Church of Satan Sigil of Baphomet

Above: Charles Dellschau “PLATE 2333 ON WATHER ON LAND AND UP IN THE CLOUDS” 1911

CHARLES DELLSCHAU (1830 – 1923):
AMERICAN VISIONARY

at the  STEPHEN ROMANO GALLERY from October 29 – December 15 2015

December 17 – January 30 2016

Opening reception December 17, 5 – 9 pm

117 Grattan Street, Suite 112 (corner of Porter and Harrison)
Brooklyn, NY 11237

“Charles Dellschau is widely acknowledged as an Outsider master in the same league as Adolph Wolfli, Henry Darger and Martin Ramirez”

—Tom Patterson, RAW VISION MAGAZINE

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Above: Esther Pearl Watson Just Got out of Jail (Trivet) 2015

“Hieroglyphica”

December 17 – January 31 2016

Opening  December 17 5 – 9

Artists include Esther Pearl Watson, Gigi Chen, Cendrine Rovini, Tine Kindermann, Jodie Lynkeechow, Matt Nolen, Dolorosa De La Cruz, Rene Pierre Allain, Tamara Kostianovsky, Heiko Müller, Nyahzul C Blanco, David Molesky, Inge Vandormael, Erna Kd, Maria Kreyn, Jel Ena, El Gato Chimney, Barry William Hale, Colin Christian, Rithika Merchant, Darcilio Lima, WIlliam Blayney, never before seen works by William Mortensen and many others.

The exhibition borrows it’s title from the 1735 Baroque illustrated book “Hieroglyphica or Symbols of Ancient People”, a work by Dutch artist Romeyn de Hooghe, discovered and published only 25 years after his death. The book is compendium of religious and occult symbols throughout the history of various cultures, whose strange illustrations are part Albrecht Dürer and part Hieronymus Bosch in their intricacy. The book is considered to be a treasure among collectors of esoteric objects and was recently featured in the exhibition “Opus Hypnagogia” at the Morbid Anatomy Museum from July – October, 2015.

The exhibition also touches upon themes which have to varying degrees of subtlety an affinity with the works of Charles A.A. Dellschau (1830 – 1923), whose art is featured simultaneously in the gallery, presented for the first time in a chronological fashion.