They are not strange ... they are just very talented
ARTinvestment.RU   06 апреля 2009

Last week the New York art fair took place outside

9 December in New York opened one of the country in the world of art fairs: Outsider Art Fair. It was the art, which is very different from what could be seen at «Art Moscow» , Frieze , FIAC and other fairs. The term Outsider art ( «outsider art» or «art foreign») was coined in 1972 by art critic Roger Cardinal (Roger Cardinal) as the English version of the term Art brut ( «raw art», «grave art», «wild art») , which was put into circulation the French painter Jean Dyubyuffe (Jean Dubuffet).

Dyubyuffe quite early began to understand that the artists around him, even the most notorious avant-gardists, always create a product with a caution that it was up to them and all their works fit perfectly in any cultural context. He wondered: is there a culture of art outside? .. The answer he found in the book Printshorna Hans (Hans Prinzhorn) «The art of the mentally ill». At the time this work was popular among the avant-garde artists, including Surrealism, but for all their creativity patients in psychiatric hospitals was only one motivation. Dyubyuffe also announced that the only creativity «marginal» has the right to be called art, as these artists create works, not because they want to sell them, or as a «write» themselves to the culture, but only on the orders of soul. «Wild» artists (which, according to Dyubyuffe, in addition to the mentally ill are the more creative and prisoners, children, artists with mental disabilities and residents of remote rural areas) have no idea about art, do not know the names of other artists and created exclusively for themselves. Dyubyuffe did everything he could to promote the Art brut: finding artists who arranged the exhibition, produced magazines. In 1976 the artist opened a museum «Collection of Art Brut» in the Swiss city of Lausanne.

Over time, the term Art brut has been used exclusively to refer to objects from the collection Dyubyuffe, and the definition of «outsider art» has gained greater importance. Outsiders has been called not only to authors who do not have any idea about the culture, but also naive painters, self, and a visionary «urban lunatics». Last year, the Lazarides Gallery in London was arranged exhibition «Outsiders», which could see the works of «street artists», such as JR, Paul Insect, Faile and others. In principle, now «outsider» may call himself a painter as opposed to «art establishment». While experience shows that most often in museums and galleries that specialize in «art foreign», are visionary work, people with mental disabilities, and artists-self, and of course, insane. This is the latest creation was first applied the term «wild art», and that their work is most shocking. Interest in the art of outsiders has led to many psychiatrists for the first time to really think about the benefits that can bring the art-therapy. Now, in many hospitals for the mentally ill in the West, there are art workshops. For mentally ill people, as well as for autistov, people with Down syndrome and other disabilities, the arts - one of the most important ways of communicating with others.

U «art foreign» and there is a market - not very big, but steady. He also spoke about the art boom of recent years. True, compared with the labor representatives of the so-called. Contemporary art works of the major stars outsider art are not as expensive: at auction, they can be from several hundred to several hundred thousand dollars.

Fair of Outsider Art Fair, held in New York, became the 17 th on the account. It was attended by 34 galleries. Some of them just stand filled from top to bottom of his works, some have organized their exhibition space according to certain specific concept. Among the participants allocated to the Center of Creative Growth Californian city of Oakland, representing the creativity of artists with various mental disorders. The most famous author of Creative Growth, perhaps, is Judith Scott (Judith Scott, 1943-2005) - deaf-mute woman with Down syndrome, created wonderful objects from random things. His sculptures Scott always put colored threads. One of Scott was sold to Carl Hammer Gallery for 22 thousand dollars.

In general, this year most successful dealers are those who offered them work «proven» artists. The same Carl Hammer was able to sell more than 20 works, including pictures of legendary black self-taught artist Treylora Bill (Bill Traylor, 1854-1949). Treylor was born in Alabama in the middle of the XIX century. His parents were slaves. Almost all his life he worked on the farm when he was already in his eighties, he settled in the city of Montgomery, where he began to paint. Treylora «opened» painter Charles Shannon (Charles Shannon), who supplied him with paper, pencils and paints, as well as organizing exhibitions. Even when life Treylora his work wanted to buy the Director of the New York Museum of Modern Art, Alfred Barr (Alfred Barr). The general public drew attention to the creativity Treylora in 1982, which was arranged popular exhibition «African American Arts and Crafts». Treylor to create very expressive images of people and animals, the expression in his works, he reached a very concise means that give critics a reason his nickname «street Matisse». Now the work of this unusual artist sold at public auction for tens of thousands of dollars.

«opening» Fair has become an artist Stephen Palmer (Stephen Palme, 1882-1965). His works have been discovered very recently, the sale of property to its guardian. Palmer was a farmer from Wisconsin, created fantastic images of Virgin Mary, Jesus and other biblical characters. Creativity Palmer can be seen from Carl Hammer (where one of his works was sold for 4,5 thousand dollars) and the booth gallery Ricco /Maresca.

One of the owners of Ricco /Maresca, Roger Ricco (Roger Ricco) said that over the three days of the exhibition, he was able to sell the three paintings Palmer, as well as several works of Martin Ramirez ( Martín Ramírez , 1895 -- 1963), which is one of the most famous artists of outsiders. Ramirez emigrated to the United States from Mexico in the 1920's, and spent almost the rest of his life in various mental hospitals in California. He created paintings and collages, which depicted the Madonna, riders in the sombrero, animals, trains. Almost all his works Ramirez decorated fields concentric lines, which it seems that the figures in his works are in the tunnel. Two years ago in New York's American Museum of Folk Art held a retrospective Ramirez. During this exhibition with the museum contacted the heirs of Doctor Dunevittsa Max (Max Dunievitz), former director of a hospital, where at one time the artist lived. The heirs stated that they had stored some 140 recent works Ramirez. On hearing this, the descendants of the artist stated that they have the right to at least part of the work, and began a long dispute, which successfully solved in the past year. Now some of these products are sold in the Gallery Ricco /Maresca. The fair buyers find two or three pictures, each worth 175 thousand dollars.

art dealer from the United Kingdom Henry Boxer (Henry Boxer) put on sale the work of George Uaydenera (George Widener, Dr.. 1962), American artist with Asperger syndrome (mild form of autism). Uaydener - savant. His nickname «lightning calendar calculator» for his incredible ability to remember dates, statistics and other figures. The figures appear on almost all his works, many of which are depicted by drawings, maps and calendars. The fair outsider art Uaydener was very popular: in the first fifteen minutes vernisage held on 8 January, at the Henry Boxer bought ten of his drawings. Art dealer also told that many bought it small, the size of a postcard, pictures the English visionary artist, Madge Gill (Madge Gill, 1882-1961) at a price of 100-300 dollars. Many of the works depict mysterious ghostly women in long dresses fantastic, something resembling a «stranger» Bloc of poems - «And veyut ancient legends of elastic silk ...» The researchers believe that women in jobs Madge Gill - it is the image itself or its deceased daughter. Gill was a follower of spiritualism and believed that the pictures actually creates it, a spirit called Myrninerest. She sometimes gave their works to the exhibition, but refused to sell them, because they did not consider itself the true author. Works by Madge Gill can be seen in the Moscow museum of outsider art at Izmaylovskiy Boulevard.

Material prepared Yulia Maksimova

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