Press archive · 2002

Contemporary Art Center

(Virginia Beach, VA)
"OUTSIDE/IN: Visionary Artists and Virginia Collectors"
November 2002

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Sesow at "OUTSIDE/IN: Visionary Artists and Virginia Collectors" 2002 ***

Sesow at "OUTSIDE/IN: Visionary Artists and Virginia Collectors"

Contemporary Art Center of Virginia

(Virginia Beach)

Nov 2003 - Dec 2004

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Rebecca A. Hoffberger (Founder/Director of the American Visionary Art Museum) and Matt Sesow

From 'OUTSIDE/IN' (Visionary Artists and Virginia Collectors) show at Contemporary Art Center of Virginia (Virginia Beach, VA) Nov. 2002 - March 2003

Matt Sesow

From 'OUTSIDE/IN' (Visionary Artists and Virginia Collectors) show at Contemporary Art Center of Virginia (Virginia Beach, VA) Nov. 2002 - March 2003

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“The Virginia Collectors:

lec ond KoihloonH Battaglia, Vienna

Peto Cecere, Woodville Barry M. Cohen. Virginia

Andsew ond BorboraFne, Virginia Becch

David and Susan Goode, Nodal

Noctnan Goodwin. Norfolk

Boron and Elin Gorden. Willomaborg

Jock ond Suzeme Jocobson, Virginia Beach

Wiley Francis and Tom Jones, Nodfolk

Cameron ond Katie Kitchin, Viginia Beach

Vince end Suzonne Mastracco, Virginia Beach

The Newsome House Museu cond Cultural Centr, Newport News

\Woyne ond Fron Nuenaly, otal

Ed ond Jean Oost Portsmouth

Rondy ond Lelia Grchom Webb, Portsmouth

Preston ond Cathorine White, Virginia Becch

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OUTSIDE/IN

Visionavy Artists ana Virginia Collectors

PORARY ART CENTER f VIRGINIA

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oteot in sclence and the space industry whose collecting is fueled by gotharing to hms labo visions of space and ci trael- bo lontostic ord ea

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cies Hom visionary on So hate it goes: tee Naticnal Endowinent for He Arts Acfinas fle ach ag avt whose traditionMeamed ab the nce a passe Frm generation te generation or ough seme established calbural comnusity tnd ae no dolls alos rokg macros ot the Ami srokig hex signs, Qu mission

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very fest mugewne were even calles Ycabinets ef wonder? Thet bith wos #

explottion and he wonder of

lscoveting the ne, Those fs museum wendors wot filed with beloresean hardcraft healed back form exotic allies ‘ond the shock cf naw typos of love ard fona~ewen big arsed Hoatertot women

born to be places to inspite ‘wonder ord the best contin in his sacted wotion

For thee eqpaciy to find wonder intho werk ofthe inspied sl gh, | gve my deepest cppeciaion oll he Virginia callectors who graciously permitted us to rid thir homes of pertonal eases 1 pox yo, he publi, to glrgse a bit Fei personal wonder inal ‘hs deligh-lllod ot,

In wos both geat fn and prinlege 10 work wth tho Cortemporary A Center of Vigii's Execute Director Cometon Kitchin ond wih Bonds {Be 0 one-woman bord who Picks the att up, acts at regis, then designs ord installs raryting to its beet adkertage, As thot et sil so many Lrtoppad collections igh hore i le Vigne ed love to explore, plots invite me to lun to do ths again ond opin,

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rd concluded, “These works ave changed with everything that cam be atkea of a work oP arts bunsing ental Kension, uncured invention amd ecstasy of intoxication comtlete Roe

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the Virginia Collectors:

Lee E ond Kethleen H Bottoglio.
Viersa

Pete Cecere, Woodville
Barry M Cohen. Virginia

Androw ond Barbors Fine
Virginio Beach

David and Susan Goode,
Necfalk

‘Norman Goodwin, Norfolk.

