E Delaine Le Bas (bijandi ando o 17-to juli 1965-to berś Uorting, Kidindo Thagaripe) si ekh anglikani romni cigana kon beśel ande verver lokacije ando o Kidindo Thagaripe thaj Europa. La si la magistratura katar o Sunto Martins Śkola vaś Arto, London, thaj kerel buki ando ekh miksime vaś artoske firme kaj thonandre miksime medija instalacije, plavecocirdipe, performancija, filmo, fotografija thaj skulptura. Voj sikavel ande sa e dunjava (lumja), sar ekh palpale-irisardo ekzibitoro ando o Amerikano Vizionarno Artosko Muzeumo, Baltimor, Amerikake Kidinde Śtatura, Maśkarthemutno Festivalo d’Art Singulier at Roquevaire, Franca; thaj ekzibitoro ando o avgutno Romano Paviliono ka o 52-to Venice Biennale.

E Le Bas-ake bukja fokusirin pe teme vaś o avrićhutipe (ekskluzija), o identiteto, e stereotipura, e biphende istorije, e bićaće reprezentacije, o źeno, vaś o kadava te aves o ‘aver.’ Gada thaj tekstilura, specialno lengi kulturno, simbolikano thaj identificiripe vaś kualitetura si elementura save voj disputiril specialno ande e dori vaś e stereotipikane thaj e politikane idee save von angleźan te laćharen (aprobin). O kostumo specialno khelel ekh bari rolja ande laki performancijaki praktika thaj gadenke kotora ande e bare detailne instalacije save voj kerel. Thaneski specifikani buki si ekh centralno kotor vaś Le Bas-aki praktika, thaj voj but dervja trubusarel lokalno skepime materialja, save rezultirin ando filmo, fotografija, farbamakhipe, plavecocirdipe thaj performancijaki buki avrjal e galerijaki turjalin. E esencija vaś o than kajte e buki sas kerdi si vaś baro vastnipe (importanipe): leski istorija, disputirime thana thaj lokalne materialja si reflektirime ande e ›brikolaź‹ praktika.

Sigotne proektura thonandre »Karing e ciganoni phuv« kuratirime barabari e Barbi Asante-sa; thaj voj kerel buki e artistosa o Ronke Osinovo thaj e fotografa e Tara Darbi kaj ingjarel ka ekh nevo ekhethanesko proekto: Phande katar nisavi nacija. »Ursitorijako Prastavipe«, e Le Bas-aki korkorutni ekzibicija pokindi ando o 2009-to berś katar o ASPEX angleźal te phirel maśkarthemutneste. »Sigurime Europutno Kher?« si ekh buxle niveloski instalacija savi si kerdi latar thaj katar lako rom o Damian Le Bas sar ekh biaćhavdo proekto dekatar o 2011-to berś, thaj sas sikavdino buxleste ande thana sar e Viena, Berlin, Kopenxagen, Dublin, Drezden, Kolćester. Sar kotor katar o trinto tomo vaś o Projekto o Biennial Vaś Moderno Arto D-O Ark Underground voj kerda ekh thaneski specifinaki buki andre ande e Titosko Bunkero vaś Atomikani Maripenaski Komanda, Konjic, Bosnija thaj Xercegovina.

Ande lake artistikane phenipenata ando o katalogo vaś o »Xasardo Ćheri« ekzibicija, 20070-to berś, e Le Bas phenda: o »Mure bukja si o maripe te naśav e stereotipura, thaj me lośavov simbolenge save o dikhlino pakjal kaj von akhjaren. […] Kaj kerav buki e materijalenca katar o sako divesutnipe, sa formirisale barabari ande ekh maniero savo śaj atoska te avel molno ama palpale manglindo.«

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Ekzibicije

1997
International Self Taught / Outsider Art – St Brannocks Gallery, Norfolk
Damian & Delaine Le Bas – Fashion Street, London
The Book Project – touring exhibition, venues throughout the UK
City – The Clerk’s House, London

1998
Error and Eros: Love Profane and Divine – American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, USA

1999
Error and Eros: Love Profane and Divine – American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, USA
Group Show – Raw Vision Headquarters, Hertfordshire

