Andrew Masullo, reaching a peak of artistic success, shares the things art is made of and his favorite works created by 'outsiders'
In the past two years, he's had 20 group shows and a handful of solo exhibitions.
Since 2005 when he moved here from New York, Masullo has lived in the Sunset District, now in two small apartments that double as his studio.
Walls are covered with several dozen paintings in stages of doneness - sometimes, he says, a painting takes years to resolve.
Masullo cites Oct. 27, 1977, as a benchmark in his biography; a printmaking instructor explained the concept of negative and positive space, opening up the idea of nonrepresentational art.
The recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2011, with the Biennial praise, Masullo admits he's attained goals once only hoped for.
[...] he remembers lean years, not long past, when he sold off parts of his photography collections in order to keep afloat.
An obsessive collector of folk art, Masullo's joyous devotion to work by "outsider" artists is contagious.
Masullo, who possesses a keen sense of humor, obviously revels in the work of other "stuff makers" with similar sensibilities; most days he spends an hour on eBay.
Bought the cube of pins for $1, added the photos of children cut from medical books.
The delight of them? "You can see they're vegetables, but it seems like people making them were having a good time."
