STEPHANIE FREADER, UNTITLED 2017  is the most “outside” piece to me in the gallery. This is because it is almost like a papier-mâché dress, with wire caging and leaves. The dress may even be cement, making it definitely impossible to wear, displaying the fact that the artist could not have possibly made it for herself or for anyone else. It is not a conventional art piece (for obvious reasons like the fact that is it not on a canvas or on a pedestal), as it almost seems like it should be a functional garment and not a sculpture. It is also a very neutral color, depicting little to no desire to cater to aesthetics on behalf of the artist. It sticks out the most of all the pieces in the entire gallery.

ANTHONY NEWTON, UNTITLED 2017 is the least “outside” because they are obviously portraits of people and they are beautifully composed. They look like they should be in an art gallery, truthfully, because of level of confidence in the strokes and colors used; they compliment each other perfectly. Anyone would agree that the pieces presented by this artist are all gorgeous, especially due to the quality and freeness in the brushstroke. Additionally, even if the artist created these pieces completely from his imagination, they are still portraits of faces and people made with the knowledge that they are portraits.

MARTIN COHEN vs. ADOLF WÖLFLI

Both of these artists make pieces with great color and attention to detail. They are extremely iconic pieces, and featuring many different kinds of images and imagery but seem to ultimately flow together. Though Wölfli’s work is more drawing and painting and Cohen’s work is collage, you can seem the similarities between the artists especially in their implementation of color. They also work in differentiating scales, and are both “outside” artist. They create these amazing worlds for themselves through their works.

I especially enjoyed the work of A. Lutz, especially the piece titled PRIMORDIAL FLOWER (2017). It is composed of what looks like yarn, and some kind of ceramic sculpture reminiscent of coral. It looks like a mashup of an organism or virus living inside of the human body and a waffle; an immature coupling that I find pleasing to the eye. It reminds me of marine biology—of some sort of underwater creature that hasn’t been discovered yet. This artist’s pieces are interesting and beautifully outlandish.