1 00:00:04,133 --> 00:00:09,333 >> THE TERM OUTSIDER ARTIST IS 2 00:00:05,700 --> 00:00:11,866 BIG ENOUGH TO INCLUDE A CREATIVE 3 00:00:08,033 --> 00:00:13,133 PERSON WITHOUT CLASSICAL 4 00:00:09,333 --> 00:00:15,566 TRAINING AND A SILENT ARTIST WHO 5 00:00:11,866 --> 00:00:17,866 COMMUNICATES THROUGH THE 6 00:00:13,133 --> 00:00:19,666 MYSTERIOUS PICTURES SHE MAKES. 7 00:00:15,566 --> 00:00:21,500 A ART SHOW IN TOWNS LOOKS AT 8 00:00:17,866 --> 00:00:24,333 WORKS FROM ARTISTS IN CHICAGO TO 9 00:00:19,666 --> 00:00:26,166 NEW ZEALAND ALL OF THEM MAKE THE 10 00:00:21,500 --> 00:00:28,200 CASE FOR ART AS THERAPY. 11 00:00:24,333 --> 00:00:30,033 >> AT INTUIT THE CENTER FOR 12 00:00:26,166 --> 00:00:31,566 INTUITIVE AND OUTSIDER ART A 13 00:00:28,200 --> 00:00:33,200 PAIR OF NEW SHOWS COULD NOT BE 14 00:00:30,033 --> 00:00:34,966 MORE DIFFERENT. 15 00:00:31,566 --> 00:00:37,033 ON ONE SIDE CARTOON WORLD 16 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:38,333 CREATED BY A NEW ZEALAND ARTIST 17 00:00:34,966 --> 00:00:41,433 WHO HASN'T SPOKEN IN MORE THAN 18 00:00:37,033 --> 00:00:43,133 50 YEARS. 19 00:00:38,333 --> 00:00:44,366 ON THE OTHER SIDE, WORKS BY TWO 20 00:00:41,433 --> 00:00:47,100 CHICAGO ARTISTS WHO FIGHT 21 00:00:43,133 --> 00:00:48,766 ADDICTION WITH CREATIVITY. 22 00:00:44,366 --> 00:00:50,200 FOR THIS, INTUIT BROUGHT IN A 23 00:00:47,100 --> 00:00:50,500 CURATOR WHO RAN THE SOUTH SIDE 24 00:00:48,766 --> 00:00:53,333 COMMUNITY ARTS CENTER FOR SIX 25 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:56,233 YEARS. 26 00:00:50,500 --> 00:00:57,800 >> WE ARE IN A SPACE OF OUTSIDE 27 00:00:53,333 --> 00:00:59,233 ART AND THEY ARE CALLED ARTISTS. 28 00:00:56,233 --> 00:01:01,733 THEY ARE IMPORTANT TO THIS 29 00:00:57,800 --> 00:01:02,033 INSTITUTION AND WE NEED TO 30 00:00:59,233 --> 00:01:03,700 CHALLENGE LABELS AND BOLSTER 31 00:01:01,733 --> 00:01:05,033 THEM. 32 00:01:02,033 --> 00:01:07,400 IT'S EXCITING FOR THE ARTISTS TO 33 00:01:03,700 --> 00:01:09,433 TAP INTO SOMETHING A COMMUNITY 34 00:01:05,033 --> 00:01:10,933 OF ARTISTS THAT TRADITIONALLY 35 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:12,966 WOULD NOT BE IN DIALOGUE WITH. 36 00:01:09,433 --> 00:01:13,266 >> HE CHOSE ARTISTS WITH 37 00:01:10,933 --> 00:01:16,233 COLORFUL WORK AND COLORFUL 38 00:01:12,966 --> 00:01:17,133 LIVES. 39 00:01:13,266 --> 00:01:18,733 >> I LEFT CHICAGO IN 2007 TO 40 00:01:16,233 --> 00:01:20,733 JOIN THE ARMY. 41 00:01:17,133 --> 00:01:22,300 I WAS 38 YEARS OLD. 42 00:01:18,733 --> 00:01:25,533 I WAS GOING THROUGH A REALLY 43 00:01:20,733 --> 00:01:27,600 ROUGH PATCH. 44 00:01:22,300 --> 00:01:29,333 IT WAS MY OWN FORM OF TREATMENT. 45 00:01:25,533 --> 00:01:30,600 IN ORDER TO OVERCOME MY OWN 46 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:33,500 PERSONAL ADDICTIONS AND ALSO TO 47 00:01:29,333 --> 00:01:35,500 SUPPORT MY DAUGHTERS. 