Jan 25 2008
11:28AM
EST
Artworthy
Artworthy is a recurring feature that calls out exhibitions, fairs, and/or other art world events worth your precious free time. This weekend's pick...
Generally speaking, art fairs are for the initiated. To be an artist exhibited at one of these highbrow affairs, you have to be recognized — if not by critics, then by collectors, dealers, the market. So what's an artist on the fringe to do? Show at the Outsider Art Fair, the 17th edition of which takes place this weekend at The Puck Building in Soho. (Although, there are still outsiders (i.e. outcasts) at the Outsider Art Fair.) This so-called outsider art is distinguished from "insider" art in that it can be "primitive, visionary, and intuitive" and the people who make it aren't formally trained and often "cope with obsessions and compulsions." To get a better idea of what outsider art is, check out (below) images of some of the works exhibited this year. Admission to the fair: $20.
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Louis Monza, A Scavenger Bird Behind a Nude, Courtesy Luise Ross Gallery |
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Lawrence Amos, Room for Rent, Courtesy Grey Carter - Objects of Art |
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Henry Darger, At Wickey Sansinia - Vivian girls learn that one of their brothers is captured by the Glandelinians, Courtesy Carl Hammer Gallery |
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