Ashvegas art brut

Jason Sandford

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

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Woodfin artist Syprian Harvey stopped by Ashvegas recently, so we thought we’d holla back.

Check out Syprian’s artwork at www.ashevilleart.net or at this site.

We’ll let Syprian describe his work because we don’t know from much, except that his work reminds of de Kooning. And that we think it’s pretty darn cool.

This site was incepted originally as a virtual art gallery with a brick and mortar presence in Asheville. Somewhat offbeat is our offering on metaphysical art or I suppose another phrase might be “spiritual art.” Syprian does charcoal drawings, metal sculpture. We feel that his sculpture is a very angry and confrontational art, so we’re looking at it as art brut, definitely outsider, because he is self-schooled artist.

However, there is not the predominant “innocence” that has become a hallmark of the outsider tradition, rather an intelligent and removed hostility there. He tells us that he likes the phrase visionary art. We hope to attract art collectors and other knowledgeable people as visitors to our site. One last word regarding Asheville culture art galleries: we don’t open at any given time. Our art gallery is open by appointment only.