visionary art

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H.R. Giger, Victory V (Satan) (1983)

The Art of H.R. Giger and Vincent Castiglia curated by Stephen Romano

Vincent Castiglia Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Opening December 1st and continuing through February 2023. For a detailed press release, follow this link. A catalog will be available, with contributions from es-teemed writers Michael Bonesteel (author of “Henry Darger: Art and Selected Writings) and curator Robert Cozzolino (whose exhibition “Supernatural America: The Paranormal in American Art” recently toured museums in the USA), as well as Christopher Ian Lutz (whose writings have appeared in Beautiful Bizarre and Riot Material, and who wrote the catalog essay for Morbid Anatomy’s “Opus Hypnagogia” exhibition).

Burt Shonberg title unknown, date unknown circa 1958 - 1961, casein on panel, 32 x 50 Burt Shonberg portraying his partner Majorie Cameron as a sphinx.

Beyond the Pleasuredome: The Lost Occult World of Burt Shonberg

“Beyond the Pleasuredome: The Lost Occult World of Burt Shonberg” curated by BRIAN CHIDESTER at the BUCKLAND MUSEUM OF WITCHCRAFT AND MAGICK, Cleveland Ohio AUGUST 17 – NOVEMBER 1 2021 The Buckland Museum of Witchcraft and Magic in Cleveland, Ohio, and Stephen Romano Gallery in Brooklyn, are pleased to present the first exhibition of art by the L.A. visionary BURT SHONBERG (1933-1977) in over 50 years.  The exhibition opens August 17 and continues through November 1, 2021. The exhibition is curated by historian, documentarian, and longtime Shonberg advocate Brian Chidester. It is accompanied by a catalog, the first ever exclusively devoted […]

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 Above: Esther Pearl Watson Just Got out of Jail (Trivet) 2015 “Hieroglyphica” December 17 […]