About Delaine Le Bas

"Damaged Goods Part II", 2005

"My work is at the point where Outsider, Folk and Contemporary Art meet, combining a visionary, conceptual and craft approach. I live and work in the same space 24/7 there is no separation of daily life and art they are both and one intertwined".

"As a Romany, my viewpoint has always been that of the outsider and this position of the 'other' is reflected in the materials and messages within my work. We live in a culture of mixed values and garbled messages. My works are crafted from the disregarded and disparate objects of the car boot sale and the charity shop. A bricollage of materials. Employing the materials of everyday, all formed together in a manner that allows them to be precious yet reclaimed."

Delaine Group and solo exhibitions 2006

International Festival d'Art Singular, Roquevaire, France
Outsider Art, Moscow Museum of Outsider Art in collaboration with The City of Bar, Cultural Centre Vladimir Popvic Spanac Bar, Montenegro
Second Site, Abbot's Hall, Museum of East Anglian Life, Stowmarket, Suffolk
Second Site, The Supper Rooms, Appleby
Paperworld, Transitions, London
Second Site, The West Park Centre, Leeds
Second Site, The Stephen Lawrence Gallery, Greenwich London
Internal Guidance Systems, Pearl and Wonder Ballroom Locations, Mark Woolley Gallery, Portland, Oregon, USA
Race, Class, Gender # Character, American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, USA.

You can contact Delaine at delainelebas@yahoo.com