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Book Review
The Power and Fluidity of Girlhood in Henry Darger’s Art
04/2022 | 1429 | 164
Pages: 425-426
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Reviewer:
Rhodes, Colin (Rhodes, Colin)
Subjects
artists:
Darger, Henry
dates:
1900-1999
subjects:
American art / Gender / Children / Outsider art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Power and Fluidity of Girlhood in Henry Darger’s Art By Leisa Rundquist. 126 pp. incl. 13 b. & w. ills. (Routledge, Abingdon-on-Thames, 2021), £44.99. ISBN 978–1–138–31455–9. | :
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Attributed works:
5. a) Are almost murdered themselves though they fight for their lives typhoon saves them... b) Vivian girls said Glandelinian tent, by Henry Darger. Watercolour and pencil on paper, 55.9 by 223.5 cm. (Museum of Modern Art, New York; Scala Archives).
Exhibition Review
Jean Dubuffet: Brutal Beauty
08/2021 | 1421 | 163
Pages: 736-739
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Reviewer:
Rhodes, Colin (Rhodes, Colin)
Subjects
artists:
Dubuffet, Jean
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Barbican Art Gallery, London, Great Britain
styles:
Surrealism / Art Brut
subjects:
French art / Outsider art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Jean Dubuffet: Brutal Beauty Barbican Art Gallery, London 17th May–22nd August | :
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Attributed works:
1. Wall and opinions, by Jean Dubuffet. January–March 1945. Lithograph on Montval cardboard, 121 by 45 cm. (Collection Fondation Dubuffet, Paris; © 2021 ADAGP, Paris, and DACS, London; exh. Barbican Art Gallery, London).
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2. Lady’s body, by Jean Dubuffet. December 1950. Watercolour on paper, 48 by 31 cm. (Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris; © 2021 ADAGP, Paris, and DACS, London; © MAD, Paris, and Cyrille Bernard; exh. Barbican Art Gallery, London).
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3. Texturology XLVI (with ochre flashes), by Jean Dubuffet. 30th May 1958. Oil on canvas, 97 by 130 cm. (Musée des Arts Decoratifs, Paris; © 2021 ADAGP, Paris, and DACS, London; © MAD, Paris, and Jean Tholance; exh. Barbican Art Gallery, London).
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4. Site inhabited by objects, by Jean Dubuffet. 1st–3rd May 1965. Vinyl paint on canvas, 130 by 162 cm. (Tate; exh. Barbican Art Gallery, London).
Book Review
Between Worlds: The Art of Bill Traylor. By Leslie Umberger
05/2020 | 1406 | 162
Pages: 463-464
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Reviewer:
Monahan, Anne (Monahan, Anne)
Subjects
artists:
Traylor, Bill
subjects:
American art / Outsider art / Black people / Folk art / Folklore / Popular culture
Reviewed Items
subjects:
the burlington magazine | 162 | may 2020 463 Between Worlds: The Art of Bill Traylor By Leslie Umberger. 448 pp. incl. 244 col. + 61 b. & w. ills. (Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, and Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ, 2018),  54. ISBN 978–0–691–18267–4. | :
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5. Yellow chicken, by Bill Traylor. c.1939–40. Gouache and pencil on board, 29.2 by 25.4 cm. (Museum of Modern Art, New York).
Exhibition Review
Madge Gill: Myrninerest William Morris Gallery, London
09/2019 | 1398 | 161
Pages: 771-773
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Reviewer:
Grant, Simon (Grant, Simon)
Subjects
artists:
Gill, Madge
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
William Morris Gallery, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Women artists / Outsider art / British art / Spirituality
Illustrations
Attributed works:
24. Untitled, by Madge Gill. Chinese ink and coloured pencil on cardboard, 17.8 by 23 cm. (Collection de l’Art Brut, Lausanne; photograph Amélie Blanc; exh. William Morris Gallery, London).
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25. Madge Gill displays an untitled piece in coloured ink on calico, Plashet Grove, East Ham, London. 1947. (Courtesy Westwood/ Paul Popper/ Popperfoto/ Getty Images).
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26. Newly discovered embroideries by Madge Gill. 2018. (Courtesy Sophie Dutton; photograph Kate Peters).
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27. Untitled, by Madge Gill. Cotton, 92 by 78 cm. (Collection de l’Art Brut, Lausanne; photograph Jean Genoud; exh. William Morris Gallery, London).
