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IN THIS ISSUE, DON'T MISS THESE FEATURES
Editor’s Letter
What the heck is brutjournal?
by Edward M. Gómez
Geneva, Switzerland
At the café/restaurant Remor, the artist Emmanuel Herz’s festive, mysterious “Fascinantes Méduses” (“Fascinating Jellyfish”), a group of unusual mixed-media sculptures and related paintings, took over the elegant, old venue’s ceiling lamps and walls. Enchanting!
New York
A look at the poet Kenneth Goldsmith’s collection of anonymously made, handwritten ads, religious-themed proclamations, and oddball declarations, all torn down off walls and lampposts around the city. Street poetry!
Northeasten Switzerland
Hans Krüsi (1920-1995) was a poor flower-seller on a chic shopping street in Zürich when he was discovered selling his small, clever drawings along with floral bouquets in the early 1980s and, in turn, recognized as a highly original art brut creator. A big exhibition of his work, at the Kunstmuseum Thurgau, celebrates his inventive spirit.
MASKED AND UNMASKED: MARY FRANK
Now 91 years young, the artist Mary Frank has worked in a wide range of media and genres for many decades. At her New York studio, she showed us some photos that, recently, she spontaneously produced using parts of some of her own older works — only to have ended up with some of her strongest images ever. Free access article.
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ANNE MARIE GRGICH’S “CARNIVAL OF LIFE”
Anne Mare Grgich is known as makes complex collage compositions that are rich in both physical and visual textures. Her images made up of countless smaller images can be dense and dauntingly packed with color and visual information. Her recent gallery exhibition in New York showcased the elegant, mystical character of her art.
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STEVEN HIRSCH’S DAY OFF: A.I. DID MY HOMEWORK
brujournal contributing artist-photographer Steven Hirsch makes his living shooting photos for a New York City tabloid but he’s an energetic painter, too — except, of course, when he isn’t: when he lets an artificial intelligence program produce his pictures, that is. A look at his recent AI experiments.
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GENEVA: EMMANUEL HERZ’S JELLYFISH INVASION
At the café/restaurant Remor in Geneva, Switzerland, we stumbled upon a stunning display of Emmanuel Herz’s festive “Fascinantes Méduses” (“Fascinating Jellyfish”), a group of sculptures and paintings that had taken over the old joint’s ceiling lamps and walls. We were smitten — and maybe also bitten. Coming soon.
THE ROMANCE OF RUBBISH: THE ART OF THE JAPANESE CREATOR GATARO
The artist known as “Gataro” works as a janitor in a shopping center in Hiroshima. He makes vivid drawings of dust balls, brooms, and his surroundings using only found materials. Nobumasa Kushino, a leading promoter of Japanese art brut, introduces Gataro’s work. Coming soon.
OFF THE WALL: NEW YORK CITY STREET POETS AND VISIONARIES, THE GOLDSMITH COLLECTION
In the 1980s, Kenneth Goldsmith, a poet and university professor, began tearing off anonymously made, handwritten ads, religious-themed proclamations, and oddball declarations that he found posted on walls and lampposts on the streets of New York City. A bemusing selection of such bizarre “poetry” was recently shown at Andrew Edlin Gallery. Coming soon.