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. ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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.
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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 ...
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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.
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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. ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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'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 ...
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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
...
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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.
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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.
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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.
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