Exhibition Review
Outliers and American Vanguard Art. Los Angeles County Museum of Art
03/2019 | 1392 | 161
Pages: 246-248
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Reviewer:
Pohl, Frances K. (Pohl, Frances K. )
Subjects
dates:
1920-1929 / 1930-1939 / 1960-1969 / 1970-1979 / 1980-1989 / 1990-2009 / 2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, United States
subjects:
American art / Outsider art / Modernism / Avant-garde
Illustrations
Attributed works:
19. Adelard the drowned, master of ‘The Phantom’, by Marsden Hartley. c.1938–39. Board, 71.1 by 55.9 cm. (Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis; exh. Los Angeles County Museum of Art).
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20. Candy Darling, by Greer Lankton. 1985. Fabric, wire, glass, human hair, acrylic paint, matte medium, feathers and metal, 76.2 by 30.5 by 7.6 cm. (Paul Monroe; Greer Lankton Archive Museum; exh. Los Angeles County Museum of Art).
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21. Take my yoke upon you and learn of me saith Jesus, #1,060, by Howard Finster. 1977–78. Paint on board with embossed wood, 44.5 by 122.6 cm. (High Museum of Art, Atlanta; exh. Los Angeles County Museum of Art).
Book Review
Nature’s Experiments and the Search for Symbolist Form. By Allison Morehead
01/2019 | 1390 | 161
Pages: 94-95
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Reviewer:
Thomson, Belinda (Thomson, Belinda)
Subjects
art literature:
Germain, Alphonse / Zola, Emile / Poe, Edgar Allan
artists:
Denis, Maurice / Vuillard, Edouard / Strindberg, August / Munch, Edvard / Bonnard, Pierre
dates:
1850-1899 / 1900-1949 / 1890-1899 / 1890-1899 / 1900-1909 / 1910-1919
media:
Paintings / Drawings
places:
Europe
subjects:
French painting / Norwegian / Swedish painting / Symbolist movement / Art theory / Science / Psychology / Primitivism (Cultural anthropology related concept) / Children's art / Outsider art / Writings / Literature / Translations / Nudes / Landscapes (visual works) / Dreams / Disease
Illustrations
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6. Study for Décor, by Maurice Denis. c.1890–91. Charcoal and pastel on paper, 31.2 by 24.7 cm. (Private collection).
Exhibition Review
Outsider art (Wellcome Collection). London
09/2013 | 1326 | 155
Pages: 637-639
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Reviewer:
Boaden, James (Boaden, James)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Wellcome Collection, London, Great Britain
places:
London / England
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Outsider art / Japanese
Illustrations
Attributed works:
47. Untitled, by Shinichi Sawada (Private collection; exh. Wellcome Collection, London)
Attributed works:
50. Kanibo (Crab boy), by Shoichi Koga (Collection of the artist; exh. Wellcome Collection, London)
Exhibition Review
Outsider art (Hayward). London
09/2013 | 1326 | 155
Pages: 637-639
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Reviewer:
Boaden, James (Boaden, James)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Hayward Gallery, London, Great Britain
places:
London / England
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Conceptual art
subjects:
Outsider art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
48. Megalopolis 21 12, by George Widener (Museum of Everything; exh. Hayward Gallery, London)
Attributed works:
49. Lee and cameo on a chair..., by Lee Godie (Courtesy of the Richard and Ellen Sandor Family Collection; exh. Hayward Gallery, London)
Exhibition Review
Inner Worlds Outside. London, Madrid and Dublin
10/2006 | 1243 | 148
Pages: 703-705
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Reviewer:
Rhodes, Colin (Rhodes, Colin)
Subjects
dates:
2000-2009 / 1900-1999
museums and institutions:
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland / Fundación 'La Caixa', Madrid, Spain / Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, Great Britain
places:
Spain / Madrid / London / Ireland / England / Dublin
print:
Twentieth-century art
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Art / Avant-garde
subjects:
Outsider art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Inner Worlds Outside | institution: Fundación 'La Caixa' , institution: Irish Museum of Modern Art , institution: Whitechapel Art Gallery
Illustrations
Attributed works:
40. General view of the Island of Neveranger, by Adolf Wölfli. 1911. Pencil and crayon on newsprint, 99.8 by 71.2 cm. (Adolf-Wölfli-Stiftung, Kunstmuseum Bern; exh. Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin).
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41. The Cancan (La danse du Cancan), by Guillaume Pujolle. 1922. Watercolour on paper, 31 by 23.3 cm. (Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, on loan from the Musgrave Kinley Outsider Art Collection; exh. Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin).