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