Wayne Kusy is a Chicago-based outside artist who builds models of 20th century ocean liners. On first glance there is nothing out of the ordinary about these model ships. However, if you take a closer look you will see that Wayne Kusy’s ships are made entirely out of toothpicks.
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Wayne Kusy’s Toothpick Model Ships
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 1936 queen mary, AVAM, boats, model ships, outsider art, sculpture, titanic, toothpicks, wayne kusy on September 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
5 Feet Tall and 1,800 Pounds… of Bras?
Posted in Visionary Art Series, tagged Art, AVAM, braball, bras, emily duffy on August 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
What do you get when you roll 18,085 bras together into a giant ball? You get a 1,800 pound, 5 foot tall work of artistic genius known as Emily Duffy’s BraBall.
The Amazing Mr. Bickford!
Posted in Video, Visionary Art Series, tagged animation, AVAM, bruce bickford, clay, claymation, documentary, frank zappa, monster road, Video on August 18, 2008 | 3 Comments »
“Sometimes there’s a macrocosm and sometimes there’s a microcosm, and if you’re dyslexic like me you can’t tell the difference.” – Bruce Bickford While browsing the shelves in the gift shop at the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore, MD, I happened across a DVD called “Monster Road” with a captivating cover. It showed a [...]
AVAM: A “Pretty Un-Museumy” Museum
Posted in Uncategorized, Visionary Art Series, tagged american visual arts museum, artists, AVAM, baltimore, outside art, rebecca alban hoffberger, visionaries on August 17, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Last month I finally had the opportunity to visit the American Visionary Art Museum (AVAM) in Baltimore, MD. My mom had been talking about the museum for a number of years, telling me about different exhibitions she had seen at her “new favorite museum”. I was anxious to see the place after all of my [...]
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