Garde Rail Gallery
(206) 721-0107
110 3RD Ave S
Seattle,
WA
98104
47.5584
-122.2852
Neighborhoods: Columbia City, Ranier Valley, Downtown, Pioneer Square
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The Experience
Running a gallery from your living room might interfere with wandering about in your bathrobe but in terms of self-taught artists, it works. At least temporarily for Karen Light and Marcus Pina, whose passion for outsider art--also termed self-taught, naive, folk, "Art Brut," visionary and kitsch--surpasses their mundane desires for privacy. As the only Seattle spot dedicated to outsider art, it's chock-full of the tantalizing visions escaping from artistic minds. Though the art may appear childlike, it mirrors very grown-up notions that reflect real and imaginary worlds. Take a trip to South Seattle for a glimpse of art that runs counter to the established Northwest scene.
In the Know
Light and Pina prepped their home for gallery status by doing construction after hours--the ambitious art fanatics were still working day jobs.
The Details on Garde Rail Gallery
It's a Zoo in There:
Asthmatics, take note: aside from housing its owners, the gallery serves as a home for whippet dog Malcolm, calico kitty Jet, and Fliegen the tabby.
Lowbrow meets High-Tech:
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