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FolkArtwork Newsletter No. XLVII: The Al Seeing Eye, Madge Gill and a Beautiful Stool + More This Week in Outsider Art

THIS WEEK IN OUTSIDER ART​

“If you look for a meaning, you’ll miss everything that happens.” ― Andrei Tarkovsky

SISTER GERTRUDE MORGAN There’s An Al Seeing Eye Watching You (n.d.) // Acrylic and/or tempera, pencil, and pen and ink on notebook paper 6 7/8 x 11 inches via Collection of the Jaffe Family
ARTIST UNKNOWN Primitive Linoleum Top Wood Step Stool (c. 1930’s) // Approximately 8 1/4” x 9 3/4” x 7 1/2” via Walnut and Limestone
MADGE GILL Untitled (1954) // Ink on card; 25 × 20 1/2 in via Milwaukee Art Museum
ARTIST UNIDENTIFIED Independent Order of Odd Fellows Grave Marker (1875–1925) via American Folk Art Museum
JULIE BAR Untitled (c. 1916-1930) // Graphite on paper; 22 x 17.5 cm via Collection de l’Art Brut Lausanne
ARTIST UNKNOWN Apache Playing Cards (ca. 1870; Southern Plains) // Hide, paint via Donald Ellis Gallery
ARTIST UNKNOWN Apache Playing Cards (ca. 1870; Southern Plains) // Hide, paint via Donald Ellis Gallery
ARTIST UNKNOWN Wooden Amulets (mid 20th century; Afghanistan) via Museum of International Folk Art
FRANK JONES Untitled (1967) via Webb Gallery
HOWARD FINSTER House Guard Cat (1991) // Enamel and marker on wood; 22.50 x 19 in via Skot Foreman Gallery

FEATURED ARTIST OF THE WEEK

TINA SCARPELLO The Past (2018) courtesy the artist

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OH WORD?

As seen above, Sister Gertrude Morgan’s “Seeing Eye Watching You” and Jackie Bradshaw‘s art therapy eye art work.

Apache Playing Cards ca. 1870 and African American Playing Cards c. 1900- 1920; Mississippi.

William Hawkins’ “Last Supper #9” from 1987 and Esteban Whiteside‘s “Last Supper” from 2022.

HAPPENINGS

GO SEE:

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LOS ANGELES

BALTIMORE

NEW MEXICO 

OHIO

TEXAS 


IN CASE YOU MISSED IT:

FROM THE COLLECTIVE

SARAH LEE It’s not the end of the world…but sometimes it feels like it might be (2023) // Acrylic on canvas paper — available for purchase via the artist on the #FolkArtwork shop ✌️

The FolkArtwork Collective Outsider Art Fair Online Viewing Room.

And check out original artwork for sale at the FolkArtwork Collective
Thank you <3

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