PRESS RELEASE

 

“THE THIRD ANNUAL OUTSIDER ART IN THE HAMPTONS: INTERNAL GUIDANCE SYSTEMS EXHIBIT”

 

Curated by Candyce Brokaw, Anne Grgrich and Colin Rhodes

 

Location: Galerie BelAge, 8 Moniebogue Lane, Westhampton Beach, NY 11978

 

Dates: July 5 – September 7, 2008, Reception: Saturday July 12, 2008, 6PM

    August 9 2008, Poetry Reading by North Sea Poetry Scene, 6PM

 

Contact: 631-288-5082; http://www.galeriebelage.com

 

Raw Art: rough, stinging, and edgy, derives from the term l’Art Brut that was coined by the legendary modernist artist Jean Dubuffet. Today it is part of an aesthetic stream of art consciousness called Outsider Art, a phenomenon that embraces a conundrum of descriptions: visionary, primitive, folk art, self-taught art, downright mad and outrageous art, among them.

 

Insiders among Outsider artists will have their say about what Outsider Art is and isn’t on Saturday, July 5, when Gallery BelAge hosts a two-pronged exhibit, “The 3rd Annual Outsider Art in the Hamptons: Internal Guidance Systems Exhibition.” Curators Candyce Brokaw, an outsider artist and founder of Survivors Art Foundation joins Anne Grgrich and Colin Rhodes of “Internal Guidance Systems,” a traveling exhibition touring the United States and Canada through 2010; together they shed light on this hot but frequently misunderstood art movement. Drawing upon an international pool of artists from Quogue to Australia, the curators have painstakingly culled more than three hundred works of art in a variety of media, including painting, drawing, multi-media sculpture, collage, and poetry. All the works are by artists inspired by their own, private worlds, unfettered by the “isms” that drive mainstream contemporary art. Some artists in this show are well known, with works in major museums and collections, others are emerging, yet to be discovered.

 

The exhibition also includes a poetry reading by The North Sea Poetry Scene, a not-for-profit organization, on Saturday August 9, 2008 at 6PM

 

The exhibition also includes a poetry reading by The North Sea Poetry Scene, a not-for-profit organization, that includes formally trained and outsider poets, Saturday August 9,2008 at 6PM

 

A portion of the proceeds from this exhibit will be donated to Survivors Art Foundation, a not-for-profit organization that is co-sponsor of this exhibit. http://www.survivorsartfoundation.org

 

See attached samples of artists’ works, or visit www.internalguidancesystems.com

 

Artists Included:  Lauren Atkinson: WA, Donna Balma: Canada, Jim Bloom: PA, Ross Brodar: NY, Candyce Brokaw: Quogue, NY, Bella Christ: Mattituck, NY, Eve Cohen: WA, Robert Collisen: CA,

Ted Degener: NH, Noah Erenberg: CA, Paul Gasoi: WA, Syma Gerard, LI, NY, Donald Green: WA,

Anne Ggich: WA, Robert Hardgrave: WA, Mr. Imagination AKA Gregory Warmack PA,

Danielle Jacqui:  France, Cynthia Lund Torroll: WI, Norbert H. Kox: WI , James Lancaster- United Kingdom,Delaine Lebas: United Kingdom, Damian Lebas: United Kingdom, Bill Lowenburg: PA,

Peter Marbury: East Moriches, NY, Marcus MÅRTENSON:  Sweden, Mark May: PA, Judith McNicol: United Kingdom, Damian Michaels: Melbourne, AU, Domink Montiglio, Tom Murrin: NY,

Adam Nidzgorski: France, Alison O'Donoghue: OR, Robin Oliver: WA, Harald Olsen: Shelter Island, Jeremy Pruitt: CO, Fred Rinnes: CA, Huston Ripley: PA, Ody Saban: France, Kevin Sampson: NJ,

Gerard Sendry: France, Matt Sesow: DC, Jay Schuette: CA, Cathy Ward: United Kingdom, Della Wells: WI, Scott Williams: CA, Eric Wright: United Kingdom

 

The North Sea Poetry Scene Mission Statement: (TNSPS) is a 501(c) (3) not-for-profit organization located on eastern Long Island, but whose programs extend to NYC. We are committed to enriching lives through the spirit and power of poetry. We provide innovative literary programs and open forums to instill well being, encourage creativity and increase awareness of literature and the arts, some of those being poetry readings, TNSPS Arts Forum TV Show, an annual anthology, adult, school and prison poetry workshops. Thenorthseapoetryscene@hotmail.com  http://groups.msn.com/TheNorthSeaPoetryScene

 

Poets Included: 
David Axelrod: Current Suffolk County Poet Laureate, Vincent Carbone: Brockport, NY, Lorraine Conlin: Nassau County,NY, Peter V. Dugan: Nassau County, NY, Walt Dawydak: Suffolk County, NY,    Johanne Farmer: Canada, Adam Fisher: Suffolk County, NY, Syma Gerard: Suffolk County,  NY, Edilberto González-Trejos: Panama, Russ Green: Suffolk County,  NY, Mary Haeley: Nassau County, NY,    

Walter Harris (Mankh):  Suffolk County, NY, Patrice Hasbrook: Suffolk County, NY,
Gladys Henderson: Suffolk County, NY, Barbara Hoffman: Suffolk County, NY, Jay Jii: Suffolk County, NY , Peter Thabit Jones: Wales, Tammy Nuzzo-Morgan: Suffolk County, NY   Founder TNSPS,  
Kelly Powell: Suffolk County , NY, Barbara Reiher-Meyers: Suffolk County, NY,  
Ruth Sabath Rosenthal: Nassau County, NY, Tom Romeo: Suffolk County, NY,
Andrea Rowen: Suffolk County, NY, Steven Schmidt: Suffolk County, NY,
Alan Semedjian: Suffolk County, NY, Doug Swezey: Suffolk County, NY,    
JR Turek: Nassau County,  NY, Kempton Van Hoff: Nassau County, NY,      
Victoria L. Cooper: Suffolk County, NY, Michelle Whittaker: Suffolk County, NY,  

Jack Wolh: Suffolk County, NY