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this week in outsider art includes artwork by june gutman, leroy almon, fish decoys and an incredible bottlecap mask, plus must-watch short docs and patton oswalt

Jul 14, 2024

THIS WEEK IN OUTSIDER ART

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**JUNE GUTMAN** Med History (no date) // Colored Pencil, graphite, pen on paper; 6" × 8.5" via *Kishka Gallery and Library*

💀 Leroy Almon went hard. 💀 // “Death" wood carving via Africanah.org (date unknown)

**OSCAR PETERSON** Fish Decoy (Trout) (c. 1930s) // Painted wood, metal; 2 x 2 1/4 x 9 inches (5.1 x 5.7 x 22.9 cm) via *Philadelphia Museum of Art*

see ten wooden antique fish decoys rom the Philadelphia Museum permanent collection here

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*Luster Willis piece titled ‘Hands Up’ (1987)*

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**ARTIST UNKNOWN** Carnival mask (c. 1950s-1970s; Mexico, Veracruz, Huasteca Indian Region) // Wood, bottle caps; 9 x 5.5 x 3 inches (22.9 x 14 x 7.6 cm) via *Cavin-Morris Gallery*

**MARIA PRYMACHENKO** Wedding of Animals (1992) // Gouache on paper via *Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw*

**JACK SAVITSKY** Sunrise (1964) // Oil on Masonite; 24 × 48" via *American Folk Art Museum*

A visit to Rock Island National Cemetery and the final resting place of an American self-taught painter Joseph Elmer Yoakum. Thanks to the great work of @narrowlarry who has cataloged the locations of dozens of self-taught, folk, and outsider artists graves across the country on FindAGrave.com.

**PALMER** (possibly Apache artist Ignatius Palmer) Disappointed Goldminer (c. mid-20th century) // Tree conk; 3 5/8" w x 3" t x 2 3/4" d via *Critical Eye Finds*

**JACKIE BRADSHAW** I missed the Aurora Borealis because I was too busy thinking about the ouroboros (2024) // Watercolour on paper; 18 inches x 12 inches -- *available for purchase via the artist in the FolkArtwork Collective shop*

**BEVERLY BUCHANAN** Summer Hot (1989) // Oil pastel on paper via *Des Moines Art Center*

**JJ CROMER** Stirred with The Sun (2011-2012) // Mixed media on paper; 11.5 in X18 in. via *Henry Boxer Gallery*

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**NIL & KARIN ROMANO** Felt cute might start a cult later (2023) // Acrylic and oil pastels on paper courtesy *the artists*

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WATCHING AND READING

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» Must-Watch Short Docs «

Short on time? Can’t stay awake to watch a 90-minute film like myself? Look no further than these incredible short documentaries on some of my favorite outsider artists, folk artists, and art environment visionaries.

I love a good documentary and I love a good documentary that ranges from 5 minutes to 30 minutes long but pack enough of a punch to leave you speechless.

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The firs time I had ever seen "Possum Trot”, part of the ‘Visions of Paradise’ series on contemporary folk artists directed and produced by Allie Light and Irving Saraf, I couldn’t believe my eyes. There’s so much good unknown to me artists living in such a small area in Nova Scotia Canada, now we know about them thanks to “Folk Art Found Me”.

And don’t forget about the great Indigenous artist Norval Morrisseau. There’s so much good stuff to see and you could watch them all day!

All of these can be seen for free either on YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion and can all be found in one handy article below. Stay tuned for part two!

SHOUT OUT

Shout out to Patton Oswalt, a very funny, knowledgable man and pop culture aficionado. So it comes to absolutely no surprise that while appearing on the “Blocks Podcast with Neal Brennan” he name-checks the one and only Henry Darger, outsider artist and visionary author of a 15,000 page manuscript full of hundreds and hundreds of illustrated watercolor artworks. While talking about change and experience, Henry Darger is at one “extreme” end of the spectrum. Take a listen and enjoy.

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