The hidden art
Subtitle: 20th- & 21st-century self-taught artists from the Audrey B. Heckler collection
By: Valérie Rousseau ; with Jane Kallir, Anne-Imelda Radice, and other contributors ; photography by Visko Hatfield ; interview with Audrey B. Heckler, Anne-Imelda Radice
Contributors: Kallir, Jane, contributor; Radice, Anne-Imelda, contributor, interviewer; Hatfield, Visko, photographer; Heckler, Audrey B., interviewee
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780847859023
Subjects: Outsider art; Art collections; Catalogs; Private collections; Modern Art; Art brut
Other titles: 20th- & 21st-century self-taught artists from the Audrey B. Heckler collection; Twentieth- and Twenty-first-century self-taught artists from the Audrey B. Heckler collection
Description: 'The Hidden Art' reveals for the first time an exceptional trove of contemporary and historic artworks by an exemplary roster of international self-taught artists from the collection of Audrey B. Heckler. Heckler, who has been building her extensive collection with the highest criteria of quality and rigor since the early 1990s, is celebrated for having an acute instinct for exquisite works. This volume presents exceptional examples of some of the most recognizable artists of the field, including Henry Darger, Bill Traylor, Martín Ramírez, Adolf Wölfli, Aloïse Corbaz, William Edmondson, Thornton Dial, Howard Finster, Morris Hirshfield, Nek Chand, and Achilles Rizzoli. 'The Hidden Art' explains the breadth and significance of Heckler's collection within the context of the field of self-taught art. Elegant yet engaging, this comprehensive volume will be treasured by a wide audience of art lovers, artists, and artisans alike.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Masters --; title: Thornton Dial --; title: Karen Wilkin --; title: William Edmondson --; title: Judith Mcwillie --; title: Morris Hirshfield --; title: Richard Meyer --; title: Martin Ramirez --; title: Elsa Longhauser --; title: Phyllis Kind --; title: Bill Traylor --; title: Bernard L. Herman --; title: Adolf Wolfli --; title: Valerie Rousseau --; title: Art Brut and Self-Taught Artists In Europe --; title: Aloise Corbaz --; title: Sarah Lombardi --; title: Eugen Gabritschevsky --; title: Valerie Rousseau --; title: Madge Gill --; title: Roger Cardinal --; title: Gugging Artists --; title: Johann Feilacher --; title: Johann Fischer --; title: Johann Hauser --; title: Franz Kernbeis --; title: Johann Korec --; title: Oswald Tschirtner --; title: August Walla --; title: August Klett --; title: Thomas Roske --; title: Augustin Lesage --; title: Valerie Rousseau --; title: Barbus Muller --; title: Sarah Lombardi --; title: Friedrich Schroder-Sonnenstern --; title: Philipp Fernandes Do Brito --; title: Scottie Wilson --; title: Roger Cardinal --; title: Anna Zemankova --; title: Barbara Safarova --; title: Carlo Zinelli --; title: Valerie Rousseau --; title: American Classics --; title: Emery Blagdon --; title: Leslie Umberger --; title: Henry Darger --; title: Michael Bonesteel --; title: James Castle --; title: Lynne Cooke --; title: Justin McCarthy --; title: Edward M. Gomez --; title: Achilles G. Rizzoli --; title: Barbara Safarova --; title: Jon Serl --; title: Randall Morris --; title: Charlie Willeto --; title: Shonto Begay --; title: Southern Self-Taught Favorites --; title: Georgia Blizzard --; title: Tom Patterson --; title: David Butler --; title: Randall Morris --; title: Sam Doyle --; title: Gordon W. Bailey --; title: Howard Finster --; title: Katherine L. Jentleson --; title: William Hawkins --; title: Roger Ricco --; title: Ronald Lockett --; title: Bernard L. Herman --; title: Sister Gertrude Morgan --; title: Elaine Y. Yau --; title: Jimmy Lee Sudduth --; title: Susan Mitchell Crawley --; title: Mose Tolliver --; title: Susan Mitchell Crawley --; title: Purvis Young --; title: Gordon W. Bailey --; title: 21st-Century Self-Taught Art Worldwide --; title: Nek Chand --; title: John Maizels --; title: Hiroyuki Doi --; title: Edward M. Gomez --; title: Guo Fengyi --; title: Tina Kukielski --; title: M'onma --; title: Randall Morris --; title: Lubos Plny --; title: Barbara Safarova --; title: Christine Sefolosha --; title: Colin Rhodes --; title: Ghyslaine and Sylvain Staelens --; title: Randall Morris --; title: George Widener --; title: Claudia Dichter --; title: Domenico Zindato --; title: Edward M. Gomez.