48 00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:37,000 >> EARLY ON, ROBERT JOHNSON 49 00:01:33,500 --> 00:01:37,800 PAINTED THE GLASS ON DISCARDED 50 00:01:35,500 --> 00:01:40,233 WINDOWS BUT STOPPED MAKING ART 51 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:42,966 WHILE IN THE ARMY. 52 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:46,000 NOW HE HAS A NEW APPROACH. 53 00:01:40,233 --> 00:01:47,633 >> I'VE SHIFTED TO DIFFERENT 54 00:01:42,966 --> 00:01:49,933 MATERIALS CANVAS BOARD, FOUND 55 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:52,133 CANVASS FROM THRIFT STORES THAT 56 00:01:47,633 --> 00:01:55,266 I JUST REWORK BUT I DO STILL 57 00:01:49,933 --> 00:01:55,600 HAVE A BASEMENT FULL OF WINDOWS 58 00:01:52,133 --> 00:01:57,233 THAT I WILL BE GIVING ATTENTION 59 00:01:55,266 --> 00:02:00,233 TO. 60 00:01:55,600 --> 00:02:01,100 >> WE ASKED THE OTHER CHICAGO 61 00:01:57,233 --> 00:02:03,600 ARTIST IN THE SHOW ABOUT USING 62 00:02:00,233 --> 00:02:05,533 ART AS THERAPY. 63 00:02:01,100 --> 00:02:07,600 >> I'M USING IT NOW TO KIND OF 64 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:07,966 KEEP ME ANCHORED BECAUSE I'M 65 00:02:05,533 --> 00:02:09,266 STRUGGLING TO STAY CLEAN AND 66 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:11,866 HEALTHY. 67 00:02:07,966 --> 00:02:14,666 IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR ME AND 68 00:02:09,266 --> 00:02:16,766 MY SON. 69 00:02:11,866 --> 00:02:17,100 >> THE HIS WORK INCLUDES 70 00:02:14,666 --> 00:02:19,266 SCULPTURE, METZ TALL WORK AND 71 00:02:16,766 --> 00:02:19,600 COLLAGE. 72 00:02:17,100 --> 00:02:20,966 THIS IS CALLED HEROIN THE 73 00:02:19,266 --> 00:02:22,466 MUSICAL. 74 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:24,400 >> I WILL START WITH AN IDEA 75 00:02:20,966 --> 00:02:25,966 THAT MAY CHANGE BY THE TIME I 76 00:02:22,466 --> 00:02:27,766 FINISH WITH THE PIECE AND I 77 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:29,266 START CREATING STORIES IN MY 78 00:02:25,966 --> 00:02:30,133 MIND AS I'M WORKING ON THE 79 00:02:27,766 --> 00:02:32,133 PIECE, NARRATIVES THAT ONLY MAKE 80 00:02:29,266 --> 00:02:33,333 SENSE TO ME. 81 00:02:30,133 --> 00:02:35,066 AND THEY BECOME THE PIECE 82 00:02:32,133 --> 00:02:37,500 EVOLVES OUT OF THAT AND BECOMES 83 00:02:33,333 --> 00:02:39,366 PART OF A NARRATIVE IN MY HEAD 84 00:02:35,066 --> 00:02:41,500 THAT YOU KNOW, WOULD SEEM LIKE 85 00:02:37,500 --> 00:02:43,266 NONSENSE TO SOMEONE ELSE. 86 00:02:39,366 --> 00:02:46,033 >> IN THE GALLERY NEXT DOOR 87 00:02:41,500 --> 00:02:48,333 CARTOON NARRATIVES HAVE AN 88 00:02:43,266 --> 00:02:49,200 UNUSUAL ORIGIN THEY WERE CREATED 89 00:02:46,033 --> 00:02:52,433 BY SUSAN TE KAHURANGI KING A NOW 90 00:02:48,333 --> 00:02:53,166 68-YEAR-OLD NEW ZEALANDER WHO 91 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:55,633 HAS NOT SPOKEN IN ALMOST 60 92 00:02:52,433 --> 00:02:58,700 YEARS. 93 00:02:53,166 --> 00:03:00,066 >> SUSAN WAS ONE OF 12 CHILDREN. 94 00:02:55,633 --> 00:03:01,600 AND SHE BEGAN CREATING ART AT A 95 00:02:58,700 --> 00:03:04,133 YOUNG AGE AND RECEIVED MUCH 96 00:03:00,066 --> 00:03:04,600 SUPPORT FROM HER FAMILY. 