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Public Works Gallery (1539 N Damen Ave, Chicago, ) is set to release Image Structure, a limited  edition book related to the recent exhibit Image Structure--Sonnenzimmer.  There will be a publication release event at 7 p.m., Friday, May 17, 2013.

The artist talk by Club Club starts at 7:30 p.m. This will be followed by Sonnenzimmer. Limited edition prints by Club Club—published and produced by Sonnenzimmer (an artist duo made up of Nick Butcher and Nadine Nakanishi) will be available for purchase. Club Club is an architectural practice of Cyril Marsollier and Wallo Villacorta. The two originally ome from Paris and Lima.

Find out more about Sonnenzimmer HERE.
Find out more about Club Club HERE.
For more on the gallery head to www.publicworksgallery.com.


 
 
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Raw Vision is an art magazine dedicated to "outsider" art. And outsiders of any sort are near and dear to me.

I wanted, in this section, to call people's attention to art magazines and other publications that you really should know about--if you have an interest in art.

Raw Vision began publishing in 1989 with the aim of bringing the unknown geniuses of the art world some public attention. And I do mean geniuses. I wish there were more publications like this in other areas like music. How many geniuses do we never hear or see. But I digress.

Often what you see in galleries and museums is art that comes out of higher art education and there is nothing wrong with that. To be sure there are galleries and museums who do feature outsider art but more feature artists with a high level of art education or who fit into certain...paradigms. The outsiders featured in Raw Vision make their own rules, unencumbered by conventions, styles, artistic fads, worrying about what is "hot" and will get you noticed.

They are artists because they have to do it.

I don't want to put too fine a point on this because I am a huge fan of many artists who have advanced education. Some of those artists pride themselves on breaking rules as well. To me, it is about exposure. Raw Vision gives artists who are outside the magical circle of museum and institutional art a voice and they get people's eyes on these artists.



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the latest issue of Raw Vision
You can find out more on Raw Vision HERE. Likewise you can pick up a subscription there. You can also do what I do and grab issues at your local bookstores. Most places with a decent selection of magazines will have it