2000
Elvision 2000 – INTUIT: The Centre for Intuitive and Outsider Art, Chicago
Damian & Delaine Le Bas – Broomhill, Broomhill Art Hotel and Sculpture
Damian & Delaine Le Bas – Raw Vision, Raw Vision Headquarters, Hertfordshire
International Festival d’Art Singulier – Roquevaire
The Book Project – touring exhibition, venues throughout the UK
International Romani Conference – Greenwich, UK

2001
Obsessive Visions: Art Outside the Mainstream – England & Co, London
Outlaws – James Colman, London
Le Bas: Outsider Art – Made to Measure, London
Shop – Brighton Festival, Brighton
Outsiders – The October Gallery, October Gallery, London
The Book Project – University of Lancaster, Preston

2002
Wanted: Dead or Alive – James Colman, London
The Book Project – Norwich Fringe Festival, Norwich
International Festival d’Art Singulier – Roquevaire, France
Upstart – James Colman, London
The Book Project – 5th Contemporary Artist Book Fair, Dean Clough, Halifax

2003
Souvenir – Transition, London
Outlaws – James Colman / Pauline Flach, London
’Orrible Little Bastards’ – Neon Gallery, London
The Book Project – West End Arts Festival, Glasgow
Scritch Scratch – Transition, London

2004
Shop – Space-Two-Ten-Two, London
She’s No Angel – James Colman, London
60 Seconds – Darklight Film Festival, Dublin, Ireland
Miniatures – Mark Woolley Gallery, Portland, Oregon
International Festival d’Art Singulier – Roquevaire, France
Raw Vision, Equal Rights to Creativity: An Exhibition of Outsider Art – Mexico Gallery, London
60 Seconds – 291 Gallery, London
60 Seconds – Space Two-Ten-Two, London
Gallery Artists – James Colman, London
Love n Bullets – Transition, London
Girl on Girl – Transition, London

2005
Acid Drops & Sugar Candy – Transition, London
The Art of The Book – University of Missouri, St Louis, USA
Race, Class, Gender # Character – American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, USA
Eng-Er-Land – Studio at 102, Tea Building, London
ROOM – Transition, London
Raw Vision 50 – Serpentine, London
Divine Messages – Harmony Gallery, Los Angeles
Outsider Art, Prague Biennial – Prague
Kartoffelkopf, Mish Mash Video – Rampart Centre, Whitechapel, London
Punk – People Unknown Collective, London

2006
Contemporary Gypsy – Mascalls Gallery, Paddock Wood, Kent
International Festival d’Art Singulier – Roquevaire, France
Outsider Art – Moscow Museum of Outsider Art (in collaboration with the City of Bar)
Second Site – Abbott’s Hall, Museum of East Anglian Life, Stowmarket, Suffolk
Paper World – Transition, London
Second Site – The Stephen Lawrence Gallery, Greenwich, London
Internal Guidance Systems – Pearl and Wonder Ballroom Locations, Mark

2007
Paradise Lost – 1st Roma Pavilion, Venice Biennale, Venice
‘Refusing Exclusion’ – Prague Biennale, Prague
Chavi – Novas Contemporary Urban Centre, London
Underbelly Deptford X – Deptford Market Traders Yard, London
O Dreamland – Greatstone, Kent
Internal Guidance Systems –Tag Gallery, Nashville, USA

2008
Paradise Lost – Galleria Sonia Rosso, Turin
The Fabric of Myth – Compton Verney, Warwickshire
Biennale Cuvee – O.K Center for Contemporary Art, Linz
Shanty Town of The Sleeping Beauties and The Sleeping Demons – Hordaland International Art Gallery, Bergen
The House Of The Juju Queen – solo exhibition, Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch, Berlin
Meet Your Neighbours, Akademie Graz, Graz

2009
LIVING TOGETHER estrategias para la convivencia – Montehermoso, Vitoria, Spain

2011
Safe European Home? – Wiener Festwochen, Vienna
Reconsidering Roma—Aspects of Roma and Sinti Life in Contemporary Art – Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin
Witch Hunt – Campbell Works, London

2012
Gypsy Revolution – Museum of East Anglian Life, Suffolk

Source: gallery8.org, Paradise Lost catalogue, 2007 (Ed. Tímea Junghaus and Katalin Székely)