Eugene Andolsek

Untitled (353C, 347 and 349), Eugene Andolsek, n.d.

Eugene Andolsek began to make pictures in 1953 after moving from working as a stenographer at the State Department to a job for the Railroad. His life was complicated by his mother coming to live with him, fleeing an abusive husband. Eugene would become her caretaker through years of illness. After retirement and the passing of his mother he continued to draw until failing health and eyesight led him to seek help. It was only after a caregiver at a retirement home saw his art work and recognized their uniqueness that they were brought to the attention of the director of the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh.

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James Wong

Untitled (W056) and Untitled (W0747), James Wong, 2007, permanent marker on bristol paper, 22 x 30 inches

Unithematic Drawing no. 1

Unithematic Drawing no. 1, Charles Benefiel, 2008, red ink on paper, 12 x 9 inches

Red Devil

Barbara Suckfüll, (1857-unknown)  


All Suckfüll’s drawings, which have an aerial perspective, depict the domestic objects that were brought to her cell. There is no three dimensional space and each flattened object is outlined with a succession of 2s, crosses or pinpricks which form chains in an attempt to establish boundaries. (Dissolving of the ego in psychosis leads to the inability to determine where the subject ends and the Other begins.) Suckfüll, it appears does not have the co-ordinates with which to understand the physical world. As there is no fixed view point she found it necessary to turn the paper as she worked. With both the object and the name placed on the paper via the gesture she attempts to stop meaning from sliding off.In an attempt to build herself a structure each word is pinned down with a full-stop. Here the nurse or ‘Red Devil’ brings in a washbasin:

And.Today.It.Is.Sunday.Too.The.First.Sunday.After.The.Assumption.Too.And.So.It.Will.Be.The.Twentyfirst.This.Is.Fine.I.Think.And.That.Is.the.Washbasin.You.See.I.Have.Drawn.That.Too.One.Time.Too.And.Then.Today.The.Redhead.Brought.Cold.Washing.Water.It.Was.Too.Cold.What.She.Brought.Today.And.The.Second.Devil.Was.On.The.Lookout.I.Heard.That.Myself.Too.


From Art and Psychosis by Miranda Argyle

Written Language

© Sophie Tottie /BUS 2012. Written Language (line drawings) XV 2009, ink on paper, 216 × 113 cm. Photo: Marcus Schneider. Courtesy of Andrae Kaufmann gallery

Brush II

© Sophie Tottie /BUS 2012. Brush II 2010, ink on paper, 216 × 113 cm. Photo: Marcus Schneider. Courtesy of Andrae Kaufmann gallery

The Museum of the Void

The Museum of the Void, Robert Smithson, 1969