The Private Universe Of James Castle: Drawings From The William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation And James Castle Collection And Archive

The Santa Barbara Museum of Art has on display the works of extraordinary self-taught artist James Castle, showcasing his incredible talent and skill in over 90 of his most accomplished works.

“The Santa Barbara Museum of Art is the presentation's sole venue and represents the first exhibition of Castle's works in Southern California. The show highlights the artist's remarkable technical skills and attempts to foster a better understanding of his evocative and unconventional images, particularly his landscapes and architectural interior scenes. Unfortunately, the common perception of Castle and his art has tended to be very limited due to emphasis on his physical impairments—he was profoundly deaf and largely mute—and his geographic isolation, working in rural Idaho.

The exhibition and accompanying scholarly catalog places Castle in a larger artistic and cultural context and explores the imaginative innovations of his works, mainly drawings produced with soot from a woodstove and his saliva, rendered on scraps of found paper.” - SBMA

Visit their website below to find out more about the artist.

https://www.sbma.net/exhibitions/james-castle 

For a peek into the artists world watch our short below.