THE NEW FLUENCE WILL LAUNCH
JANUARY 2021
FLUENCE IS AN ONLINE MAGAZINE THAT SERVES AS A DYNAMIC OVERVIEW OF THE CURRENT and DIALOGUE between OUTSIDER, self-taught, AND vernacular art vis-à-vis modern and CONTEMPORARY ART. We will publish features, profiles, essays, interviews, photo essays, and video content directly or intrinsically related to Ricco/Maresca's program and ethos:
Following in the footsteps of the legendary New York dealer Sidney Janis, Ricco/Maresca champions and showcases the art of self-taught masters working outside the continuum of art history. The gallery specializes in Outsider, Self-Taught, Contemporary, and historically significant American Folk art in various media.
Over a period of more than 35 years, Ricco/Maresca has helped blur the lines that have habitually separated conventional art-historical categories and “marginal” art. The gallery has carried out this mission through a pioneering program that emphasizes crossover between vernacular and mainstream traditions, the management of key estates (William Hawkins and Martín Ramírez among them), and seminal books produced with publishing partners such as Alfred A. Knopf, Little Brown and Co., and Pomegranate Press.
Send pitches, finished pieces, and accompanying materials to:
Alejandra Russi, media director
arussi@riccomaresca.com
GENERAL GUIDELINES
Features, profiles, essays, AND interviews
Between 750-1500 words.
All written pieces must include high screen resolution quality photographs (150–300 dpi) of artwork or relevant subject matter, accompanied with a caption document.*
Photo Essays
10 to 15 photographs with captions.*
Written introduction to your photo story (300-500 words).
Video Content
Between 5 and 10 minutes of edited footage.
MP4 files preferred.
Videos made with an iPhone should be shot in horizontal mode.
[All Images, photographs, and videos must be sent via WeTransfer]
*Caption Guidelines
Sample artwork caption:
William Hawkins. Red Dog Running, 1984. Enamel on found board. 40 x 49 in. (101.6 x 124.4 cm).
Sample photo caption:
Pigeons walk side by side with pedestrians along Sixth Avenue near Radio City Music Hall at lunchtime. New York, September 2010. Photo by Ruth Fremson.
Please submit your captions in a separate Word document and number them to match your photo files.
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ARCHIVE
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SPECULATIVE INTERVIEW WITH THE LATE TINO “ROSIE” CAMANGA (1910-?)
By: Adam Hanft -
The House of Mirrors
By Gregg Blasdel June 13, 2018 -
Toni Ross's "Sanctuary Entwined"
By Alejandra Russi June 12, 2018 -
American Art: From the Outside In
May 6, 2018 -
STORYCORPS: Frank Maresca in conversation with Phong Bui
January 25, 2018 -
William Hawkins
By Lyle Rexer September 12, 2017 -
Indelible Ink: Trust and Mystery Tattooing at the New York Historical Society
By Madison Bloom May 25, 2017 -
Post-Dubuffet: Self-Taught Art in the Twenty-First Century (Speech at the American Folk Att Museum)
By George Widener May 25, 2017 -
Interview with Alison Weld
By William L. Ellis May 24, 2017 -
Mr. Train
By: Alejandra Russi May 11, 2017 -
Re-Born Free - Gil Batle
By Norman Brosterman May 10, 2017 -
In the Studio: Toni Ross on the Presence of Absence
By Alejandra Russi September 30, 2016 -
Debbie Han: Here and Now
By Alejandra Russi June 15, 2015 -
MARTÍN RAMÍREZ FOREVER
By Alejandra Russi March 26, 2015 -
A Tribute to Sam Farber
By Kristin Sancken February 8, 2015 -
Visionary Tattoo
Margot Mifflin September 27, 2014 -
Martin Thompson
By Stuart Shepherd June 19, 2013 -
SCHÜTZENHÖFER’S SMILE
June 18, 2013 -
The Geography of Loss
May 22, 2013 -
Floating Bodies: Q&A With Marcos Bontempo
May 21, 2013 -
William Hawkins: Making Itself
April 13, 2013 -
Henry Darger
By Kristin Sancken January 18, 2013 -
Revisiting Ramírez
By Edward M. Gómez January 18, 2013 -
Alice Hope: Objects of Consciousness
By Kristin Sancken January 27, 2013 -
Raw Erotica: Sex, Lust & Desire in Outsider Art
By Colin Rhodes January 26, 2013 -
Melvin Way: The Man, The Pen, and the Moon
By Marie Sabatino March 1, 2011 -
FROM FLORIDA, WITH LOVE AND R-E-S-P-E-C-T
September 5, 2010 -
In the Company of Two Vivid Imaginations
September 1, 2010 -
Black and White Filled with Light
By Edward Gómez July 1, 2010 -
Portfolio: Ben Hotchkiss
May 22, 2010 -
MARTÍN RAMÍREZ: A MILESTONE IN MADRID
By Elenore Weber May 22, 2010 -
By the Numbers
By Edward M. Gómez May 22, 2010 -
DO ALIENS REALLY INFLUENCE PLANET EARTH?
March 1, 2010 -
The Weight is On
May 1, 2010 -
Filling the Void
By Edward M. Gómez May 1, 2010 -
William Hawkins: Architectural Paintings
By Edward M. Gómez January 2, 2010 -
Technology and the Touch of the Hand
January 1, 2010 -
The Sunlight in Shadows, The Stillness in Motion
By Pico Iyer November 1, 2009 -
The Power of Papunya Painting
By Fred Myers September 1, 2009 -
Exiles in Lower Utopia
September 1, 2009
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