Click here to view examples of the art from the show!
untitled portrait of female aviator,
Read the article in the Courier-Journal here!
This show will highlight works of art discovered in
Conventional art exhibits try to make the works more
Music played at the reception will be strange
Opening Reception 6pm-10pm
Images from the show will be posted this weekend.
The Deatrick Gallery is located at 1661 Story Avenue and 1428 Christy Avenue (winter location), Louisville, KY.
A Remodernist gallery, we are especially interested in true
contemporary, honest, raw outsider fine art of the twentieth century,
today, and tomorrow.
Our hours are strictly by appointment during times other than our
opening reception events. We can be reached via e-mail at
deatrickgallery@yahoo.com.
webmastered by Mitchell Newport.
D e a t r i c k ---G a l l e r y
Abandoned Art
an exhibit of thrift store finds
circa 1950s/early 1960s. Found in a
flea market in Shively. Signed 'Rita Kemper'.
trash dumpsters, thrift stores, yard sales, flea
markets, etc. Some of the works may elicit a chuckle,
while others may leave you astonished that anyone
could abandon such masterpieces.
interesting to the viewer by providing background
information, biographies, histories, manifestos, etc.
But absolutely nothing is known about who these artists
were and how they lived, what their motives were for
painting, or even what the paintings are titled.
These mysteries lend a gravitas to the
lost classics of these unknown masters, whose creations
are displayed without context, without irony.
home-recorded cassette tapes also found in thrift stores
and yard sales, courtesy of the Kentucky Talent
Foundation.
Deatrick Gallery (winter location):
1428 Christy Avenue, Louisville, KY
