Outsider Art Fair 2013: Self-Taught Offerings Prove a Popular Draw
NEW YORK—On West 22nd Street, the line was out the door on Saturday. The eager arts crowd was filing into the Outsider Art Fair in Chelsea. A showcase of new and accomplished outsider…
Outsider Art Fair 2013: Everyday Objects by Holly Farrell
NEW YORK—Over the weekend, Garde Rail Gallery of Austin, Texas, exhibited Holly Farrell‘s charming oil and acrylic on masonite works at the Outsider Art Fair. On the gallery’s website, the self-taught artist describes…
Artist Spotlight: Dianne Smith Knows How to Paper a Room
MIAMI—With plain brown paper, Harlem artist Dianne Smith creates transporting environments and functional furniture. Her installations are composed of voluminous swaths of butcher paper, crumpled to create textured wall coverings, and packed tightly…
Artist Profile: Laurent Craste Subverts Image of Precious Porcelain
MIAMI—What do decorative porcelain vases and urns have in common with old baseball bats, nails and hammers? Nothing, traditionally. But artist Laurent Craste has combined the unlikely objects to create innovative mixed-media sculptures…
Artist Spotlight: Cannupa Hanska Challenges Native American Stereotypes
MIAMI—Inaccurate and offensive depictions of Native American culture abound and are often so pervasive that the stereotypical portrayals come to be regarded as standard bearers. To address Native American stereotypes in pop culture,…
