Monday 23 November 2009



exhibition  # 1






a collection of outsider art that inspires other artists





henry darger  1892-1973 (america). 
devout hermit and janitor whose panoramic illustrations for a self-penned fairytale fictionalised his own troubled childhood.


( inspires david byrne / paul chan / karin mamma andersson )






sister gertrude morgan 1900-1980 (american)
self-proclaimed bride of christ whose artworks and music were intended to help spread the word at her new orleans faith mission.


( inspires lee friedlander )












sam doyle 1906-1985 (america)
laundry worker whose paintings on tin and wood depict the local populus of st. helena, themselves descendants of south carolina's freed slaves.


( inspires ed ruscha )










morton bartlett 1909-1992 (america)
amateur sculptor and photographer who created, fashioned and photographed a secret family pf pre-teenage mannequins.


( inspires grayson perry / marnie weber )












william hawkins 1895-1990 (america)
kentucky born hunter, truck driver, scrap merchant and pimp, five foot four hawkins created giant canvases of thick house paint and collage.


( inspires jeff mcmillan / jockum nordstrom )








reverend william blayney 1918-1985 (america)
born-again pentecostal lay preacher whose garish fire and brimstone tablets illustrated his prophetic biblical sermons.


( inspires shezad dawood )










george widener 1962-  (america)
southern artist with exceptional memory and mathematical skills, whose inner world is revealed in beguiling diagrams on discarded napkins.


( inspires colin rhodes )






johann hauser 1926-1996 (slovakia)
illiterate, autistic and schizophrenic, hauser's vivid world of figures and shapes made him among the most celebrated of all gugging artists.


( inspires arnulf rainer ) 










prophet royal robertson 1936-1997 (america)
sign painter whose drawings and decorated environment were dedicated either to visions of the future or curses against his ex-wife.


( inspires scott ogden )










george thaxton miller 1900-1988 (america)
burly southern entrepreneur and eccentric who took on the ku klux klan, local government and anyone else who stood in the way of profit.


( inspires peter saville )










reverend jesse howard 1885-1983 (america)
retired farmer whose biblical and political rants formed hand-painted signs and banners plastered across his home and yard.


( inspires bob and roberta smith )










justin mccarthy 1892-1977 (america)
wealthy law student whose liberated oils and drawings portrayed movie stars, ice skaters, plantlife and beasts, all in glorious colour.


( inspires jeff mcmillan )










carlo zinelli 1916-1974 (italy)
italian butcher and soldier whose battle scars found form in three thousand works depicting bullet ridden creatures and mystic texts.


( inspires daniel baumann )







nek chand 1924 -  (india)
indian road-worker who recycled the remains of his village to create an organic kingdom of figures to rival the linear city of chandigarh.


( inspires sunand prasad / idris khan / thukral and tagra )










william scott 1964 -  (america)
artist and good person who portrays himself and his family as the skyline friendly organisation in a newly re-developed 'praise frisco.


( inspires david byrne )







anna zemankova 1908-1986 (czechoslovakia)
dental technician and late-blooming artist whose embroidered botanical drawings were guided by forces beyond her understanding or control.


( inspires paul noble )







morris hirshfield 1872-1946 (ukraine)
east coast slipper manufacturer who turned to painting in his 70's and who was subsequently honoured with a one-man show at moma in 1943.


( inspires bruno bischofberger )








howard finster 1916-2001 (america)
paradise garden superstar and preacher whose finger called on him to paint the word of god, and whose works number in the tens of thousands.


( inspires jarvis cocker )







louis wain 1860-1939 (britain)
english artist whose famous drawings of mischievous cats abstracted as his behaviour grew increasingly erratic at the onset of schizophrenia.


( inspires mathew weir / nick cave )


the museum of everything is in NW1, london. 
admission is free.

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