Take Me to the River
press release
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Joseph Yoakum, "Altai Mtn Range Near Virgalanta
Mongolia This is a Modle", 1967.
Pen and watercolor on craft paper
19 x 25 in.
Courtesy of Carl Hammer Gallery
Press release:
Intuit will commemorate its 15 Year Anniversary with an exhibition, a catalogue, and a symposium series. The exhibition, titled Take Me to the River, will be held from September 15, 2006 - January 6, 2007, with an opening reception at Intuit on Friday, September 15, 5:00 - 9:00 pm.
Curated by Ken Burkhart, the exhibition celebrates the life and spirit of Intuit. Take Me to the River will examine the art of the 60s and 70s, a time that witnessed a convergence of energy in Chicago that shed light on the wondrous and enigmatic creations of self-taught artists such as William Dawson, Lee Godie, Aldo Piacenza, Drossos Skyllas, Justin McCarthy, and Joseph Yoakum, among others. Through related symposia and an exhibition catalogue, Take Me to the River will bring together some of the artists, historians, curators and collectors who inspired the birth of Intuit.
“This exhibition highlights those artists and artworks that have helped to define the foundation of our appreciation for this genre of unencumbered and unique expression we so fully regard today. This show pays homage to both those who made the works and those who brought us to this ever-flowing river of wonder and spirit,” said Burkhart.
Intuit’s 15th Anniversary Symposia, held in conjunction with the exhibition, will explore Chicago’s cultural landscape in the early years, the emergence of outsider art in Chicago, and the relationship of both to Intuit’s development and ever-growing membership.
James Yood, Professor of Art Theory and Criticism at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, will moderate the discussions with each panel examining the multi-dimensional perspectives that surround the history and the cultural climate of Chicago.
“Systems of inclusion are preferable to those of exclusion when playing at cultural gatekeeping,” states Yood. “ Chicago is the place that examined the implications in the argument that there was more raw and exciting cultural energy riffing through Maxwell Street than will ever be found on Michigan Avenue.”
Images:
P.M. Wentworth
Imagination Mars, c. 1940-45
Mixed media
29 1/2” x 25 1/2”
Collection of Intuit: the Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
Promised gift of Jan Petry
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Justin McCarthy
Marilyn Monroe
Collection of Intuit: the Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
Gift of Susann Craig |
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