{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5f31d265e334e06383468f64/5f55b3bacfdf880a138e6d63?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"003 - Adolf Wolfli - Part 2","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5f31d265e334e06383468f64/1599452362903-49f9386402ec30136354d1fe73a23993.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In 1916 as part of the second of his narrative works, the <em>Geographic and Algebraic Books,</em> Wolfli assigned himself a new name (which required some explanation),</p><p>“St. Adolf the I, Great-King of Grenoble-St. Adolf King, Giant-City in Savojen; last named with an additional calculation-supplement of 50 hours is my third-youngest brother as a Great-God! And I am St. Adolf II, Couscous King and King Great-God. Bern, Friday, the 23rd June 1916”</p><p>After 16 years of concentrated work he must have felt he had earned this enriched sobriquet...</p><p><br></p><p>Adolf Wolfli on WikiArt - <a href=\"https://www.wikiart.org/en/adolf-wolfli\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">link</a></p><p><br></p><p>Cover Art - Adolf Wolfli - The Amazons (detail) (1919)</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Reading List</strong></p><p>Adolf Wolfli. Draftsman, Writer, Poet, Composer - Editor Elka Spoerri - ISBN 0-8014-3403-3</p><p>Adolf Wolfli. Creator of the Universe - ISBN 978-80-87164-95-2</p><p>The Art of Adolf Wolfli. St. Adolf-Giant-Creation - ISBN 0-691-11498-6</p><p>Outsider Art. Visionary Worlds and Trauma - Daniel Wojcik - ISBN 9781496808066</p>","author_name":"Glen Real"}