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IN THIS INAUGURAL ISSUE, DON'T MISS THESE FEATURES
Editors Letter
What the heck is brutjournal?
by Edward M. Gómez
London
A Rebel Dykes exhibition looks back at an influential history of political activism and groundbreaking art-making in the United Kingdom
reported by Cathy Ward
New York
Obituary: Louise Fishman, Artist
Chicago
Obituary: Susann Craig, Art collector, museum patron, community builder
Kentucky
Appreciating Mike Goodlett’s art and life
KEEPING SECRETS OF STRANGE THINGS AMONG US
In Strange Things Among Us, at London’s College of Psychic Studies, stones valued for their supposed healing powers and esoteric texts were on display. Photo by Cathy Ward
In London, brutjournal’s artist-correspondent Cathy Ward took a break from polishing her crystals to go look in at the newly renovated College of Psychic Studies, an institution that grew out of the London Spiritualist Alliance in the late 19th century and is still in operation today. She spoke with Vivienne Roberts, the College’s curator and archivist, about the unusual institution’s colorful history, the enduring mysteries of mediumistic art, and Spiritualism’s unexpected appeal in this era of a worldwide public-health crisis and rapid developments in communications technology.
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In a small town in rural, northeastern Pennsylvania, a 15-year-old girl’s boldly colored drawings win a prime, competitive spot in a billboard-size mural known as “The Great Wall of Honesdale.” This teen carries a big quiver of Sharpies — and knows how to use them.

See our video clip here, too.
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IN WESTERN NEW ZEALAND, PSYCHEDELIA RIDES THE WAVES
Acid Mince’s members are inspired by underground comics, Art Nouveau, the skateboarding subculture, and more. Photo by Stuart Shepherd.
From New Zealand, Stuart Shepherd reports on the activities of Acid Mince, a group of young surfers who are self-taught painters, too. They have decorated their surfboards, a café that is one of their regular hangouts, and a range of merchandise that they are selling online — hoodies, T-shirts, and more — with their original designs. Spooky and goofy at the same time, their imagery includes ghoulish faces with multiple eyes, bizarre creatures with serpentine limbs, and trippy, hand-drawn typography. Shepherd, an artist who has closely examined outsider art in New Zealand, celebrates Acid Mince’s delightful irreverence.
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ERIC WRIGHT PAINTS THE SPIRIT OF TIME AND PLACE
 

At the Horse Hospital, an alternative-space arts center in London: The artist Eric Wright’s small-format paintings packed with a sense of epic narrative evoke the aura — and mystery — of the “Ohio Lands.”
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EXCLUSIVE, FROM THE NEW BOOK: UFO ARTIST IONEL TALPAZAN
Ionel Talpazan (1955-2015), a Romanian immigrant to the U.S.A., led a life of poverty and struggle but soared to the stratosphere and beyond in his vivid imagination, conjuring up otherworldly UFOs and theories about their origins. Now, brutjournal publishes an exclusive excerpt from a forthcoming, new book about Talpazan by Daniel Wojcik, an expert in folklore and mythology who knew the New York-based, visionary artist and has long focused on his unusual art.
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HERE, THE FILM “VALTON TYLER: FLESH IS FICTION” FINDS A HOME
The self-taught artist Valton Tyler (1944-2017) lived and worked in Dallas, Texas, and its environs. He created a remarkable body of work — oil paintings on canvas, ink drawings on paper, and complex etchings — that remains very hard to classify according to existing style and genre labels. In 2017, brutjournal’s founder, Edward M. Gómez, and the cinematographer Chris Shields made the first-ever film about Tyler’s life and art, which the artist saw before he died. Now, this 42-minute-long film will reside permanently here, on the magazine’s website. It may be viewed in its entirety, free of charge. Watch it and get to know the bright, bizarre world of a techno-baroque visionary.
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