Baron ond Ellin Gordon.
Williorsborg

Jock ond Suzome Jocobson
Virginia Beach

Wiley Froncisco ond Tom Jones
Norfolk

Comaron ond Katie Kitchin
Virginia Beach

Vince ond Suzonne Mastracco,
Virginia Beach

The Newsome House Museum
‘ond Cultural Cente,
Newport News

Wayne ond Fran Nunnally,
Norfolk

Ed ond Jeon Oast, Portsmouth

Roady ond Lelia Graham Webb
Portsmouth

Preston and Catharine White,
Virginia Beach

Ston Wright, Virginio

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Visionary Artists and Virginia Collectors

On view November 22, 2002—March 16, 2003

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CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER
of VIRGINIA

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coin
Few states, reshars weme, can
beast having more pahe ain
lic fll ama visionary ark
cellectiens Haan Accs Virgin
‘what with your manolous Abby
Alkich Rochelle Fok A
Mseum, legendary collectors
Bayon ord Elin Gordon, Folk Art
Society of America co-founders
"Boo' ond Arn Oppesheiret et
Gl. Perhaps such o tate for
thy, ragged dividuals is
‘what mode Viginia the bitFploco
of 0 mony presidents, as well os
the olficil headquarters for
Americas umber one myc
Fidgar Cayce. How could |
possibly resist the seduction of
diveg in 0 mine petscnal

sates 10 beloved ond tenderly
clfrad for tore public perusal by
rmony difloret impassioned
Vagilon ot collector?

Hi veal aut csllectovs shave
some key underlying
characteristics. They possess
a certain "Whey gotten hawe it”
ind of poston ana eosession
fuoled by 0 neverending quest for
completion via new accuistion
Tre promise of @ now find is an
exhlction to daligt, But F you
ee a collector of say the Ash
Con School, or of French
Impressionists or German
Expressions, you hating
gounds ore highly proscribed by
the limitations of both the mavtot
ond the size of your borkoll. Yer,
the pure oxkenalve of boing o
visionary x folk ort collector is
thot every wrtua ouside your
chor Is enivenad by the
posstilty of spotting o new
beloved st curd the bend ord
‘208 you most lkaly con al

The eyes of such colacto

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Sesow at "OUTSIDEMIN: Visionary Actists and Virginia Collectors" 2002 ***

become ottined in near carstont
scaring for that raw expression
of somoting deeply personal
Surdoy dives cre not mere
Seasonal rote focays, but brake
screeching quests ormed laser lhe
at scouring garage sale,
ccoveting gait, and
lrvestigatng homemade bockyerd
edons exprossie of some
personal Eden, Thois isa hunt
for works of oF that once found
wil dover o shiver of wonder,
imale.e lowgh ot igite a teot

Misienairy aetist Lownie Helley
Sri it £2 well Sush Leb it leak
Fram yeur heart av seul
Hocough your eyes amd hams
nd Hae i IS ack?

Torm warfare has nowy boon my
tarnvon bet alos, | wos ossigned
both the exhibition tale ond
subject, “QUISIDE/IN' ord the
responsbilly of supplying
efirtions. Rebellious by patie,

| chose to ship an intellectual take
con classification of insider ot
cutsider cm ore seize the
‘opporhnity to intareret ouside /in
with a mee literal iterptetation
Idertifying and grouping att tht
deals with tho outside such os
that produced by the great master
sshifigig goss Vols Simpson as
vwell 08 all the beast onimots
lordscapes, ond ongols, ord then
massing all the more inside stu

10 embroideries and
works on cordbeard created for
indoors with work which tonds to

explore one's fellow humon ond
‘reat life

Pethops tho best interpretation of
the subject outside /in contained
in.ore collection is thal of lee
£ ord Kathleen H. Bottoglia
Battaglia is a Virginia rasident
2 lke long professional
ccoteor in science ard the space

industy whose collecting is
led by gathering unto himself
global visions of space and ait
travel both fantastic ond real

