NEW YORK, NY.- The Outsider Art Fair announced the 2015 exhibitors of Outsider Art Fair New York from January 29 through February 1, 2015. This year’s New York edition of the Fair will showcase over 40 international galleries from 23 cities representing 7 countries.
Selected 2015 Exhibitor List:
Brazil, São Paulo: Galeria Estação; France, Paris: Hervé Perdriolle, Polad-Hardouin Art Contemporain; Haiti, Pétionville: Galerie Bourbon-Lally; Italy, Turin: Rizomi Art Brut; Japan, Tokyo: Gallery Kogure, Yukiko Koide Presents; United Kingdom, London: Rebecca Hossack Gallery, Henry Boxer Gallery; USA, Austin: Garde Rail Gallery; Baltimore: C. Grimaldis Gallery; Berkeley: The Ames Gallery; Chattanooga: Tanner Hill; Chicago: Carl Hammer Gallery; Judy A. Saslow Gallery; Dallas: Chris Byrne; Iowa City: The Pardee Collection; Lexington, KY: Institute 193; Los Angeles: The Good Luck Gallery; Miami: Pan American Art Projects; New Haven: Fred Giampietro Gallery; New York: American Primitive Gallery, Andrew Edlin Gallery, Cavin-Morris Gallery, Galerie St. Etienne, The Gallery at HAI, Hirschl & Adler, Kent Fine Art, Louis B. James, Luise Ross Gallery, MAKE (Scott Ogden), Pure Vision Arts, Ricco Maresca Gallery; Philadelphia: Fleisher/Ollman Gallery; Plainview, NY: Arte del Pueblo; Oakland: Creative Growth Art Center; Waxahachie, TX: Webb Gallery; Wimberley, TX: J. Compton Gallery
Jay Gorney and Anne Doran will curate a special exhibition, entitled If I Had Possession over Judgment Day. The show will bring together works by five artists, Melvin Way (b. 1954), Emery Blagdon (1907–1986), Adolf Wölfli (1864–1930), Mark Lombardi (1951–2000), and the Philadelphia Wireman (20th century), whose lives span three centuries and whose practices incorporate disparate media, from batteries to ballpoint pen. A keen sense of paranoia unites the artists. Their works, made to control chaos or ward off disaster, serve a talismanic purpose, whether medicinal, protective, instructive, wishful, or cathartic.
"The Outsider Art Fair remains the singular event to see works by both celebrated and newly discovered self-taught artists from around the world," said Rebecca Hoffman, Director of the Outsider Art Fair.
