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this week in outsider art includes a turkish coin purse, six levitating cats, a wooden watermelon, some stunning art environments and nellie mae rowe is done with men

May 05, 2024

THIS WEEK IN OUTSIDER ART

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**ARTIST UNKNOWN** Turkish prisoner's coin purse (c. 1960-1970s; Central Anatolia, Turkey) // Glass bead, metal zipper, cotton; 2 15/16 x 4 5/16 in. (7.5 x 11 cm) via *Museum of International Folk Art*

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**KAY LE SEELLEUR ARA** The Two Amazettes and their Six Levitating Cats (2024) courtesy *the artist*

**FELIPE BENITO ARCHULETA** Watermelon (date unknown) // Carved and painted wood; 13 x 9 inches via *The* *Owings Gallery*

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**JAMES 'SON FORD' THOMAS** Untitled (1987) // Unfired clay, artificial hair, cigarette, glass marbles, metal coin; 9 inches tall collection of *Brooklyn Museum* via *Souls Grown Deep Foundation*

**FATHER MATTHIAS WERNERUS** The Dickeyville Grotto (1925-1930) // Stone, mortar, and bright color eked objects collected from all over the world: including but not limited to colored glass, gems, antique heirlooms of pottery or porcelain, stalagmites and stalactites, sea shells of all kinds, starfish, petrified sea urchins and fossils, a variety of corals plus amber glass, agate, quartz, ores such as iron, copper, lead, fools gold, rock crystals, onyx, amethyst and coal as well as petrified wood and moss

see more photos from Dickeyville and learn about the history of this grotto

**ELIZABETH LOVEDAY** Oss Shadows & Shallow Tides (2024) // Reclaimed fabric & stitch; 44 cm x 61 cm courtesy *the artist*

Indian folk artist Sonabai Rajawar's tribal clay relief work in the village of Puhputra, Chhattisgarh, India -- photos via *Google Arts & Culture*

**REZA SHAFAHI** Untitled (2016) // Oil colour on cardboard; 50 × 70 cm via private collection of Sarvenaz Farsian and Morteza Zahedi

**LEROY ALMON** High Places (1996) // Carved and painted wood-relief; 36" x 22"

**JAKE MCCORD** Untitled (Dog Eating Corn) (1990) // Oil on wood; 48 x 53.25 inches via *SHRINE NYC*

**CC (Alireza Asbahi)** Untitled (2019-2023) // Fabric, marker on found rug; 25.75 × 24.5 inches (65.4 × 62.2 cm) via *Cavin-Morris Gallery*

a fantastic folksy hooked rug with cats and a bird bath, ca. 1940; 53" x 26.5"

**JUDITH SCOTT** Untitled (2004) // Fiber and found objects; 29 × 16 × 21 in (73.7 × 40.6 × 53.3 cm) via *Brooklyn Museum*

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FEATURED ARTIST OF THE WEEK

**NIL & KARIN ROMANO** Panic attack (2024) // Acrylic on paper courtesy *the artists*

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WATCHING AND READING

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**LORENA ELIASEN** Love & Sing (2024) // Acrylic on paper mache

I am very excited and pleased to offer brand new gorgeous works by Lorena Eliasen available for purchase in the FolkArtwork Collective shop. So much fun, folksy and playful imagery that I have long admired and am excited to be sharing them here with you today.

**LORENA ELIASEN** The Dancers (2024) // Acrylic on wood

> LORENA ELIASEN is a folk artist and illustrator living in Saint Augustine, Florida. She has a BFA from Parson School of Design and has worked on Children’s books and Pattern and Packaging Design with companies like Scholastic, Libraries Unlimited Publishing, Richard Leeds, Townley Girl and Vandale Industries in New York City.

When she is not painting, sewing or petting dogs, she mostly sells work on commission, online and at local markets in Saint Augustine. See more original works available for purchase.

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SHOUT OUT

To Nellie Mae Rowe and the ‘This World is Not My Own’ documentary in theaters now.

FROM THE COLLECTIVE

BEN GARDNER is an artist, writer, and musician. He started drawing on bowling score pads that his parents brought home from their league, obsessing over Commander Mark’s drawing show “The Secret City” when he was young. His recent work combines medieval illuminated manuscripts and his interest in folklore, superstition, myth, and storytelling.

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