Sentences with phrase «taught outsider artists»

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Outsider art — also known as visionary art, or art brut — «describes the work of untrained, self - taught people who make art,» says Charles Russell, author of the book Groundwaters: A Century of Art by Self - Taught and Outsider Artaught people who make art,» says Charles Russell, author of the book Groundwaters: A Century of Art by Self - Taught and Outsider ArTaught and Outsider Artists.

Though the art world may not yet have a satisfactory way of referring to artists like Mullen, who are variously described by such leaky terms as self - taught, outsider, and vernacular, it has, over the past few years, shown more interest in them and is gradually growing the existing market for their work.

Such so - called «outsider,» or self - taught, artists are well - represented at Independent.

DIAL»S PASSING COMES at what appears to be a tipping point in mainstream appreciation of the artist's self - taught brand of creation, whether considered «outsider,» «folk» or so - called «vernacular» art, or something more attuned to his individual motivations, inspirations and aesthetic.

Another regional strain coursed through me, too: Chicago's powerful connection to self - taught and outsider artists.

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Folk, naïve, vernacular, visionary, outsider, self - taught — over the past century, a range of terms has emerged to describe artists who rose to prominence despite a lack of formal training.

From Norman Lewis to Joe Overstreet, the Harlem Renaissance — derived tradition of African - American abstract painting (which has historically had a primarily black audience) is intermingled with the tradition of so - called self - taught or outsider artists such as Bill Traylor and Bessie Harvey (whose audience has been mostly in the rural south and mostly black); the more recent wave of African - American conceptualism represented by Adrian Piper, Lorna Simpson, and others (whose work

There, he revealed his deep passion for performative practices and so - called «outsider» artists with two trailblazing shows: «Radical Presence: Black Performance in Contemporary Art» (2013 — 14), which tracked black performance art from the 1960s to today, and «When the Stars Begin to Fall: Imagination and the American South» (2014), which questioned the exclusory term «outsider art» by bringing together both self - taught and formally educated black artists.

Recently, we began collecting the work of contemporary self - taught or outsider artists and the abstract paintings and sculpture created by a group of leading American modernists who gathered in Bennington in the 1950s through the 1970s.

I think our curatorial initiatives are always influenced by artist's interests, and artists have always been interested in these liminal territories, and artists have always supported and collected the work of self - taught outsider folk artists.

10 October: Outsider at Subway Gallery — Robert Gordon McHarg is an artist who moved to London in the early 80's and taught himself.

Whether deemed «outsider» — Henry Darger, Martín Ramírez, George Widener — or «self - taught» — Thornton Dial, Sr., Minnie Evans, Lonnie Holley — these artists bear categorical markers that organize their art but do not adequately speak of their art's unique qualities and circumstances.

Known / Unknown: Private Obsession and Hidden Desire in Outsider Art showcases over 100 rarely seen works by self - taught artistic masters — so called «outsider artists» — who have worked outside the continuum of art Outsider Art showcases over 100 rarely seen works by self - taught artistic masters — so called «outsider artists» — who have worked outside the continuum of art outsider artists» — who have worked outside the continuum of art history.

The Outsider Art Fair celebrates its 25th edition this year and presents 60 exhibitors from across the world presents art by self - taught artists or artists suffering from mental illness.

May 10, 2014 @ 2 - 3:30 p.m. Outsider Art Fair Discussion on Jean - Michel Basquiat New York The Outsider Art Fair is hosting, «Lost in Translation: Jean - Michel Basquiat, Self - Taught Artist,» a discussion moderated by Paul Laster intended to re-evaluate the life and career of the celebrated graffiti aArtist,» a discussion moderated by Paul Laster intended to re-evaluate the life and career of the celebrated graffiti artistartist.

-- Venice Biennale curator Massimiliano Gioni explaining the thinking behind his incorporation of work by outsider and self - taught artists into his upcoming «The Encyclopedia of Everything» exhibition

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Though not a self - taught artist, Kerry James Marshall has chosen to incorporate aspects of outsider art into his practice, placing the flat forms of his simplified figures within a shallow pictorial depth.

