An Intuit catalogue produced with our exhibition curated by Molly Tarbell and Jan Petry
HEAVEN+HELL was an inspired collaboration of creative thinking and practical dynamics from two very different organizations. The exhibition served as a bridge between the two museums with the Hell portion of the exhibition taking place in Intuit’s galleries (756 N. Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago) and Heaven on display at LUMA (820 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago).
The themes of heaven and hell are frequently addressed in outsider and intuitive art. Outsider artists’ perspectives range from illustrative, word-laden drawings to stylized, sculptural versions of figurative images that populate their perceptions of the heavenly and the hellish. Self-taught and outsider artists often use the themes of heaven and hell not as concepts, but as broad visualizations that may be invented, drawn from popular media or the Bible, or influenced by their religious upbringing.
HEAVEN+HELL sought to explore the breadth of expression in self-taught art with these themes in mind. The show featured 165 works of art by 54 artists, as well as several anonymous works.
Exhibition Dates: February 10-June 30, 2012
