Outgoing
Self Made: A Century of Inventing 1
Fine Arts Exhibition
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Self Made: A Century of Inventing

June 11 at 12am

+59

Lincoln Square

Raw self-portraits and alter egos from artists who never sat in a classroom. Henry Darger's private worlds and Bill Traylor's autobiographical visions reveal what happens when creativity bubbles up from instinct rather than instruction. The result is work that feels startlingly intimate: unpolished, unfiltered, and utterly original.

Intimate self-portraits
Self-taught visionaries
Free admission
Lincoln Center location

Tips

🎨"subtle and edifying critique of the preconceptions that shape our own longing for the 'self-made'" (Two Coats of Paint)
🧵quilts and textiles often rotate through — check what's currently on view
🎒lockers up front for bags and coats

Thursday, June 11

American Folk Art Museum

2 Lincoln Square, New York, NY 10023, USA

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