Orphan. Survivor. Janitor. Painter. Robert Sundholm’s path to New York City’s Outsider Art Fair, the world’s premiere showcase for self-taught artists with no formal training, is unusual in just about every way.
The 75-year-old who mopped floors for 13 years at the North Bergen Town Hall in New Jersey has never had an art lesson nor been to a museum. His selection in the esteemed show which opens next week at the Metropolitan Pavilion is, he says, “something I never expected.”
“Sundholm is an exciting new discovery,” says the show’s director Becca Hoffman. “The raw innocence of...
The 75-year-old who mopped floors for 13 years at the North Bergen Town Hall in New Jersey has never had an art lesson nor been to a museum. His selection in the esteemed show which opens next week at the Metropolitan Pavilion is, he says, “something I never expected.”
“Sundholm is an exciting new discovery,” says the show’s director Becca Hoffman. “The raw innocence of...
- 1/13/2017
- by lmcneil0264
- PEOPLE.com
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