come see the feature exhibition at the art museum. The show celebrates a gift to the museum of over 300 works from collector Anthony Petullo. Categorized as 'outsider art,' simply meaning work by self-taught artists working outside the mainstream, the show represents over 50 different artists working throughout the 20th century. Vivid, varied, colorful, obsessive, spiritual, strange, ugly, beautiful. Not a show to miss! Here are some of my favorites:
Cover of exhibition catalogue; detail of The Demoness of Urgency, 1958, Friedrich Schröder-Sonnenstern
The Demoness of Urgency, 1958, Friedrich Schröder-Sonnenstern
Moon Prisoners, 1955, Friedrich Schröder-Sonnenstern
God Created the Heavens and the Earth, 1968, Consuelo Amézcua
untitled, n.d, Måna Lagerholm
untitled, n.d, Madge Gill
Book #6 Elementa, 1994, Anne Grgich
untitled, 1960/63/66, Minnie Evans
Deutschland, Lüneburg, 1992, Johann Garber
Deutschland, Lüneburg (detail), 1992, Johann Garber
Elaborate Bottle Cap Staff, n.d, Mr. Imagination
untitled, n.d, Albert Louden
The Greedies, ca. 1945, Scottie Wilson
Images of Men Strangling Children (detail), n.d, Henry Darger
Blengiglomeneans Displaying their Wings (detail), n.d, Henry DargerMore information and a complete list of artist biographies can be found on the MAM website:
www.mam.org/accidental-genius/
All images courtesy of Accidental Genius exhibition catalogue.
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