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 NEDJAR
AT GUGGING
Until February 22 2009
140 paintings and graphic works and 80 previously unseen ‘dolls’
document Michel Nedjar’s importance both to Art Brut and contemporary
art in this major retrospective: Michel Nedjar: Animo!
The catalogue contains German and English text and a recorded
interview with Nedjar is also available. In 2009 the exhibition
will travel to Thurgau, Switzerland.
Museum Gugging, Hauptstrasse 2, A-3400
Maria Gugging, Austria.
t: +43 (0)664 849 06 93. www.gugging.org
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 HIPKISS
IN LONDON
Until August 2
Chris Hipkiss’ intensely absorbing drawings of imagined Utopias
are presented at John Martin Gallery, along with works by
the American artist Benjamin Jones and Farina Alam, whose
intricate drawings are informed by traditional Pakistani miniature
painting.
38 Ablemarle Street, London, W1S 4JG.
t: 020 7499 1314
www.jmlondon.com
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 ORLEANS
HOUSE
August 30–October 19
Art Brut masters feature in Eloquent Obsessions: Outsider
and Visionary Art at Orleans House Gallery, with works
by Henry Darger, Adolf Wölfli, Madge Gill, Scottie Wilson,
Edmund Monsiel, Johann Hauser, George Widener, Norbert Kox,
Vonn Ströpp, Donald Pass and a rare collection of watercolours
by Louis Wain painted in Napsbury asylum in the 1930’s. Riverside,
Twickenham, TW1 3DJ, UK.
t: 020 8831 6000. www.richmond.gov.uk/arts
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 CZECH
ART BRUT
Until October 12
Art Brut in the Czech Lands: Mediumists, Solitaires, Psychotics
exhibits a comprehensive selection of Czech Art Brut, with
works by 40 artists including Anna Zemánková, Eva Droppová,
Zdenek Kosek, Josef Kovár, Anna Haskel and others, at the
Olomouc Museum of Art. Denisova 47, 771 11 Olomouc, Czech
Republic.
t: +420 (0)585 514111.
www.olmuart.cz
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 GAIA
MUSEUM
October 6–7
Art Beyond Limits: A European Art project and Conference
on Outsider Art takes place at GAIA Museum. The first
part, with speakers and workshops, is aimed at art teachers
and museum and gallery staff, with guest speaker Colin Rhodes.
The second part is a project for artists with learning disabilities.
August 12–October 25
Nordic Outsider Art from Finland, Sweden and Denmark is exhibited
in Kraftkunst, with a range of works from organisations
including the Kettuki Centre in Finland.
GAIA Museum of Outsider Art Lene Bredahlsgade 10, 8900 Randers,
Denmark.
t: +45 (0)894 03323.
www.gaiamuseum.dk
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 20
YEARS OF LAGERHAUS MUSEUM
September 1–November 2
The Museum im Lagerhaus continues its 20th anniversary celebrations,
combining with the Collection de l’Art Brut in Lausanne, to
present a comparison of the Swiss Art Brut works shown by
the two organisations.
Davidstrasse 44, 9000 St. Gallen, Switzerland.
t: +41 (0)71 223 5857.
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DARGERISM AT AFAM
Until September 21
Dargerism: Contemporary Artists and Henry Darger reveals
the influence his epic works on the Vivian Girls have had
on mainstream artists.
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October 7–April 12
2009
Curated by Brooke Davis Anderson, Martin Ramirez: The Last
Works exhibits recently discovered drawings from the final
three years of Ramirez’ life. In these drawings, his familiar
forms and figures are developed with more intense use of colour
and abstraction. American Folk Art Museum, 45 West 53rd Street,
New York, NY 10019. t: 212 265 1040. www.folkartmuseum.org
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 NEW
SHOW AT AVAM
October 4 2008–September 6 2009
The Marriage of Art, Science & Philosophy looks at
combinations of playfulness, intuition, imagination and desire.
Among the 50 artists featured are Dalton Ghetti, whose micro-carvings
are on pencil tips and 112 year-old Frank Calloway whose drawings
of mathematical systems on butcher paper stretch hundreds
of feet long.
American Visionary Art Museum, 800 Key
Highway, Inner Harbor, Baltimore MD 21230.
t: 410 244 5858
www.avam.org
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 INTUIT
Until August 30
Chris Hipkiss: Drawings continues, featuring his large-scale
piece, Doddington.
September 12–January 3 2009
September 1 2008 has been designated ‘Lee Godie Day’ and in
celebration of the artist named ‘Queen Mother of Outsider
Art’ by Michael Bonesteel, Intuit presents Lee Godie: Centenary
Celebration with paintings and drawings by Godie, who
for 20 years sold her work on the steps of the Art Institute.
A film is to be created featuring the recollections of those
who were close to her, to be retained in Intuit’s archives.
Until January 3 2009
Sunday Painters: Discarded Paintings by Gifted Amateurs
exhibits the donation of 25 thrift store paintings by Ricco/Maresca
Gallery and Richard Rubenstein, an eclectic collection of
works by unknown amateur artists.
Intuit: The Center for Intuitive & Outsider
Art, 756 N Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL 60622.
t: 312 243 9088.
www.art.org
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