b-b-bonus this week in outsider art // november twenty-ninth
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FIND OF THE WEEK
Surprisingly, I haven’t shared this in any of the newsletters since I stumbled across it, considering it almost deserved a “breaking news” newsletter with the amount of excitement and joy it brought me. JK lolz I did share it last week — quick decision…
I’ve recently fallen for the artwork of Aurie Ramirez, an artist working out of Creative Growth in Oakland California. Their artwork is so playful, beautiful, imaginative and it probably doesn’t help that I’m really hungry right now so this also helps with this specific piece. They are one of those artists where you see a piece by them and you fall in love, and then you see another piece and you’re like whoa it can’t get better than this one… and luckily, it does. See more from Aurie here.
» Born in Sangley Point, Philippines in 1962, Aurie Ramirez has worked since 1997 at Creative Growth, a non-profit art studio based in Oakland, California.
P.S. Please forgive me, I don’t feel like I’ve slept in the past week as there has been so much good folk art to go around with so little time to go around it. Thanks for bearing with me ; )
NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH
In honor of Native American Heritage Month, I wanted to share work by one of my favorite artists, Norval Morrisseau. One of the most beloved and legendary Native artists from Canada, Morrisseau’s work continues to surprise and amaze me.
And there’s a great but also somewhat intense documentary about his life and work, specifically detailing the large-scale forgery scheme surrounding his artwork, unfurled thanks to one of the members of The Barenaked Ladies. The documentary is called “There Are No Fakes” and is available to watch on Tubi.
Rest easy Copper Thunderbird.
November is Native American Heritage Month. This is a time to recognize the history, culture, and contributions of Indigenous people.
B-B-BONUS
As mentioned last week, I just wrapped up and sent to the editor a fun deep dive into the life and work of Ukrainian folk artist Polina Raiko. I’m very excited to come out in the coming weeks and will be sure to share it here as soon as I can. In the meantime, enjoy a dozen photos from the interior of her home — covered from top to bottom in some beautiful imagery of birds, flowers, visuals of her family members, religious imagery, and a fisherman’s boat for her husband, the fisherman.
All photos are of the inside of Raiko’s home, via Ukrainska Pravda