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Category: Outsider Art

  • Sketchtravel

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    I don’t know about you, but I can sometimes be a little intimidated by my own sketchbooks, specifically in cases where I’ve made some drawings that I feel were particularly successful, and become reluctant to add to them, either from worry about carrying a sketchbook with drawings I like in it around and losing it,…

  • Dr. Sketchy’s Anti Art Show

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    I’ve long maintained that both men and women have only one erogenous zone. (Got your attention, didn’t I?) I’ll further maintain that this single erogenous zone is located in the same physical location for both sexes, directly between… the ears. Nothing is sexy unless you think it’s sexy. Which is why life drawing sessions are…

  • Art of War: Eyewitness U.S. Combat Art From the Revolution through the Twentieth Century

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    For the benefit of those in other parts of the world, I’ll mention that today is Veterans Day here in the U.S., a day set aside to remember and honor those who have served in the military over the history of the country; though particular attention is given, as it should be, to those involved…

  • BibliOdyssey (the book)

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    Ephemera is defined as printed or written material that isn’t intended to be preserved. Magazines and newspapers, for example, are meant to be transitory, disposed of once read (the pile of National Geographics in your grandfather’s attic notwithstanding.) Even many books are meant to be ephemeral; computer instruction manuals, for example, are out of date…

  • Rick Griffin

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    As I mentioned in my article about Peter Max, there were several less widely known artists who were actually much more instrumental in the creation of that unique blend of Op, Pop, Surrealism, Dada and Art Nouveau that came to be known as Psychedelic Art in the 1960’s. Rick Griffin was one of the major…

  • Irving Norman

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    Irving Norman may be the most important “ignored” artist of the 20th Century. His work is striking, powerful, visually and intellectually rich and complex, masterfully painted and emotionally haunting. He painted dramatic, large scale canvasses exploding with color and detail, in which dozens, even hundreds of figures dance the dances of humanity in the throes…