Going through some of my old stuff and making scans. This portrait of Adolf Wolfli is from 1997. Black and white ink on top of xeroxed zip-a-tone structures. (No photoshoppery in those days yet). This was published in my anthology Thank god it's Ugly #6, of which still a few copies remain.
Very good portrait, love the scratchy shading.
ReplyDeleteCoincidentally, i have a Wolfli drawing as my desktop image!
He ranks in my top 5 of outsider artists. Seen a show of his original works once, amazing.
ReplyDeleteI saw an exhibition of his work too (in Brussels).
ReplyDeleteA very good drawing and a great artist.
ReplyDeleteI saw his work once in De Stadshof in Zwolle. I already liked his work but seeing the real stuff was even better.
Yes, that is the exhibition i meant. Some of the works had such an unexpected monumental quality!
ReplyDeleteIt's such a shame that De Stadshof doesn't excist anymore. A saw a lot of great outsiderart there.
ReplyDeleteThe Stadhof's collection was transferred to the Museum Dr. Guislain in Ghent. A wonderful place!
ReplyDeleteI know. I've been there too.
ReplyDeleteBut since I live in Deventer I preferred Zwolle ;-)
Thanx for showing me the existence of Adolf Wölfli's great art! He's absolutely one of the greats now for me. Also y'r portrait of him is excellent, Marcel.
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