"Martins seems to have needed light like she needed air"
February 2, 2018 12:49 PM Subscribe
A Visit to South Africa’s Strange, Astonishing Owl House is an article by Rosa Lyster [previously] about the art and life of outsider artist Helen Martins, and the museum of her work, The Owl House [previously discussed in 2002]. The Helen Martins Museum website has a gallery with high resolution photographs of her work and a few more can be seen here.
Yeah, the Owl House is now high up on my list of places to visit if I ever find myself in South Africa.
And what a sad story... something about the fact that she was probably blinded by the very thing that gave her life meaning makes it especially sad, even among the depressing biographies of outsider artists.
posted by Kattullus at 3:00 AM on February 4, 2018
And what a sad story... something about the fact that she was probably blinded by the very thing that gave her life meaning makes it especially sad, even among the depressing biographies of outsider artists.
posted by Kattullus at 3:00 AM on February 4, 2018
I visited in 2000. It was extremely obscure and so very difficult to put into words. Amazing, really, and beautiful, odd, strange and scary all wrapped into a bundle.
And literally in the middle of abso-fucking-lutely nowhere desert.
posted by floweredfish at 5:01 PM on February 4, 2018 [1 favorite]
And literally in the middle of abso-fucking-lutely nowhere desert.
posted by floweredfish at 5:01 PM on February 4, 2018 [1 favorite]
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