Showing posts with label outsider art. Show all posts
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Monday, August 10, 2009

A. G. Rizzoli



These images c/o Giornale Nuovo.

Bill Amundson recommended the work of A. G. Rizzoli (1896-1981) to me last week and it is fascinating stuff. Similar to Henry Darger's highly personal and elaborate mythology, Rizzoli would come home from working his day job and explore an alternative world interpreted primarily through utopian and (as he understood it) heavenly-inspired architecture. His elaborate drawings of friends and acquaintances depicted them as gothic inspired buildings - meticulously drafted and often combining colored ink drawing with prose and other text. You can read more about his story online here. I'd highly recommend this book about his work.

Thursday, October 4, 2007

William Scott, Greg Blackstock, and Chris Johanson

I found William Scott from a tip in Fader Magazine, and this piece in particular reminded me of Chris Johanson:And another artist named Gregory Blackstock, whose book is excellent:

Sunday, May 20, 2007

Found Sunday


I found this tin-type at the flea market today and I couldn't wait until Friday to post it. I'm really excited about how peculiar this little photograph is - it reminds me of the work of Henry Darger.

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