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Judy A Saslow GalleryOutsider Art - Contemporary Art - Folk Art |
About Judy A Saslow |
| Judy Saslow opened the Judy A. Saslow Gallery
in April 1995, continuing a lifelong passion to surround herself with
art. As a child, attending classes at Chicago's Art Institute, she would
spend hours before and after class wandering through the galleries. Later,
as an elementary school teacher and a mother of three, she was continually
exposed to the delights of naive, "natural," nonconforming art.
Although she first collected primarily modern and contemporary art, Saslow has more recently focused on work created by self-taught American and European "outsider" artists. She is a well-respected collector in this area. In recent years, her undergraduate work in psychology and sociology and her experiences as an attorney specializing in family law have come into sharp focus while visiting art therapy programs and primitive cultures in many countries. She considers the art to be a powerful expression of the artitst's inner visions, a window to the soul of its creator. In the future, Saslow hopes to be involved in the formation of an art therapy program in the Chicago area. With the creation of her gallery, Saslow has put a new spin on the process of exhibiting art. Her gallery is designed to be unintimidating and homelike--a place where people can feel free to linger, to learn more about the art while envisioning how each piece might fit into their own personal collections. In addition to exhibiting known artists, Saslow
is excited to show unknown and emerging artists. She also offers other
collectors a venue for selling pieces from their own private collections. |
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