In May, I was lucky enough to have the chance to visit Raymond Isidore's La Maison Picassiette in Chartres, France. I have mentioned Isidore's tremendous creation briefly before (click here), but here I wanted to share some photographs I took during my visit with you. I don't want to write too much about the site here, as … Continue reading Raymond Isidore: La Maison Picassiette
In most people’s minds, the development of art (more specifically Western art) in the twentieth century appears pretty linear. It starts with Manet – the father of Modern Art - and the Salon des Refuses in France and moves through the ‘isms’: French Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Symbolism, Expressionism, Cubism… etc. etc., without much divergence or digression. … Continue reading ‘Outsider Art’ and the ‘Traditional’ History of Modern Art
Often, when we first think of 'outsider' art, we imagine 2D paintings or collages made from recycled materials, rather than fantastical landscapes and installations in the wild. Visionary environments are huge scale artistic projects that are inbued with a sense of personal involvement and subjectivity; two characteristics which result in these dreamlike spaces being most … Continue reading Visionary Environments