Self - taught artists and fringe physicists, dodgy dreamers and visionary engineers — all of them dare to think differently in this latest instalment of the Museum of Everything's explorations of outsider art that creates Wild science, eccentricity, and a world turned inside - out.

Outsider artists, or artists who work apart from mainstream art communities and academic culture, are self - taught.

It is difficult to precisely define what faux - naive means, but, loosely speaking, it is a term often attached to contemporary painting that actively embraces elements from the visual language associated with outsider and self taught artists.

«The world of self - taught or outsider artists has been an inspiration for me for a long time» says Ogden.

Christie's announced today that it set a record for a work of outsider art at auction in its inaugural sale of self - taught artists, called «Liberation Through Expression: Outsider and Vernacular Artoutsider art at auction in its inaugural sale of self - taught artists, called «Liberation Through Expression: Outsider and Vernacular ArtOutsider and Vernacular Art.»

She indicates the mootness of distinctions between insider and outsider artists with two challenging pairings: a photo work by Liz Deschenes with a painting made of chunks of carpet by Thornton Dial, and a ready - made by Cameron Rowland with a fraught little drawing by the great self - taught Melvin Way.

We will also discuss the often fraught terms used to categorize folk / outsider / self - taught / visionary artists and I hope to be able to touch on the importance of the Kentuck Festival in championing the work of many of these artists.»

She is a noted authority on contemporary art, including work by self - taught and outsider artists.

Works by self - taught, non-academic artists are usually referred to as «naïve» or «outsider art» and are conventionally viewed as a distinct category, separate from modern art.

The Outsider Art Fair, one of the most high - profile annual exhibitions of folk and self - taught artists, will be celebrating its twentieth anniversary this weekend.

The self taught, the outsider, the «primative», are very engaging and have had a termendious influnce on contemporary artists.

To coincide with their presentation at this year's Outsider Art Fair (January 21 - 24, Metropolitan Pavilion), the Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery presents Outside or In, an exhibition of works by celebrated self - taught artist Nancy Josephson.

The Outsider Art Fair, which celebrates self - taught artists, art brut, and outsider art, has announced that it is branching out to a new location thOutsider Art Fair, which celebrates self - taught artists, art brut, and outsider art, has announced that it is branching out to a new location thoutsider art, has announced that it is branching out to a new location this year.

Outsider artists have included psychiatric patients, criminal offenders, self - taught visionaries and mediums and other so - called eccentrics.

In this group show of tough little delicacies, differences among self - taught art, outsider art and well - schooled - insider art are pretty much indistinguishable, and artists of different generations look like contemporaries.

1998 Self - Taught Artists of the 20th Century: An American Anthology, [itinerary: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA; Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, TX; Modern Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX; Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY (1999); Wexner Center for the Arts, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (1999); American Folk Art Museum, New York, NY (1999)-RSB- Art Unsolved, the Musgrave Kinley Outsider Art Collection, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland Art Outsider et Folk Art des collections de Chicago, Halle Saint - Pierre, Paris, France Visions, Dreams, and Prophecies: Ten Intuitive Chicago Artists, College of Lake County, Community Gallery of Art, Grayslake, IL In and Out: Naïve, Folk, and Self - Taught Artists from the Collection, The Menil Collection, Houston, TX

Termed an outsider artist, a vernacular artist, and a folk artist, among other labels, Dial, who was African American, was one of just a few self - taught artists who, over the past century, began making art well beyond the borders of the predominantly urban, white mainstream art world but who would eventually find a form of success within it.

When the Stars Begin to Fall: Imagination and the American South at the Studio Museum in Harlem incorporated noted contemporary artists alongside artists often categorized under the labels folk, outsider, vernacular, or self - taught, all who shared an interest in the American South as a real or imagined location.