Enter The World Of Outsider Artist Aurie Ramirez, Psychedelic Jokers And All

The Outsider Art Fair is coming to New York on January 29, bringing 47 international galleries of folk, self-taught, and outsider art to Center 548 for four glorious days. The fair offers the rare opportunity for artists operating far outside the regulations of the art world — whether marginalized, isolated, incarcerated, institutionalized or psychologically compromised — a space to show the vibrant and singular artworks that don’t just reflect their worlds, but constitute them. In anticipation of one of our favorite art events of the year, we’re spotlighting a different outsider artist every day.

Untitled, 2009

Ramirez’s watercolors epitomize desire, glamour, sexuality and indulgence in colorful forms untethered to the mainstream images that often channel such sensations through commodified goods. Her imagination conjures relevant yet visionary tales of androgynous queens and stylish rocker dolls, putting on a show of elegance, edge, allure and eroticism on some stage up in the clouds. Even the non-queens among us can’t help but get wrapped up in the luxurious whimsy of it all.

See Ramirez’s work at the Creative Growth gallery at the Outsider Art Fair, from January 29 until February 1 at Center 548 in New York.

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