But who can deny Comoro
Kitchin anything? He osked thor

\ ploase share ox American
Visionary Act Muscum aril
officiel national museum ard
education cones for original
itive sell taught artstey located
In Bolinores lmer Hoibox|
dlintion of folk ot ord how it
dbf from visionary or

So ete it goos: the National
Endowment fer the Arts
Actines fle av as ot whose
creation comes frees a
traditionleamed ab Hoe
knee’ and passed Peon
generation be genevation or
Hoven some established
colturad community tradition
lhe Hopi Native Americans
rmakieg Kachina doll sailors
rmokirg macro: or the Amish
‘raking hox signs. One mission
statoment defines visionary art os
the att produced by tal tought,
intvtive individuals unelly without
any formal hoining, whose works
tise fom on inte persona
vision hat revels foremost in the
creative oct self? la sho,

Visionary rt begins with listening
within, ond may rot even be
‘hought of “a” by its creator.

tn ofen occurs when tho io
‘expetionce becomes too big fori
mere words J

‘poet bom inthe yeor 1207
gow excallrt advice whon it
mes to gaining o bear
cecderstaning of the hoot of my
smitlen visionary ert colectot
Jalal ad-Din aru: aAviced
Siely, Sal your cleverness
nd purchase wenden? “The
very Fest museums were ever
called fcabinets oF wenden”
Ther bith wos the dager resuit of
explotation ond the wooder of
iscowering tne new, Those fist
museum wonders were filed with
belotesoon harderaft
hauled back form exo
and te ock of new types of
lore ord foma—even big-ored
Hotiertot women, Munoumns were

bom to be places to inspite
‘wonder ond the best continue in
this sacred tradition

For their copacity 10 find wonder
in tho work ofthe inspited solt
‘ough, | give my deepes
‘oppreciation 10 all the Vig
collectors who graciously
ppeemitted us to raid theit homes
of personal neasutes to permit
104, the public, to glinpre a bit
of thelr personal wendet in all
this deli

1h wos both great fun ond
privilege to work with tho
Contemporory Act Center of
Vigini's Executive Diector
‘Cameron Kichn ond with onde
LoBier, 0 one-woman band who
picks the ot up, acts as 0
tej, then designs ond instas
everyting fo its bes! advantage.
As ete oe stil 50 mary
Lwtopped collections right here in
le Vigini Id love to explore,
plecse invite me to reven to do
ths again and ogoin

It wos the trained ans Jeon
Dibullot who, diagusted with

jhe commercialism of his
Sortemporary ot citcle, found
Ssptation i he row works of

bit crectod by indely otis

ord concladed, “These works
ave charged with everything
that com be asco of = werk
Bark: burying mental tension,
exceed invention ina
ecstasy of interication,
comelete Noerty*

Ad libeny is precisely what
Vigiians bow always teased

Rebeceu A. Hoffoerger
Gu0st Curator

Founder Director of the

‘American Visionary Art Museuny
in Baltimore

Sposa thnks Bends Lather, Sanne Mastaceo Rd Reiger ant the CAC sal

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Sesow at "OUTSIDE/IN: Visionary Artists and Virginia Collectors" 2002 ***

Rebecca A. Hoffberger (Founder/Director of
the American Visionary Art Museum) and
Matt Sesow
From 'OUTSIDE/IN' (Visionary Artists and
Virginia Collectors) show at Contemporary
Art Center of Virginia (Virginia Beach, VA)
Nov. 2002 - March 2003

From 'OUTSIDE/IN' (Visionary Artists and
Virginia Collectors) show at Contemporary
Art Center of Virginia (Virginia Beach, VA)
Nov. 2002 - March 2003

Matt Sesow
From 'OUTSIDE/IN' (Visionary Artists and
Virginia Collectors) show at Contemporary
Art Center of Virginia (Virginia Beach, VA)
Nov. 2002 - March 2003

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