welcome semi-retired self-taught tattoo artist, a two-hundred year old watercolor & the magnificent mexican folk artist maruch mendéz + more

this week in outsider art also includes works by vivian maier, elijah pierce, and sarah mary taylor

OH WORD?

MAX KUHN Real Gone Man (c. 2022-2023) // Ink, collage & acrylic on found cardboard — available for purchase via the artist

Max Kuhn, Semi-Retired Self-Taught Tattoo Artist Brings Mixed-Media Artwork to The FolkArtwork Collective

I’m very happy to continue expanding and sharing this platform with artists to spread the word about their art and find new homes for their wonderful works of art.

A handful of brilliant works by Max Kuhn, a multimedia, formerly self-taught tattoo artist who now works in collage, sculpture, and printmaking, are available for purchase as part of the FolkArtwork Collective.

MAX KUHN Cowboy #1 (Black Jeans) (c. 2022-2023) // Wood, acrylic & found cloth — available for purchase via the artist

After extensive solitary travels through the United States, Canada, and Europe, Kuhn began illustrating an ongoing travelogue on scrap cardboard and old book covers. Using limited painting techniques initially developed for making tattoo flash designs, this evolved into paintings and sculptures that depict the folkloric characters of cowboy or hobo, often incorporating diaristic and confessional writing.

Much more from Max Kuhn available for purchase now.

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THIS WEEK IN OUTSIDER ART

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MARY ANN WILSON Pelican with Young (ca. 1818-29) // Watercolor and pen and ink on paper; 12 7/8 × 16 1/16 in | 32.7 × 40.8 cm via RISD Museum

VIVIAN MAIER Untitled New York City Street Photo (c. 1950s-1960s) via KP Projects

MARUCH MENDÉZ "Smoton jk’ajvaltik” (Regalo de Dios) (c. 2022-2023) via Galería MUY

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ARTIST UNKNOWN Mascara de Conquistador (Conquer Mask) (ca. 1900) from El Quiche, Guatemala via Mariposa Unusual Arts

PHILIP WEINTRAUB Untitled (1950-1970) via American Folk Art Museum

SARAH LEE It’s not the end of the world…but sometimes it feels like it might be (2023) // Acrylic on canvas paper -- available for purchase via the artist @sarahleeillustration in the FolkArtwork Collective shop ✌️

SARAH MARY TAYLOR Big Lady (c. 1980s; Made in Yazoo City, MS) // Cotton applique via International Quilt Museum

ELIJAH PIERCE Peace with Honor (1973) // Painted wood, glitter; 11 3⁄8 x 18 x 1 1⁄4 in. (28.9 x 45.7 x 3.2 cm.) via Smithsonian American Art Museum

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

HENRY DARGER Wreckage with crucified Lord atop building (1915-1930) // Graphite pencil and ink on wove paper laid down on cardboard; 43,7 x 46,2 cm via Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris

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MUST-SEE

Tandem by SAGE Studio opened last night! A collaborative group exhibition where artists with and without disabilities spent a year mailing and sharing sketchbooks back and forth, creating collaborative artwork together, and getting to know one another through the creative process -- culminating in the group exhibition this September at SAGE Studio & Gallery.

See more works from these wonderful artists here.

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MUST-WATCH

In 1981, Louisiana's most celebrated primitive artist was 96-years-old, maybe. Clementine Hunter doesn't know exactly when she was born and the church records that documented her birth were lost in a fire years prior. Not knowing her age doesn't really matter, it's just a number. These days she doesn't do a whole lot besides pray, and make art, just a little bit.

Watch a Louisiana Public Broadcast interview with Clementine Hunter at her home at Melrose Plantation in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana.

"I don't do nothing now, much, but paint a little. That's all." — Clementine

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

• Max Kuhn, Semi-Retired Self-Taught Tattoo Artist Brings Mixed-Media Artwork to The FolkArtwork Collective

• Bold Journey Magazine: Meet Adam Oestreich

• Reneesha Mccoy Brings You The “Consequences of Life and Nature”, Dozens of New Works Available

• New Works Available by Esteban Whiteside in the FolkArtwork Collective Shop

• WATCH: ‘Folk Art Found Me’ a Documentary on Folk Artists from Nova Scotia

• The Museum of Modern Art’s 13 Best Examples of Outsider Art

• Gabrielle K Brown’s Out-of-this-World Paintings & Wood Sculptures Available For Purchase at the FolkArtwork Collective

• Limited Edition Fine Art Prints by Sarah Lee in the FolkArtwork Collective Shop

• WATCH: ‘William Hall: Keep Drawing’

• The Greatest List of All-Time for Must-Watch Documentaries on Outsider Artists

• Art Environments in the Midwest: Photos, Videos, Info, and more!

• Looking for a good book on Outsider Art? Look no further!

• Change Makers: Stories that Inspire: Life & Work with Adam Oestreich

• Introducing The FolkArtwork Collective

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FROM THE COLLECTIVE

ESTEBAN WHITESIDE Norfolk Southern Disaster (2023) // Acrylic, wood and epoxy on wood — available for purchase via the artist in the FolkArtwork Collective shop ✌️

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