The Museum of Everything

MORE WAJIMA EXPRESS …







COURTESY OF THE MUSEUM OF EVERYTHING
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WITH THE TERRIBLE NEWS FROM JAPAN, WE PRESENT A POST ABOUT THE INCREDIBLE WAJIMA EXPRESS - A SELF-TAUGHT ENVIRONMENT IN THE HEART OF THE CITY OF WAJIMA - AND THE EPICENTRE OF THE RECENT EARTHQUAKE.

THE CREATOR, WHOSE NAME IS UNKNOWN TO US, HAS FASHIONED A PROTEST AGAINST (OR PERHAPS FOR) A SHINKANZEN TRAIN CONNECTION TO THE MAINLAND.

STAFFED BY MANNEQUINS, DECORATED IN PRIMARY COLOURS, CURATED WITH THRIFT STORE PAINTINGS AND ACTIVATED BY A WATER FEATURE OF CLASSICAL OUTSIDERIST TENDENCIES, THE WAJIMA EXPRESS IS A VISUAL EXPLOSION.

WE HOPE IT REMAINS INTACT. WE WISH ITS MAKER, AND ALL RESIDENTS OF THE REGION, BETTER DAYS AHEAD; AND TO ALL, A HAPPY, HEALTHY AND SAFE 2024.






COURTESY OF THE MUSEUM OF EVERYTHING
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GOOD NEWS … THE MUSEUM OF EVERYTHING IS ALIVE AND WELL.

THE PREVIOUS POST WAS A NASTY HACK FROM FOREIGN AGENTS IN NORTHWEST LONDON.

THE CULPRIT HAS BEEN TEMPORARILY NEUTRALISED AND PLACED ON A GREEK OVERNIGHT FERRY.

NORMAL SERVICE HAS NOW RESUMED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVELY WORDS OF SUPPORT.

THE MUSEUM OF EVERYTHING

We've had a long run over the last uncountable number of years, but we regret to say it's time we hung up our boots. The Museum of Everything is dead, long live The Museum of Everything!

IT IS WITH GREAT SADNESS THAT WE MOURN THE PASSING OF PUT FRIEND AND MENTOR, THE ARTIST HERVÉ TELEMAQUE.

WE WERE HONOURED TO WELCOME HERVÉ TO THE GALLERY LAST YEAR TO SEE - FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME - THE ORIGINAL ARTWORK BY HECTOR HYPPOLITE WHICH HAD INSPIRED HIS OWN MONUMENTAL WORK, « LE VOYAGE D’HECTOR HYPPOLITE EN AFRIQUE ».

TO YOUR MEMORY, TONIUR FRIENDSHIP AND TO THE MIGHTY LEGACY OF HAITIAN VISUAL CULTURE.

IMAGE:
HERVÉ TELEMAQUE + JAMES BRETT AT THE GALLERY OF
EVERYTHING










COURTESY OF THE MUSEUM + GALLERY OF EVERYTHING
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THE MUSEUM + GALLERY OF EVERYTHING IS DELIGHTED TO SUPPORT THIS YEAR’S BFAMI GALA WITH A DONATION OF A RARE WORK ON PAPER BY JANET SOBEL.

BORN IN UKRAINE IN 1893, JANET SOBEL IS ONE OF THE GREAT UNSUNG HEROINES OF 20TH CENTURY ART. HER IDIOSYNCRATIC AND SHAPE-SHIFTING AESTHETIC WAS CHAMPIONED BY COLLECTOR PEGGY GUGGENHEIM, CRITIC CLEMENT GREENBERG, DEALER SIDNEY JANIS AND CURATOR WILLIAM RUBIN.

SOBEL’S PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS ARE REGULARLY INCLUDED IN EXHIBITIONS ON FEMALE ART, MODERNISM AND TWENTIETH CENTURY ABSTRACTION. HER MONUMENTAL PAINTING, « THE MILKY WAY », IS CURRENTLY ON DISPLAY AT THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART IN NEW YORK.

TO BID, PLEASE FOLLOW THIS LINK: https://bfami.org/product/janet-sobel/.

IMAGE:

JANET SOBEL
« UNTITLED », 1944
CRAYON, PENCIL ON PAPER
214 X 14CM









COURTESY OF THE GALLERY OF EVERYTHING
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THE MUSEUM OF EVERYTHING IS PROUD TO SUPPORT « SURREALISM BEYOND BORDERS » AT TATE MODERN, AN ASTONISHING EXHIBITION OF AN EXPANDED CANON.

HECTOR HYPPOLITE IS OUR CELEBRATED INCLUSION WITH TWO HISTORIC WORKS. HYPPOLITE IS THE VODOU PRIEST AND PAINTER WHOSE GRAPHIC DEPICTIONS OF THE LOAS OF HAITI HAVE INFLUENCED THE LIKES OF ANDRÉ BRETON, WIFREDO LAM, JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT AND HERVÉ TELEMAQUE.

THANK YOU TO CURATORS MATTHEW GALE AT TATE MODERN AND STEPHANIE D’ALLESANDRO AT THE MET, AS WELL AS DAWN ADES FOR HER ILLUMINATING ARTICLE IN TATE ETC THIS MONTH.

IN MEMORY OF OUR LOVED ARTY PAL, ACHIM BOURCHARDT-HUME, WITH WHOM WE ARE HONOURED TO SHARE PRINT SPACE THIS MONTH.

IMAGE:
HECTOR HYPPOLITE
« OGOUN FERAILLE »
C 1945, OIL ON MASONITE
[ AS FEATURED IN TATE ETC, SPRING 2022, CENTRE-SPREAD ]

« WE ARE NEITHER DREAMERS NOR IDEALISTS NOR UNREALISTIC … SURREALISM IS AN ATTITUDE OF REACTION, DEFIANCE AND DISTRUST.»
CLÉMENT MAGLOIRE-SAINTE-AUDE, 1942











COURTESY OF THE MUSEUM OF EVERYTHING
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THE MUSEUM OF EVERYTHING BIDS ADIEU TO ITS MOST ESTEEMED RACONTEUR, COLLAGIST AND MOVIE-STILLS DIRECTOR, ION BÂRLĂDEANU.

THE SATIRICAL ARTIST FOUND FAME ON THE STREETS OF BUCHAREST FOR HIS COMEDIC TAKE-DOWNS OF AUTHORITY AND FAME. HE WENT ON TO MEET THE VERY MOVIE STARS WHOSE FEATURES HE CUT FROM THE ROMANIAN GLOSSIES.

WE REMEMBER HIM WITH GREAT FONDNESS AND FOR THE MYRIAD OF PROJECTS IN WHICH HE ALWAYS PAID A CENTRAL ROLE. 

IMAGE:

UNTITLED, 1982
COLLAGE ON PAPER
28.5 X 43.5 CM, 11 1/4 X 17 1/8 IN

COURTESY OF THE GALLERY OF EVERYTHING
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