Crocker Art Museum JANUARY 26 – MAY 5, 2013
Archives For Art
The Association of International Photography Art Dealers (AIPAD), April 4-7, 2013.
PARK AVENUE ARMORY | 643 PARK AVENUE | NEW YORK, NY 10065
Labeled as, “America’s finest museum of medical history,” The Mütter Museum rises above all the rest when it comes to the funny and bizarre. Lots of very strange teratological photos, sculptures and things floating dreamlike in large glass jars, which shock and amuse. World famous animators, The Brothers Quay made a documentary about this creepy place. A video of some of the more bizarre things from the collection is here. (The Museum has their own channel on YouTube with over 194 videos!)
Can’t make it to Philly? No problem you can buy the book, photographed by many famous artists, here.
The great artist Jean Dubuffet was very influenced by Outsider Art and characterized it as: “Those works created from solitude and from pure and authentic creative impulses – where the worries of competition, acclaim and social promotion do not interfere”.
Local Philly artist Jill Bonovitz and husband Sheldon have been collecting Outsider Art way before it was popular. Once upon a time you needed a dinner invitation to view l’art brut but now they have shared their incredible collection with the entire world at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. If you visit Philly to see this show make sure you stop by the Fleisher/Ollman Gallery which has been specializing in this type of work since 1952.
“Great and Mighty Things”: Outsider Art from the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz Collection. March 3, 2013 – June 9, 2013
