Outsider Art Gallery New York

Ricco maresca gallery one of the leaders in self taught and outsider art was founded in 1979 in new york s then emerging soho gallery district.

Outsider art gallery new york. We show an eclectic selection of tribal art from all the major regions of the world focusing on the unusual and the formally surprising but we especially focus on the arts of masking. The 6 000 square foot exhibition space is slated to. Compact but filled from edge to edge with things to see. The new york edition is held in january at the metropolitan pavilion.

An annual outsider art fair has taken place in new york since 1993 and there are at least two regularly published journals dedicated to the subject. Outsider art has emerged as a successful art marketing category. The outsider folk art gallery lives on. Ricco maresca gallery contemporary self taught outsider nyc ricco maresca gallery has championed the art of self taught masters working outside the art historical mainstream since it was founded in 1979.

We represent past and new generations of self taught artists whose work remains authentic and visionary. We will continue to focus on several of the local artists who we have been supporting for years. The outsider art fair up at the metropolitan pavilion in chelsea until sunday is still one of the best deals in new york. Established in 1993 the outsider art fair is the premier fair dedicated to self taught art art brut and outsider art and takes place annually in new york and paris.

The outsider art fair paris debuted in 2013 and takes place each october during fiac at the atelier richelieu. Outsider art has grown to include artists working on their own often self taught and working day jobs not seeing themselves primarily as artists living in rural areas or anywhere outside of the gallery system. Grimm which maintains two gallery spaces in amsterdam and one in new york will open a second new york location at 54 white street in tribeca. Our main focus is on what is commonly called art brut outsider or non mainstream art.