Country:
Categories:
The Outsider Art Fair is the singular event to feature works by both celebrated and newly discovered self-taught artists from around the world. The 2015 edition of the Outsider Art Fair in New York will be held from January 29 – February 1 at Center 548 (548 West 22nd Street, New York, NY 10011), and will showcase over 45 international galleries from 27 cities representing 8 countries.
Jay Gorney and Anne Doran will curate a special exhibition, entitled "If I Had Possession over Judgment Day." The show will bring together works by five artists, Melvin Way (b. 1954), Emery Blagdon (1907–1986), Adolf Wölfli (1864–1930), Mark Lombardi (1951–2000), and the Philadelphia Wireman (20th century), whose lives span three centuries and whose practices incorporate disparate media, from batteries to ballpoint pen. A keen sense of paranoia unites the artists. Their works, made to control chaos or ward off disaster, serve a talismanic purpose, whether medicinal, protective, instructive, wishful, or cathartic.
2015 Exhibitor List:
Brazil, São Paulo: Galeria Estação; France, Paris: Hervé Perdriolle, L’Inlassable, Polad-Hardouin Art Contemporain; Haiti, Pétionville: Galerie Bourbon-Lally; Italy, Turin: Rizomi Art Brut; Japan, Tokyo: Gallery Kogure, Yukiko Koide Presents; Netherlands, Goes: Een Nieuwe Wind; United Kingdom, London: Henry Boxer Gallery, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, Raw Vision; USA, Austin: Garde Rail Gallery; Baltimore: C. Grimaldis Gallery; Baton Rouge: Gilley’s Gallery; Berkeley: The Ames Gallery; Chattanooga, TN: Tanner Hill; Chicago: Carl Hammer Gallery; Judy A. Saslow Gallery; Clayton, MO: Galerie Bonheur; Columbus, OH: Lindsay Gallery; Dallas: Chris Byrne; Iowa City: The Pardee Collection; Lexington, KY: Institute 193; Los Angeles: The Good Luck Gallery, Ernie Wolfe Gallery; Miami: Pan American Art Projects; New Haven: Fred Giampietro Gallery; New York: American Folk Art Museum, American Primitive Gallery, Andrew Edlin Gallery, Cavin-Morris Gallery, Fountain Gallery, Galerie St. Etienne, The Gallery at HAI, Hirschl & Adler, Jackie Klempay, Kent Fine Art, Louis B. James, Luise Ross Gallery, MAKE (Scott Ogden), Marion Harris, Pure Vision Arts, Ricco Maresca Gallery, Shrine, Winter Works on Paper; Oakland: Creative Growth Art Center; Philadelphia: Fleisher/Ollman Gallery; Indigo Arts Gallery; Plainview, NY: Arte del Pueblo; Waxahachie, TX: Webb Gallery; Wimberley, TX: J. Compton Gallery
Exclusive Early Access: Thursday, January 29, 3 – 6 PM
Vernissage: Thursday, January 29, 6 – 9 PM
Open to the Public:
Friday, January 30, 11 AM – 8 PM
Saturday, January 31, 11 AM – 8 PM
Sunday, February 1, 11 AM – 6 PM
548 West 22nd Street, New York, NY, 10011
