a skull with dentures

this week in outsider art also includes an update to outsider art environment "ron's place", mamie deschillie, featured artwork and some haitian artworks for sale

Apr 14, 2024

THIS WEEK IN OUTSIDER ART

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**JAMES "SON FORD" THOMAS** Skull (c. 1980s) // Dried gumbo clay with aluminum foil and dentures; 6.5 inches tall via *Slotin Self Taught Art Masterpieces*

**MAMIE DESCHILLIE** Cowboys on Horseback (date unknown) // Acrylic on cardboard; 19.25" height x 17" width

**JESS FRANCIS PETRIE** Hold my hand and take me there (2021) // Acrylic on canvas courtesy *the artist*

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**CHRIS AUSTIN** Holy Church (2020) // Acrylic on canvas; 14" x 11" via *The Arts of Life*

**ANNIE MAE YOUNG** Housetop Variation (undated) // Fabric; 86 × 74 inches via *High Museum of Art*

**HENRY DARGER** Zimmermanian flag of Glandelinia *(1915-1930)* // Transfers to carbon paper, graphite pencil and gouache on vellum paper; 35.5 x 43 cm via *Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris*

**Attributed to JON SERL (found with his works after this passing)** Self Portrait of the Artist at His Table (date unknown) // Oil on found plywood; 17 1/2 x 27 3/4 in. via *The Keen Collection*

**JACKIE BRADSHAW** A choir of raging mothers and aunties (2024) // Watercolour on paper; 9”x12” — *available for purchase via the artist in the FolkArtwork Collective shop*

**ARTIST UNIDENTIFIED** Painting (ca. 1970; Africa) // Paint on wood; 75.5cm height X 99.8cm width via *Museum of International Folk Art*

**JAMES HAROLD JENNINGS** Self Portrait with Bus and Cat (1988) // Paint on wood; 20 1/4 × 26 1/2 × 8 inches via *High Museum of Art*

**MARY K. BORKOWSKI** The Politician and the Early Voter (1969) // Fabric art; size with frame is 14" w x 15" h. via *Slotin Auction Self Taught Art Masterpieces*

**ARTIST UNIDENTIFIED** Heddle pulley (date unknown; Africa) // Wood, stain or dye; 7 1/16 x 2 15/16 x 2 1/2 in. (18 x 7.5 x 6.3 cm) via *Museum of International Folk Art*

What is a heddle pulley?
>> Integral to the process of weaving textiles, heddle pulleys are functional objects used to ease the movement of the heddle, the part of the loom that separates alternate warp threads and allows the shuttle carrying the weft threads to pass through via Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

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FEATURED ARTIST OF THE WEEK

**KAY LE SEELLEUR ARA** As the World Should Be (2024)

“Yep, women linked at the centre helping the world go round and various circles of men arranged according to their usefulness. For example, in this part of the world, plumbers would be nearer at hand than politicians.”

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WATCHING AND READING

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OH WORD?

What do a minotaur, Ancient Rome, Ancient Egypt, and the greatest lion fire place ever have in common? They are all created by mastermind outsider artist Ron Gittins (1939 – 2019) in Birkenhead near Liverpool, England.

Around this time last year, “Ron’s Place” as it has been come to known was on the verge of destruction. After the passing of Ron, who created this wonderful art environment in his rented flat over the course of decades, the place sat empty and as the property owner was about to sell the builidng, Ron’s Place was about to be lost to the world.

In the year since, the building as been saved and Ron’s Place in the past week this has become the first outsider art work to gain listed status in England.

In England, "listing" marks and celebrates a building's special architectural and historic interest, and also brings it under the consideration of the planning system, so that it can be protected for future generations.

"The extraordinary creation of the largely self-taught artist Ron Gittins, the rented flat on Merseyside he transformed over decades into a fantasy of Ancient Rome and Egypt, is being honoured by Historic England with Grade II listed status—the first example of Outsider Art in England to win such recognition." — The Art Newspaper

How great it is, that future generations will be able to enjoy Ron’s Place, a truly magical and inspiring piece of outsider art for years and years to come.

Check out more photos at the link below from last year’s “Saving Ron’s Place” post as I tried to help raise money to keep this place going.

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SHOUT OUT

As you are probably aware, gang violence is running rampant in Haiti right now and times are extremely brutal for people throughout the entire country. According to the United Nations, nearly 5 million people in Haiti are suffering from acute food insecurity.

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These Haitian art pieces are available for sale through Charles “Art” Jerry. If you are willing and able, a purchase of artwork would help these young artists, and people, tremendously. I have one of my own sitting in my high school art room which my students thoroughly enjoy.

FROM THE COLLECTIVE

**NOEL HATFIELD** President Joe Biden (c. 2020) // Oil Painting on Dibond Aluminum — *available for purchase via the artist in the FolkArtwork Collective shop*

NOEL HATFIELD is a self-taught artist from Winterest, Iowa. Working in oil paint on stretched canvas or dibond aluminum, Noel paints in several styles including Abstract, Expressionist, and Impasto with knife and brush. When he is not painting, Noel is fixing up his house or taking care of his grandchildren. He is currently being exhibited in Northwest Iowa at the Sanford Museum and Planetarium.

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