Outsider Art is a name for the often mesmerizing creations of those who live and work at a distance from prevailing notions about mainstream artistic trends, individuals who are frequently unaware of themselves as artists or their works as art. This book presents and discusses some of the 20th century's most significant examples of Outsider Art. artists from around the world, including Gedewon, a cleric from Ethiopia who made unique and psychedelic talismans; William Hawkins, an African-American self-taught artist with a unique pop sensibility; the Mexican artist Martin Ramirez, creator of large-scale works that tell tales of mestizo life; Nek Chand Saini, whose Rock Garden in India is a leading visionary site; Hung Tung, whose colourful scrolls reflect both traditional Taiwanese culture and fantastic imagination; former Navajo medicine man Charlie Willeto, carver of raw, expressionistic figures and animals; Anna Zemankova, Czech maker of dreamy, biomorphic drawings, perhaps done in a trance or mediumistic state; and Italian artist Carlo Zinelli, whose bold graphic compositions display incredible patterns and energy. of international Outsider Art and demonstrates the importance of place and time - as well as internal genius - in these artists' creative processes.

Vernacular Visionaries : International Outsider Art

Arts & Photography

Museum of International Folk Art (N.M.)

Carlano, Annie

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

Yale Univ. Press

Illustrated. Includes: "How does a State Museum Acquire a Megacollection?" by Yvonne Lange, Director of the Museum of International Folk Art. An interview with Alexander Girard conducted by Charlene Cerny, Curator of the exhibition. "Exploring the World of Alexander Girard" by Paul Winkler.

Multiple visions, a common bond: The Girard Foundation Collection

Museum of International Folk Art

Folk Art from the Global Village: The Girard Collection at the Museum of International Folk Art

Larsen, Jack Lenor

History & Criticism

Museum of New Mexico Pr

Revealing the deep personal struggles and triumphs of these vibrant individuals, this moving collection book illuminates the depth of commitment by the Tibetan people to keep their unique culture and language alive. 100 color illustrations.

The Art of Exile: Paintings by Tibetan Children in India

HARRIS, Clare

Bod Kyi Bud Med Lhan Tshogs (Dharmsala, India)

This is a wonderful book that enables the reader to understand the sad situation of Tibet through the eyes of the Tibetan school children. Many of these children suffer from the separation and loss of their families in Chinese-occupied Tibet. The book brings to life their childhood memories, the Tibetan spirit and culture and the future aspiration of these unfortunate children who now in exile have the opportunity for education like their counterparts in the free world.

Featuring the fine collection of seventeenth- to nineteenth-century Spanish and Mexican maiolica at the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe, this book explores and celebrates Spanish traditional ceramics of Old and New Spain. Renowned ceramic expert Florence C. Lister and archaeologist Robert H. Lister studies 144 examples of historical maiolica in what is the first study of its kind tracing the decorative styles, influences, and innovations in a ceramic tradition that is almost a millennium old.

Maiolica Ole: Spanish and Mexican Decorative Traditions

Lister, Robert H.

Lister, Florence C.

Colonial frontiers: Art and life in Spanish New Mexico : the Fred Harvey Collection

Book by Mather, Christine;Museum of International Folk Art (N.M.);International Folk Art Foundation

Mather, Christine

International Folk Art Foundation

Ancient City Press

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