97 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:07,766 SHE QUIT SPEAKING BY THE AGE OF 98 00:03:04,133 --> 00:03:10,166 EIGHT. 99 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:13,200 SO WILL NEVER QUITE KNOW EXACTLY 100 00:03:07,766 --> 00:03:15,500 THE MEANING BEHIND EACH 101 00:03:10,166 --> 00:03:17,633 INDIVIDUAL ARTWORK COUPLED WITH 102 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:20,633 THESE WONDERFUL DRAWINGS WE HAVE 103 00:03:15,500 --> 00:03:22,933 THE ARCHIVES OF HER SISTER 104 00:03:17,633 --> 00:03:24,933 PETITA KING WHO HAS BEGUN 105 00:03:20,633 --> 00:03:26,366 COLLECTING WORKS THAT RELATE TO 106 00:03:22,933 --> 00:03:28,666 SUSAN'S LIFE AND ARTWORK. 107 00:03:24,933 --> 00:03:30,300 >> WE SPOKE TO HER SISTER ABOUT 108 00:03:26,366 --> 00:03:32,366 GROWING UP WITH A UNIQUE SIBLING 109 00:03:28,666 --> 00:03:35,566 AT FIRST IN RURAL NEW ZEALAND. 110 00:03:30,300 --> 00:03:38,066 >> IT WASN'T A SCHOOL FOR SUSAN 111 00:03:32,366 --> 00:03:39,766 IN THE SMALL TOWN BECAUSE SHE 112 00:03:35,566 --> 00:03:42,266 HAD SPECIAL NEEDS. 113 00:03:38,066 --> 00:03:44,800 THERE WAS NO DIAGNOSIS BUT SHE 114 00:03:39,766 --> 00:03:46,333 WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT SHE COULD 115 00:03:42,266 --> 00:03:49,000 NOT TALK ALTHOUGH SHE WAS TALK 116 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:51,000 AS A THREE-YEAR-OLD. 117 00:03:46,333 --> 00:03:53,300 IN ORDER TO ADDRESS SUSAN'S 118 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:54,966 EDUCATIONAL NEEDS THE FAMILY 119 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:57,466 SHIFTED TO AUKLAND. 120 00:03:53,300 --> 00:04:00,233 >> SUSAN STOPPED DRAWING AND 121 00:03:54,966 --> 00:04:01,400 RESUMED HER WORK IN 2008. 122 00:03:57,466 --> 00:04:03,466 HER LIFE STORY BECAME THE BASIS 123 00:04:00,233 --> 00:04:04,966 FOR A DOCUMENTARY. 124 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:06,200 >> SHE KEEPS TO HERSELF AND SHE 125 00:04:03,466 --> 00:04:08,800 DRAWS IN THE BACKGROUND AND WE 126 00:04:04,966 --> 00:04:10,866 KNOW THEY ARE GREAT DRAWINGS BUT 127 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:13,366 THERE IS NOT REALLY ANY VERY 128 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:14,800 LITTLE IF ANY INTERACTION. 129 00:04:10,866 --> 00:04:16,000 >> IN RECENT YEARS HER WORK HAS 130 00:04:13,366 --> 00:04:18,000 BEEN SHOWN IN PARIS, NEW YORK 131 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:20,366 AND NOW CHICAGO. 132 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:22,100 >> NOW IT'S LIKE EVERYBODY IS 133 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:24,200 RALLYING AROUND SUSAN. 134 00:04:20,366 --> 00:04:25,933 LIKE SHE THE MAN. 135 00:04:22,100 --> 00:04:27,833 >> THE WORK BY THE TWO CHICAGO 136 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:29,833 ARTISTS WILL BE ON VIEW AT 137 00:04:25,933 --> 00:04:30,133 INTUIT, THE CENTER FOR INTUITIVE