August Klotz, Untitled, c.1922 (close-up)

Peter Charlie Besharo, William Blaney, Carlo, Hiroyuki Doi, August Klotz, Boris Kotscheshvili, Augustine Lesage, Rafael Lonné, Sava Sekulic Drossos Skylass, Katshuhiro Terao, Mitsuo Yumoto, Domenico Zindato

I chose these thirteen artists somewhat randomly — there are many artists I could've chosen here and I'm sure that I was strongly influenced by the installation process itself.

Now that the show has been installed, I'm noticing that (8) of the artists are deceased, (4) are alive and making work even now and (1) may or may not be alive in Georgia — the Republic.

Only (3) were born in the US, (3) were born in Japan, (2) in France, (2) in Italy and (1) each in Germany, Russia and in Yugoslavia.

Wow! I think the show looks terrific and I hope you can join us for the opening on Wednesday, the 17th of September.

Peter "Charlie" (Besharo) Boshero (1903–1960) Armenian born — lived as a hermit/handyman in Leechburg, Pennsylvania. Paintings found posthumously.

William Blayney (1918–1985) Pittsburgh — a fundamentalist preacher painted sermons: trucked from Pittsburgh to Oklahoma

Carlo Zinnelli (1916–1974) Institutionalized as the result of a war injury — produced a body of work in Verona between 1957 and 1972.

Hiroyuki Doi (1945–) lives in Tokyo — uses ink pens to invent a cosmic universe continuously varying space and depth, challenging the viewer thereby.

August Klotz (1864–1928) Institutionalized — an integral part of the original Prinzhorn Collection published in 1922.

Boris Koscheishvili (unknown) — from the Republic of Georgia. A few works on paper from a group of 30 purchased in Moscow in 1985.

Augustin Lesage (1876–1954) a French miner — painted his visions voluminously and was celebrated in spiritualist circles.

Raphael Lonné (1910– unknown) French — executed spirit drawings and produced them automatically.

Sava Sekulic (1902–1989) Dreamy images surreal but darker than compatriots from former Yugoslavia.

Drossos P. Skyllas (1912–1973) Greek immigrant lived in Chicago. Painstakingly rendered the details of reality by inventing and perfecting his skill.

Katsuhiro Terao (1960– ) An artist in Osaka, Japan )who is affiliated with the workshops of atelier incurve where he has created personal perspective on a highly formal level.

Mitsuo Yumoto (1978– )This artist, also is also at atelier incurve, distorts figures and landscapes using extraordinarily rich color,

Domenico Zindato (1966– ) Born in Italy, Domenico's travels describe a wide arc from to Bombay and Berlin and now Mexico City. His exquisite work gets ever more varied.