{"id":5076,"date":"2016-07-21T01:40:06","date_gmt":"2016-07-21T05:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/?p=5076"},"modified":"2016-08-04T15:04:49","modified_gmt":"2016-08-04T19:04:49","slug":"the-big-hope-show-at-avam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/content\/collage-exhibitions\/the-big-hope-show-at-avam\/","title":{"rendered":"The Big Hope Show at AVAM"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"chris-roberts-antieau-albino\"<\/p>\n

“The Big Hope Show”
\n3 October 2015-4 September 2016<\/h2>\n

“The Big Hope Show” opened on the eve of the American Visionary Art Museum (AVAM)\u2019s 20th anniversary celebration and is an original and unabashedly idealistic art exhibition that champions the radiant and transformative power of hope. Over twenty-five visionary artists, among them many \u201csuper survivors\u201d of enormous personal traumas, exhibit soulful creations reflecting their personal transcendence, and, often, a heightened or newfound creativity and sense of humour.<\/p>\n

In playful tribute to this national museum\u2019s much-in-need-of-hope, beloved hometown of Baltimore City, Maryland, Bobby Adams (an exuberant outsider artist, dog lover and Christmas addict) share never-before-seen photos,\u00a0scrapbooks and assemblages. Adams documents his strange, mid-century Baltimore upbringing as well as his multi-decade immersion in filmmaker John Waters\u2019 band of inclusive renegades, the \u201cDreamlanders”.<\/p>\n

Inspired by the great Emily Dickinson\u2019s poetic definition of hope: \u201cHope is the thing with feathers\/That perches in the soul\/And sings the tune without the words\/And never stops\/at all,\u201d three artists, one a former Penthouse<\/em> Pet, coloured pencil master and wise woman, Margaret Munz-Losch displays her lifesized,\u00a0mind-boggling, intricate work Early Bird<\/em>; cancer survivor, artist and performer Chris Roberts-Antieau shares her most elaborately embroidered fabric story pieces to date; and Nancy Josephson takes center stage with her 10-ft tall, beaded Bird Goddess<\/em> sculpture.<\/p>\n

“The Big Hope Show”\u2019s curator is the American Visionary Art Museum\u2019s founder and director, Rebecca Alban Hoffberger. Hoffberger remarks, \u201cFor me, hope is the acknowledgement that you are in a narrow space but you have had a glimpse, some flutter, of the possibility to transcend negative confinement and arrive at some more expansive, better, state of being. Hope is not simply wishful thinking, but rather a capacity to hold to the belief that change for the better can and will come, even when you can\u2019t imagine what specific form that change will\u00a0take.\u201d<\/p>\n

Exhibition artists include Anonymous Artists, Bobby Adams, Bill Allen, Sermet Aslan, Philip Carey, Wayne Coyne, Candy Cummings, Deepak Chowdhury, Arthur Hammer, John Root Hopkins, Nancy Josephson, Laurie Lipton, Margaret Munz-Losch, Craig Norton, Dan Patrell, Yanni Posnakoff, Lisa Revson, Chris Roberts-Antieau, Romaine Samworth, Noah Scialom, Isadore H. Shore, Raekan Smyth, Jackie Sumell, Nada Stone, Frank Warren (Postsecret), and George Williams.<\/p>\n

(text adapted from the gallery’s press materials)<\/p>\n

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INFORMATION<\/h3>\n

American Visionary Art Museum (AVAM)<\/strong>
\n800 Key Highway
\nBaltimore, Maryland 21230 USA
\n(410) 244-1900<\/p>\n

Hours:
\nTuesday-Sunday, 10AM-6PM<\/p>\n

MAP<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0WEBSITE<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0FACEBOOK<\/a><\/p>\n

Image:<\/strong>
\nAlbino<\/em>
\nby Chris Roberts-Antieau
\nfabric appliqu\u00e9 and thread painting
\n2015
\nCourtesy of the artist
\nPhotography by Dan Myers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“The Big Hope Show” 3 October 2015-4 September 2016 “The Big Hope Show” opened on the eve of the American Visionary Art Museum (AVAM)\u2019s 20th anniversary celebration and is an original and unabashedly idealistic art exhibition that champions the radiant…<\/p>\n

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