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Hotspur🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦 @[email protected] · 2026-08-29 · 00:07 UTC

"Untitled," Minnie Evans, 1959.

Evans (1892-1987) was a self-taught Black folk artist who didn't begin drawing until she was in her 40s, working at the ticket booth at Airlie Gardens in Wilmington, NC.

Inspired by her inner visions, her religious faith, her regard for her ancestors, and her surroundings, she created many intricate images of faces amid flowers and foliage. The faces could be her ancestors, or her version of spiritual guides, or something else altogether.

She once said that her flower paintings were her vision of heaven, dismissing the idea of heaven as white and full of clouds, but instead a joyous garden of rainbow colors.

Her work, which began in the 40s, was in many ways a forerunner to psychedelic art of the 60s and 70s; this would not have been out of place on the wall of a hippie's flat.

From the American Folk Art Museum, New York.

#Art #MinnieEvans #OutsiderArt #VisionaryArt #BlackArtists #WomenArtists #BlackHistory #WomensHistory #AmericanArt #FlowerFriday

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Kons Spons @[email protected] · 2026-07-26 · 16:52 UTC

Farigliano #6

Fountain pen and brush pen on A4 Canson smooth mixed media paper

#ink #fountainpen #brushpen #artbrut #outsiderart #art #MastoArt

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Hotspur🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦 @[email protected] · 2026-01-16 · 01:21 UTC

"Country Doctor (Night Call)," Horace Pippin, 1935.

I've talked about Pippin (1888-1946) before; he was a self-taught Black American artist who took up art as a sort of therapy after being injured in WWI. He painted scenes of everyday Black American life, and what he lacked in formal training, he made up for with passion, depth, a remarkable eye for design, and a flair for storytelling and depicting people's lives.

Here we have a scene in a wooded area in the midst of a snowstorm....but a man is slowly leading a horse, pulling a wagon, through the storm. It's not just a mere depiction of a winter scene, but a tribute to the resilience and dedication of a rural doctor, trudging through the storm to someone in need.

Pippin's most popular work are his depictions of Black life, many drawn from his childhood. He also did religious paintings and some historical paintings, mostly of his WWI experiences, but also a noted depiction of John Brown going to his execution, based on descriptions from his grandmother, who witnessed it. I find his work delightful.

From the Museum of Fine Arts Boston.

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slowforward.net @[email protected] · 2024-10-12 · 06:27 UTC

Si inaugura oggi, 12 ottobre, al MUDEC, la grande mostra dedicata all’art brut che, attraverso oltre 70 opere fra disegni, dipinti, sculture e opere tessili, racconta la straordinaria potenza espressiva di una delle concezioni artistiche più significative e rivoluzionarie del Novecento, teorizzata dal celebre artista francese Jean Dubuffet.

12 ottobre 2024 – 16 febbraio 2025
MUDEC – via Tortona 56, Milano

Mostra a cura di Sarah Lombardi e Anic Zanzi, con il supporto di Baptiste Brun per la sezione Jean Dubuffet. In collaborazione con la Collection de l’Art Brut, Losanna.

https://www.mudec.it/dubuffet-e-lart-brut/

Mostra prodotta da 24 ORE Cultura – Gruppo 24 ORE, promossa dal Comune di Milano Cultura con il patrocinio del Consolato Generale di Svizzera a Milano. Institutional partner: Fondazione Deloitte

https://slowforward.net/2024/10/12/da-oggi-12-ottobre-a-milano-al-mudec-dubuffet-e-lart-brut/

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