> From: American Folk Art Museum
> Date: October 6, 2015 at 4:02:56 PM EDT
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> Subject: October 2015 Newsletter
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> Opens October 13
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> Art Brut in America: The Incursion of Jean Dubuffet is the first major U.S. exhibition to explore the introduction of art brut to America. The nearly two hundred works of art on view, by both canonical and lesser-known figures, were amassed and identified as art brut by French artist Jean Dubuffet, beginning in 1945. The selection is drawn exclusively from the renowned Collection de l’Art Brut in Lausanne, Switzerland, where Dubuffet donated his collection in 1971.
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> The presentation highlights Dubuffet’s passionate belief in a new art paradigm that was non-Western and non-hierarchical, and that championed creators who are “uncontaminated by artistic culture.”
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> Organized in collaboration with the Collection de l’Art Brut, Lausanne, Switzerland. Curated by Valérie Rousseau, PhD, Curator, Self-Taught Art and Art Brut, American Folk Art Museum. An exhibition catalog will be available.
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> Image: Gaston Duf (Gaston Dufour) (1920-1966), Pâûlîchinêle Gânsthêrs Vitrês’-He [sic] (Punchinello Gangsters Vitrês’-He), 1949, colored pencil on drawing paper, 27 x 19 7/8 in. Collection de l’Art Brut, Lausanne, Switzerland. Photo © Collection de l’Art Brut, Lausanne, by Arnaud Conne, Atelier de numérisation—Ville de Lausanne.
> Artist unidentified, Miniature Tramp Art Baby Grand Piano, United States, c. 1890, stain and paint on wood, 20 1/2 × 25 × 18″, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Goldman, 2007.17.1. Photo by Gavin Ashworth.
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> FALL BENEFIT GALA
> AMERICAN ORIGINALS:
> FOLK ART AND JAZZ
> Thursday, October 15
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> The annual Fall Benefit Gala provides a primary source of funding for the institution and its acclaimed educational programs. The museum has a long-standing commitment to arts education and serves more than eight thousand New York City schoolchildren each year. Your support will allow the museum to sustain and expand its wide range of exceptional initiatives and help make the arts accessible to a broad audience.
> To purchase a table or tickets, please contact Elizabeth Kingman, Deputy Director for Administration and Development, at
> 212. 265. 1061 or by email at
> [email protected].
> More information>
> FROM THE M– USEUM SHOP:
> ART BRUT IN AMERICA
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> Enjoy the fully illustrated catalog for the exhibition Art Brut in America: The Incursion of Jean Dubuffet. Catalog includes four major essays, biographies and a selection of artworks for thirty-nine art brut creators, and an exhibition checklist. By exhibition curator Valérie Rousseau with a foreword by Anne-Imelda Radice and contributions from Jean Dubuffet, Sarah Lombardi, Kent Minturn, and Jill Shaw. New York: American Folk Art Museum, 2015. 248 pages, 142 illustrations, 9 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches.
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> Members of the American Folk Art Museum receive an additional discount on shop items.
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> RED & WHITE QUILTS: INFINITE VARIETY
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> The long-awaited publication Red & White Quilts: Infinite Variety is finally here! Featured in Architectural Digest and Vogue.com, the publication presents more than 650 red and white quilts from the collection of Joanna S. Rose, a history of red and white quilts, rare perspectives on the exhibition, and a pattern index. Offering unique insight into the spirit of creativity and design, it is an essential volume for every quilter or quiltmaker.
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> Hardcover information here.
> Paperback information here.
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> The paperback edition is only available from the American Folk Art Museum.
> Gaston Duf (Gaston Dufour) (1920-1966), Pâûlîchinêle Gânsthêrs Vitrês’-He [sic] Punchinello Gangsters Vitrês’-He), 1949, colored pencil on drawing paper, 27 x 19 7/8 in. Collection de l’Art Brut, Lausanne, Switzerland. Photo © Collection de l’Art Brut, Lausanne, by Arnaud Conne, Atelier de numérisation—Ville de Lausanne.
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> FAMILIES AND FOLK ART:
> WHAT’S IN A FACE?
> ART BRUT INSPIRED MASK-MAKING
> Saturday, November 7, 1–2 pm. Free.
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> Inspired by the great range of expressive and mysterious faces on view in Art Brut in America: the Incursion of Jean Dubuffet, participants will develop a new persona and transform themselves by creating their own wearable art in a mask-making studio workshop! Artmaking follows an interactive, guided gallery tour.
> Information and registration>
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> Adolf Wölfli (1864–1930), Untitled (Saint Adolph bitten in the leg by the snake), 1921, colored pencil and pencil on paper, 26 3/4 × 20 1/8 in., Collection de l’Art Brut, Lausanne, Switzerland. Photo © Collection de l’Art Brut, Lausanne, by Marie Humair, Atelier de numérisation—Ville de Lausanne.
> JEAN DUBUFFET: ART BRUT AND THE COLLECTION DE L’ART BRUT
> October 14, 6:30–7:30 pm. Free.
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> Organized in conjunction with the exhibition Art Brut in America: The Incursion of Jean Dubuffet, Sarah Lombardi, the director of the Collection de l’Art Brut in Lausanne, Switzerland, will present a lecture titled “Jean Dubuffet: Art Brut and the Collection de l’Art Brut.” Reception to follow.
> Register Here>
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> FOLK ART FEATURED ARTICLE
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> Read about Adolf Wölfli in this issue of Folk Art from Winter 2002/2003. Wölfli’s work can be seen in the upcoming exhibition Art Brut in America: the Incursion of Dubuffet.
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> Many back issues are also available for purchase for $10 plus shipping. To order, contact [email protected].
> More in publications>
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> The digitization and launch of the online archive has been made possible by a generous grant from Museum Trustee Karin Fielding and her husband, Dr. Jonathan Fielding, which matched funding from the Friends of Heritage Preservation and a gift from the American Folk Art Society.
> JAZZ+WEDNESDAYS
> Wednesdays, 2–3 pm. Free.
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> Jazz+Wednesdays features exhibition-themed music performed by jazz guitarist Bill Wurtzel and guests Mike Gari and Sharon Fisher. Look and learn about Jean Dubuffet’s art brut collection and soak in the ambience of the 1950s American music scene with the sounds of playful jazz improvisation and whimsical counterpoint performed by the Bill Wurtzel trio. No reservations necessary. Limited seating.
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> Andy Gordon, photo by Elhi Green.
> FREE MUSIC FRIDAYS
> October 30, 5:30–7:30 pm
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> Enjoy free live music and a donation-based cash wine bar in the galleries. Hosted by Lara Ewen, Free Music Friday on October 30 features modern global folk songwriting performances from John Cathal O’Brien, Lucas Rotman, and Andy Gordon.
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> Wine is available for a $5.00 donation (free for members), and proceeds support the museum’s programs. And stay tuned for news about the release of our new Free Music Fridays CD, coming this fall.
> More Free Music Fridays>
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> Currently on view:
> Ralph Pucci: The Art of the Mannequin
> Through October 25, 2015
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> Upcoming:
> Wendell Castle Remastered
> October 20, 2015 to February 28, 2016
> Japanese Kōgei | Future Forward
> October 20, 2015 to February 7, 2016
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