Outsider Art Fair
Monumental Prints /Nature, Politics and Humor
The Nature of Political Humor
William Kent (1919-2012)
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A journey back into the sixties with world renowned printmaker, sculptor, and satirist- William Kent.
Psychedelic chameleons, alluring insects and bold political prints take us back to a time when things were..... pretty much the same!
We ask you to “End Your Silence” “Abolish HUAC” and “Take It Easy but Take It” with the elusive Connecticut artist. The hand made prints were created by carving huge Italian slate blackboards, and reproducing on fabric and rice paper- without a printing press.
Kent’s monumental wooden sculptures are also on display with content that reflects everyday items such as a hammer, shoe, key, shoehorn, and a crushed beer can. The rich illustrious hand carvings complement prints in the in a series of shows now by appointment.
Kent, who many consider one of America’s greatest printmakers and sculptors, lived as a recluse. His work was included alongside such titans as Jasper Johns, Robert Motherwell, and Phillip Guston. He attended Yale University, was the first curator of the John Slade Ely House, and exhibited at some the finest museums and galleries including-
The Wadsworth Atheneum, Sundsvall Sweden, Colgate, Brooklyn Museum,
Whitney Museum of American Art,
New Britain Museum of American Art and more. His work is in the collections of Smithsonian, Brooklyn Museum, Princeton University,
New Britain Museum of American Art, Lyman Allen Art Museum, Yale University Art Gallery, Florence Griswold and many more.
Private viewings and receptions available. Hours subject
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