
'Reinterpreting the Pioneer'
An exhibition and series of events examining culture
via the lens of Florida Outsider Artists
Outsider art, coined by Roger Cardinal - synonymous until the 1980s with the 'art brut' movement begun by Dubuffet - is any work of art produced by an untrained, idiosyncratic, or marginalized artist who is typically unconnected to the conventional art world - not necessarily by choice but by circumstance.
In 1987, the Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art (now the NSU Art Museum) boldly launched an exhibit called 'A Separate Reality - Florida Eccentrics.' Outsider art continues to grow in popularity with the general public, the community of art collectors and museums. This exhibition celebrates the 30 year anniversary of Florida's Outsider Artist exhibit in Fort Lauderdale for then sixteen artists, one of whom was Purvis Young from Miami, who's become an international icon.
'Reinterpreting the Pioneer - How the Outsider creates distinctive culture and community.'
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An inaugural cultural event celebrating history through the eyes of Outsider Artists with leaders from the academic community
![]() Mary Ann Carroll | ![]() Clay Wieland Photography |
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![]() Family Celeberation | ![]() Glen Mayo |
![]() Neon Woman | ![]() Survival |
![]() Isa Garcia Rodriguez | ![]() Bobby Welch |
![]() Isa Garcia Rodriguez | ![]() Purvis Young |
![]() Alfred Hair | ![]() Kelvin Hair |
![]() Purvis Young | ![]() Lena Luckey |
![]() Robert Roberg | ![]() Milton Ellis |
![]() Frank Ritchie | ![]() Gene Beecher |
![]() Florian Ludwig | ![]() Fred Ressler |
2016 -17
Artists in Core Exhibition
Gene Beecher *
Mary Ann Carroll (f)
Milton Ellis *
Reva Freedman(f)
Bryant Gowans*
Alfred Hair (f)
Kelvin Hair
Florian Ludwig *
Lena Luckey
Glen Mayo
Fred Ressler *
Frank Ritchie *
Isa Garcia Rodriguez
Robert Roberg *
John Summers
Bobby Welch *
Clay Wieland
Purvis Young (f)
updated weekly w/ local pop up
events & speakers
italicized indicates Broward resident
(f) featured in
numerous books & articles
written by
Florida Outsider Artist Historian
& Archivist Gary Monroe
*exclusively represented by Lisa Stone Arts