Outsider Art Podcast

In his external life Darger was a pitiable figure, reclusive, impoverished, orphaned at 16, often regarded as crazy, suffering almost constant pain in his later years and working menial jobs his entire life. However in the internal world of his writings and art he was both a hero and anti-hero, creator of magical, violent world’s and a fiercely determined protector of children.

Cover image - Henry Darger - "At Obrigano Captured once when Glandelinians had attacked Dicies headquarter, house to left middle of pictures They escaped with the four younger children however" - circa 1955/60

Reading List

Henry J. Darger: In the Realms of the Unreal. John M. MacGregor. ISBN - 978-8886455060

Henry Darger, Throwaway Boy. Jim Elledge. ISBN - 978-1590208557

Darger's Resources. Michael Moon. ISBN - 978-0822351566

Darger: The Henry Darger Collection at the American Folk Art Museum. Brooke Davis Anderson. ISBN - 0-8109-1398-4

There are several other books on Henry Darger which can be found via a quick internet search.

Video List

In the Realms of the Unreal. Director - Jessica Yu. 2004

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When Adolf Wolfli passed away on November 6th, 1930 he was working on what would become his final uncompleted work - Funeral March. He left behind 45 large self-bound books, and 16 exercise books of over 25,000 pages in total which included 1,600 drawings and 1,600 collages as well as approximately 50 Early artworks (from 1904-1907), numerous pieces of, what Walter Morgenthaler called, “Bread Art” but are now more commonly referred to as his single sheet drawings, as well as intricately painted objects such as a screen and wooden closets...

Artwork

Episode Cover art - Adolf Wolfli 'The Covered Almighty-Kettle' (1926)

Adolf Wolfli on WikiArt click here

Wolfli's Vocabulary of Forms

Wolfli's Vocabulary of Forms (from Adolf Wolfli. Draftsman, Writer, Poet, Composer - Editor Elka Spoerri)

Reading List

Adolf Wolfli. Draftsman, Writer, Poet, Composer - Editor Elka Spoerri - ISBN 0-8014-3403-3

Adolf Wolfli. Creator of the Universe - ISBN 978-80-87164-95-2

The Art of Adolf Wolfli. St. Adolf-Giant-Creation - ISBN 0-691-11498-6

Outsider Art. Visionary Worlds and Trauma - Daniel Wojcik - ISBN 9781496808066

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An introduction to the Outsider Art Podcast in which I introduce myself, tell you what the podcast series is going to be about and get tangled up in the existential quagmire that is Outsider Art.

In short summary the Outsider Art Podcast will be an episodic series looking at the Art, Artists, History, Controversies and whatever else raises its head as we do a deep dive into this fascinating genre.

We will be exploring the Art and Artists that sit (often uncomfortably) within the genre, finding out about the history and the critical events, texts, exhibitions and personalities, and sifting through the "term warfare" controversies that have surrounded Outsider Art for many decades. But mostly we'll be celebrating the outstanding masterworks that have sprung from outside the art establishment.

Carmen Brown - Untitled

Reading List:

Each Episode will come with a reading list and this one is no different. It's by no means a complete list of what's available on the subject but they are all texts that I've either referenced in the show and/or have referred to in the past:

Books:

Outsider Art - Roger Cardinal - ISBN 0-289-70168-6

How to look at Outsider Art - Lyle Rexer - ISBN 0-8109-9202-7

Outsider Art. From the Margins to the Marketplace - David Maclagan - ISBN 978-1-86189-521-9

Outsider Art. Visionary worlds and trauma - Daniel Wojcik - ISBN 9781496808066

Vernacular Visionaries. International Outsider Art - Edited by Annie Carlano - ISBN 0-300-10173-2

Raw Creation. Outsider Art and Beyond - John Maizels - ISBN 0-7148-4009-2

Raw Vision. Outsider Art Sourcebook - Editor John Maizels - ISBN 0-9543393-0-4

Outsider Art. Spontaneous Alternatives - Colin Rhodes - ISBN0-500-20334-2

Parallel Visions. Modern Artists and Outsider Art - Edited by Maurice Tuchman and Carol S.Eliel - ISBN 0-87587-165-8

The Discovery of the Art of the Insane - John M. MacGregor - ISBN 0-691-04071-0

Artistry of the Mentally Ill - Hans Prinzhorn (translated by Eric von Brockdorff) - ISBN 978-3-662-00918-5

Papers:

On Outsider Art and the Margins of the Mainstream - Marcus Davies - 2007

Exhibitions of Outsider Art Since 1947 - Christina McCollum - 2017

Periodicals:

Raw Vision magazine

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“As though this were the moment he had always been waiting for, Carlo immediately set out on his extraordinary journey, filling large sheets of paper one after the other, with total concentration, occasionally declaiming words in his sonorous voice and a language all his own."

Michael Noble ('Memories of Carlo' in Carlo Zinelli: RectoVerso)

Cover image - Carlo Zinelli. Untitled (verso). n.d.

Reading List

Carlo Zinelli: RectoVerso. 5 Continents Editions. ISBN 978-88-7439-844-7

Carlo Zinelli. The Museum of Everything presents.

Available from https://shop.musevery.com/collections/books/products/il-palazzo-di-everything-catalogue

Thanks to 5 Continents Editions for providing me with a copy of Carlo Zinelli: RectoVerso. You can find this book and many more exquisite Art books at their website - https://www.fivecontinentseditions.com/

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In this episode the OAP takes a shallow dive into a deep pond - Susan Te Kahurangi King's archive - and comes up with treasure.

Cover Image - Susan Te Kahurangi King, Untitled (detail), 29.5 x 21 cm, Graphite and marker, March 2012 - Image used with permission, © The Susan Te Kahurangi King Trust, all rights reserved.

Reading List

The Drawings of Susan Te Kahurangi King. Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami. 2016. ISBN - 978-0-9972492-7-9

Articles

Susan King, Address Unknown. Robert Leonard. Vault Magazine - Issue 33 (February to April 2021)

Explosive Drawings: Susan King's Mash-ups, Strange Landscapes, and Other Worlds. Edward M. Gomez. Hyperallergic (2014)

The Joys and Terrors of an Outsider Artist. Patrick Price. Hyperallergic (2017)

Other Links

Susan Te Kahurangi King. Instagram Link - https://www.instagram.com/susantekahurangiking/

The Petita Cole Collection. Instagram Link - https://www.instagram.com/thepetitacolecollection/

Aotearoa Print Studios. Website - https://apseditions.co.nz/collections/susan-king

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