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OUTSIDERS AT HAYWARD GALLERY
until June 30, 2013 Wellcome Collection’s spring exhibition, Souzou: Outsider Art from Japan, brings together more than 300 works for the first major display of Japanese outsider art in the UK. The 46 artists represented in the show are residents and attendees of social welfare institutions across the main island of Honshu, and they present diverse bodies of work including ceramics, textiles, paintings, sculpture and drawings. WELLCOME COLLECTION, 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE, UK tel: +44 (0)20 7611 2222, www.wellcomecollection.org
June 11 – August 26, 2013 The Alternative Guide to the Universe: Mavericks, Visionaries, Outsiders will bring together contributions from self-taught artists and architects, fringe physicists and visionary engineers, who re-imagine the rules of culture and science. Curated by Ralph Rugoff, artists include Morton Bartlett, Eugene von Bruenchenhein, Nek Chand, Rammellzee, A.G. Rizzoli and George Widener. HAYWARD GALLERY, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX, UK tel: +44 (0)20 7960 4200 www.southbankcentre.co.uk/venues/hayward-gallery
nobuo onishi
rammellzee
SOUZOU – ART FROM JAPAN
BETHLEM
OUTSIDE IN: CENTRAL
HOUSE OF DREAMS
Drawn from Experience (May 5 – 28, 2013, SW1 Gallery) includes prints, paintings, drawings and sculpture by Bethlem artists. Large-scale pencil drawings by Albert are shown in Visionary Buildings (May 18 – June 10, Bethlem Royal Hospital). SW1 GALLERY, 12 Cardinal Walk, Roof Garden Level, Cardinal Place, London SW1E 5JE, UK. BETHLEM ROYAL HOSPITAL, Monks Orchard Road, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3BX, UK, www.bethlemgallery.com
Pallant House Gallery presents Outside In: On Tour and ten regional Outside In exhibitions across the UK in 2013, showcasing artists who face significant barriers to their inclusion in the art world due to health, disability or social circumstance. Outside In: On Tour is a selection of twenty works from Outside In: National, an exhibition held at Pallant House Gallery in 2012 that received 2,300 submissions. For more information and dates, please visit www.outsidein.org.uk.
This year’s open days for House of Dreams Museum are April 6, May 11, June 8, July 6, August 3 and September 7, from 11am to 4pm. Entry is £10. Appointments can also be arranged through www.stephenwrightartist.co.uk or email steveparis50@yahoo.co.uk. A film about the museum by BBC filmmaker Vince Rogers will be shown on each open day. Stephen Wright, 45 Melbourne Grove, East Dulwich, London SE22 8RG, UK
IMPACT ART FAIR
REDWING
July 26 – 28, 2013 Organised by Creative Future, Impact Art Fair profiles the work of 80 emerging artists from the UK, Europe and the USA, who all experience marginalisation due to mental health issues, disability, chronic ill health or social circumstance. Organisations taking part include Outside-In (Pallant House), Studio Upstairs, Other Side Gallery, Bethlem Gallery and Shape.
Redwing Gallery is a social enterprise in Cornwall, aiming to offer more outsider artists a gateway into the art world. The Gallery is looking for more artists to join its present exhibitors and is also seeking offers of sponsorship as well as volunteers to join the Redwing team. REDWING GALLERY, 36A Market Jew Street, Penzance, Cornwall TR18 2HT, UK, tel: +44 (0)1736 711458 www.redwinggallery.co.uk
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336 Brixton Road, London SW9 7AA, UK www.facebook.com/impact.artfair twitter.com/ImpactArtFair
peter fox
tetsuo harada
stephen wright’s house of dreams
david alexander richardson