
"Great and Mighty Things"
Outsider Art from the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz Collection
Yale University Press
Published on 30. April 2013
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-0-300-19175-2 (ISBN)
Description
The contemporary art world has been challenged and invigorated by outsider art-works by self-taught practitioners who, by definition, have little to do with mainstream art production, but are nonetheless actively engaged with the visual culture of their time and place.
This is the first book to explore the collection of Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz, one of the finest private collections of American outsider art. Twenty-seven artists are included in the selection published here, among them Eugene Von Bruenchenhein, William Edmondson, Howard Finster, Sister Gertrude Morgan, Martin Ramirez, and Bill Traylor. The book presents short biographies of the artists and essays by major scholars that examine the work from both theoretical and historical perspectives, with a particular focus on the relationship of contemporary art to outsider art and how the latter has been critically appropriated into postmodern discourse. Renowned artist Francesco Clemente's fascinating essay places these so-called outsiders in the mystical tradition of Jacob Boehme, Emanuel Swedenborg, and William Blake.
Published in association with the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Exhibition Schedule:
Philadelphia Museum of Art(03/03/13-05/27/13)
This is the first book to explore the collection of Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz, one of the finest private collections of American outsider art. Twenty-seven artists are included in the selection published here, among them Eugene Von Bruenchenhein, William Edmondson, Howard Finster, Sister Gertrude Morgan, Martin Ramirez, and Bill Traylor. The book presents short biographies of the artists and essays by major scholars that examine the work from both theoretical and historical perspectives, with a particular focus on the relationship of contemporary art to outsider art and how the latter has been critically appropriated into postmodern discourse. Renowned artist Francesco Clemente's fascinating essay places these so-called outsiders in the mystical tradition of Jacob Boehme, Emanuel Swedenborg, and William Blake.
Published in association with the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Exhibition Schedule:
Philadelphia Museum of Art(03/03/13-05/27/13)
Reviews / Votes
"invaluable, refreshing, and thrilling." -Publishers Weekly, starred review * Publishers Weekly * "an exceptional catalog." -Roberta Smith, New York Times -- Roberta Smith * New York Times * "This well thought out and skillfully executed book introduces one of the country's finest collections of outsider. . .art"-Choice * Choice *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
245 color + 1 b-w illus.
Dimensions
Height: 305 mm
Width: 248 mm
Weight
1950 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-300-19175-2 (9780300191752)
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Persons
Ann Percy is curator of drawings at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Cara Zimmerman is executive director of the Foundation for Self-Taught Artists in Philadelphia.
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