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IN A NEW SERIES OF INTERVIEWS AND ESSAYS, "THE LANGUAGE OF ABSTRACTION," EDWARD M. GÓMEZ SPEAKS WITH PAINTERS, SCULPTORS, AND OTHER ARTISTS ABOUT THE ENDURING APPEAL, EXPRESSIVE POWER, AND RADICAL NATURE OF ABSTRACT ART. FIRST UP: JOHN CRAWFORD, WHO WORKS BIG, BIG, BIG WITH IRON AND STEEL. SEE THE BIG PAGE.

IN THIS ISSUE, DON'T MISS THESE FEATURES
Editor’s letter
What the heck is brutjournal?
by Edward M. Gómez
Italy
Rarely seen portraits of women by Pietro Ghizzardi put the focus on his notion of beauty
Davide Macchiarini reports from Milan
France
Interview: The Argentine-born artist Julia Sisi on color and inspiration from the stars
In the great outdoors
Finding modern-art forms and compositions in the winter landscape
Photo essay by Bill Westmoreland
2022 OUTSIDER ART FAIR N.Y.: EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW
The 2022 Outsider Art Fair will take place in New York from March 3 to March 6. This month, in the lead-up to the big event, brutjournal editor in chief, Edward M. Gómez, offers an exclusive preview of its themes and discoveries. Free access to this article.
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FINDING FLORINE STETTHEIMER: THE NEW BIO-BOOK
Florine Stettheimer (1871-1944) came from New York’s wealthy high society but she became an early-modern, progressive female artist. In a new biography, Barbara Bloemink paints a vivid portrait of her creative life. Sarah Fensom, brutjournal's U.S.A. West Coast bureau chief, reports.
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IN LONDON, A GLITTERING HOMAGE TO LEIGH BOWERY
The exhibition Leigh Bowery: Tell Them I’ve Gone to Papua New Guinea pays homage to an influential performance artist and figure in the U.K. art, fashion, and music scenes who died in 1994. A report, with exclusive photos, by our London-based artist-correspondent, Cathy Ward. Free access to this article.
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ARTIST KEN HAVIS (1939-1993): ALWAYS CREATE
The Texas-born artist Kenneth (“Ken”) Havis (1939-1993) regarded found objects, which became the raw material of his odd assemblages, as imbued with some kind of ineffable power. It flowed from his own creations, too. An appreciation by the dealer-collector Julie Webb.
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TODAY'S ART DISCOVERY: THAT HOUSE IS NOW FOR SALE
As Cathy Ward reported in a feature article in brutjournal’s December 2021 issue, in the far north of England, the artist-designer Tod Hanson has been transforming the interiors of Waxwing, his Georgian-era home, into dazzling, painted spaces. Now we learn that the unusual house is for sale. Asking price: 400,000 British pounds. There are still several rooms to go. Will the magical transformation continue? Photo by Cathy Ward. See our earlier article here. Listing agent's description of the property here.
AT OAF NEW YORK, A PSYCHEDELIC BLOW-OUT
Turn on, tune in — and by all means do drop in to the exhibition Field Trip: Psychedelic Solution, 1986-1995, curated by the artist Fred Tomaselli, which will go on view at the 2022 Outsider Art Fair on March 3. Here’s a preview of some of the show’s mind-blowing art from the not-too-distant past.
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CERAMICIST STEFAN HOLZMÜLLER'S WORK, RESCUED
Stefan Holzmüller died in 2010, leaving a large oeuvre that had been long under-appreciated. The collector Gregor Stehle discovered a large quantity of his ceramics, rescued them from a forbidding fate, and led a team in producing a big book about a visionary who worked in an often-overlooked medium.
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