UPCOMING EXHIBITION
ALFRED NEUMAYR: MYTHICAL CREATURES
Opening Reception + Winter Party:
Saturday, January 19, 6:30 pm – 9 pm
(dedicated to the life and work of Phyllis Kind)
Neumayr was born in Tulln (Lower Austria) in 1958. He works primarily with India ink or pencil—which he applies and scratches out, thins down or mixes. His modus operandi is reminiscent of surrealist automatism: starting at a random point and letting his hand glide without restraint until the innumerable lines reveal a theme that he then elaborates on. The resulting images resemble geographical formations, photos from outer space, fantasy worlds or mythical creatures. Minute details appear as figures or faces; the various thicknesses of his pen strokes and the rhythmic structures into which they are linked make his pictures come alive. Neumayr’s diffuse representations leave ample room for association and interpretation: waves seen from a bird’s eye perspective, animal hoards or battle scenes may reveal themselves to the viewer.
NEWS
OUTSIDER ART FAIR
NEW YORK, 2019
JANUARY 17 – 20 | BOOTH 11
For the upcoming Outsider Art Fair, Ricco/Maresca Gallery will present a collaborative booth with Austria’s Galerie Gugging, continuing to build upon our ongoing relationship; a symbolic convergence of American Outsider Art and European Art Brut.
Ricco/Maresca Gallery will participate with a selection of material by classic and contemporary Outsider and Self-Taught artists Bill Traylor (ca. 1854 – 1949), Martín Ramírez (1895-1963), William Hawkins (1895-1990), Renaldo Kulher (1931-2013) Judith Scott (1943-2005), Hiroyuki Doi (b. 1946), Leopold Strobl (b. 1960), George Widener (b. 1962), Gil Batle (b. 1962), and Hassan (?).
Galerie Gugging [booth 10] will present a one-person exhibition of the work of Heinrich Reisenbauer (b.1938), known for his paintings and works on paper depicting simple motifs in rhythmic patterns.
VOICES AND VISIONS:
SHORT FILMS CURATED BY ART 21
AND RAW VISION MAGAZINE
To celebrate the 100th edition of Raw Vision magazine (in conjunction with the Outsider Art Fair and Art 21) you are invited to a special screening featuring some of the many entries in the Raw Vision short film competition on the subject of Outsider Art.
Following the showing, guests are invited to a reception celebrating the opening of the 2019 Outsider Art Fair and the 100th edition of Raw Vision Magazine.
Admission is free but advance registration is required
RSVP to
info@outsiderartfair.com
Wednesday, January 16, 2019: 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Liberty Hall at the Ace Hotel
20 West 29 Street
New York, NY 10011
Doors open: 6.30 pm
Screening: 7.30 pm
Reception: 8.00 pm
NOTEWORTHY
“William L. Hawkins: An Imaginative Geography” is one of Hyperallergic’s
“Top 20 Exhibitions Across the United States“
RENALDO KUHLER
[Kuhler’s works will be offered for the first time in Ricco/Maresca Gallery’s booth at the upcoming Outsider Art Fair, NYC]
Kuhler (1931 – 2013) was a scientific illustrator of natural history specimens for 30 years. Unbeknownst to family, friends, and co-workers, Kuhler was also a prolific self-taught artist. In 1948 he invented an imaginary country he called Rocaterrania and secretly illustrated the nation’s history for more than 60 years.
Kuhler’s life and work are the subjects of a documentary film, “Rocaterrania” (2009), and a book, “The Secret World of Renaldo Kuhler” (Blast Books, New York), both by Brett Ingram, director of the Renaldo Kuhler Archive.