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this week in outsider art features skulls, masks, little creatures and a grandma moses tribute to halloween, plus we're less than a week away from "faces in the crowd"

Nov 03, 2024

THIS WEEK IN OUTSIDER ART

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**JAMES 'SON FORD' THOMAS** Skull (1988) // Unfired clay, human teeth, rocks, aluminum foil; 6.75 x 4.5 x 7 inches via *Souls Grown Deep Foundation*

**ARTIST UNKNOWN** Young Male Mask for Los Manueles Dance (c. 1965; Guerrero, Mexico) // Wood, paint; 9 13/16 × 5 1/8 × 5 1/8 in. (25 × 13 × 13 cm) via *Museum of International Folk Art*

**FRIEDRICH SCHRÖDER-SONNENSTERN** The Fate Duplicate (1956) // Colored pencil on paper; 50 x 71 cm via *Sammlung Zander*

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A few of the greatest Halloween masks ever created -- as seen here at Joshua Lowenfel’s Outsider Art Fair booth in 2023.

**GRANDMA MOSES** Halloween (1955) via *WikiArt*

A "little character" created by **Abdel-Kader Rifi**, likely hand painted on wood(?) in the permanent collection of *Musee LaM*

Catch Des Moines: "Faces In The Crowd" Art Exhibit Opening Reception

**ARTIST UNKNOWN** Game of the Goose (Mid-late 19th century) // Paint on wood; 16 x 15 3/4 inches via *American Folk Art Museum*

**CONSUELO GONZÁLEZ AMÉZCUA (aka Chelo)** Untitled (1967) // Colored pens on paper via *Smithsonian American Art Museum*

**JAKE MCCORD** Purple Dog with Ball (1998) // Paint on wood panel; 15 inches x 20 inches via *Crescent City Auction Gallery*

Des Moines Register: Things To Do // "Faces In The Crowd" Art Exhibit

**JAMES CASTLE** Untitled (ca. 1931-1977) // Found paper and soot; 4 1⁄2 x 3 5⁄8 in. (11.4 x 9.2 cm) via *Smithsonian American Art Museum*

**CHRISTOPHER BAME** Untitled (South Burlington VT) (date unknown) // Mixed media; markers and paint — *available for purchase via the artist in the FolkArtwork Collective shop*

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**DAVID BUTLER** Man in the Moon (date unknown) // Housepaint on Tin; 12.5 x 13.25 in via *Gilley’s Gallery*

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FEATURED ARTIST OF THE WEEK

**MICHIEL EECKHAUT** Largo Al Fabrica (2024) // Oil on canvas courtesy *the artist*

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WATCHING AND READING

Here are a few things I’ve been watching this past week:

The Lost-Wax Casting Process
The Origins Of National Flags - Flags Explained
15 Oldest Buildings in the World

Here are a few things I’ve been reading this past week:

OH WORD?

» “Faces In The Crowd” opens next weekend!

We’re officially less than ONE week away until the opening of “Faces In The Crowd” — the first ever FolkArtwork exhibit. Install is underway and final preparations are taking place, what seems like years in the making is finally upon us and I can’t wait for everyone to see what we’re cooking up!

Exhibiting Artists:

James Ash // Christopher Bame // Jackie Bradshaw // Gabrielle K. Brown
Lindsay Carraway // Mike Combs // Kathy Edwards Hayslett //
Lorena Eliasen // Benjamin Gardner // Dinah Hanson-Carrillo
Noel Hatfield // Sarah Lee // Reneesha Mccoy //Melody Jean Moulton
and Jordan Sullivan

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The Fitch Building located at 304 15th Street, Suite 100 in Des Moines, Iowa

“Faces In The Crowd” will be on display the entire month of November, open on the weekends and available to visit during the week by appointment. All work available for purchase in person and online at FolkArtwork.art.

Stay tuned for behind the scenes install photos, videos, plus much more!

See you from 5-8pm at the November 9th opening of the "Faces In The Crowd" FolkArtwork exhibit in Des Moines, Iowa.

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SHOUT OUT

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Shout out to the dude Art But Make It Sports for the Bill Traylor / Garrett Wilson mashup earlier this week!

FROM THE COLLECTIVE

Esteban Whiteside is a self-taught painter whose work is based on the intersectionality of street art and politics. A native of Asheville, North Carolina, he began painting as an act of love. This then led to him dedicating more time and research into painting, with an interest in abstraction.

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