b-b-bonus this week in outsider art // january third
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FIND OF THE WEEK
Two of the greats — Rick Fleming x Daniel Johnston. Need I say more? I stumbled upon this work by Rick Fleming, who works out of Sage Studio & Gallery in Austin, Texas, and who made one of the coolest pieces of art for Austin legend, singer-songwriter, and visual art extraordinaire Daniel Johnston. This wood cut out with mixed-media in that perfect Rick Fleming style is the perfect person to pay tribute to Daniel Johnston, as this feels like it could live in the world Johnston created himself.
This piece has sold, but Rick Fleming has many more great works for sale at Sage Studio & Gallery.
B-B-BONUS
One of my all-time favorite artists is the great Ukrainian folk artist Maria Prymachenko. Since I first saw her work, I have been in love with her creativity and the colorful and playful illustrations of the worlds she saw and created. I am incredibly excited to see her work in person for the first time ever in New York City at the Ukrainian Museum this spring.
A majority of her most vibrant and mind-blowing works come from the 1970s and 1980s when she was in her sixties and seventies. These works below are from the Museum of Ukrainian Folk Decorative Art in Kyiv and are from earlier in her career as an artist — when she was in her early thirties. They are small but pack a powerful punch of joy and beauty. Enjoy!
