, they said.

"Like pieces on a chessboard, our eight soldiers are starting to form ranks, lining up in front of their leader, who is the embodiment of war," the statement reads.
City officials said the artwork can stay at the park until March 1.

Maria Gonzalez: 206-464-2449 or mgonzalez@seattletimes.com

Wednesday, January 14, 2004

how to repair bad art

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HOW to repair bad art
IdahoStatesman.com, ID
... This technique actually falls under the category of "outsider art," which is merely a nice way of describing efforts by totally untrained but nonetheless ...
here

Monday, January 12, 2004

Demons

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NEW exhibit examines the 'Demons' in Gillespie's work
Boston Globe, MA
... Outsider art Nielsen's second show is an unusual one for the gallery: drawings by self-taught artist Stuart H. Williams. ...
here

an everyday genius

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AN everyday genius
Guardian, UK
... They shared what might be called a Jewish-American intellectual energy ... The pop art of Warhol and Lichtenstein had already exploded out ...
here

Sunday, January 11, 2004

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A Jazzy United Way
New York Times, NY
... 22 - The opening night of the Outsider Art Fair at the Puck Building, featuring works for sale by 20th-century self-taught artists, will benefit
the American United Way...
here

CULTURE: Exile on pain street
The Sunday Times (subscription), UK
... to find out how twisted up I was inside, how much of an outsider ... Since leaving art school, Scott has lived in Sunderland, Dorset,
London and Munich ...
here

KEEPING the light burning
The Star, Malaysia
... Despite the generation gap and hippie sensibilities, Hill was never made to feel like an outsider by the men at Pladda. They taught the young art student ...
here

Monday, January 05, 2004

Call for artists

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"CALL for Artists: Raw Art Festival"
Absolutearts.com
This is London's first to focus solely on Outsider Art. Raw or 'Outsider art' includes Folk/Intuitive/Marginalised/Self-taught/Visionary art.
here

Sunday, January 04, 2004

Carving a way to heaven

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CARVING a way to heaven
Guardian, UK
Perhaps it was because he was an outsider, an immigrant, that he needed to create a refuge for himself and his art.
here