ILLEGAL GALLERY PRESENTS: OUTSIDER ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: GEORGE WIDENER “Born in Ohio in 1962,

ILLEGAL GALLERY PRESENTS: OUTSIDER ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: GEORGE WIDENER

“Born in Ohio in 1962, George Widener has been hailed by New York Times critic Roberta Smith as a significant artistic discovery. A self-taught artist and a calendar savant, Widener creates mixed-media works on paper that give aesthetic, visible form to complex calculations based on dates and historical events—the sinking of the Titanic is one of his favorites. The artist often uses found paper, or a support composed of layers of tea-stained paper napkins, to apply ink and paint upon. His drawings feature simple palettes, sophisticated patterning, and bold compositions of dates and imagery, which transcend centuries of time and the history of art. Widener sometimes likens himself to a “time traveler.”…”

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