Outsider Art: Spontaneous Alternatives (World of Art)
Editorial Reviews Roger Cardinal This book represents the best-informed and most lucid account of Outsider Art at the turn of the century--a fascinating field which has recently begun to expand at an astonishing pace. Book Description Outsider Art is work produced outside the mainstream of modern art by self-taught, untrained visionaries, spiritualists, eccentric recluses, folk artists, psychiatric patients, criminals, and others beyond the imposed margins of society and the art market. Coined by Roger Cardinal in 1972, the term in English derived from Jean Dubuffet's "art brut"--literally "raw art," "uncooked" by culture, unaffected by fashion, unmoved by artistic standards. In this indispensable book Colin Rhodes surveys the history and reception of Outsider Art--first championed by Dubuffet and the Surrealists, now appreciated by a wide public--while providing insight into the achievements of both major figures and newly discovered artists. From spirit-guided Madge Gill to schizophrenic Adolf Wlfli, these individuals passionately and obsessively pursue the pictorial expression of their vision. Outsider Art: Spontaneous Alternatives (World of Art)
Outsider Art: Spontaneous Alternatives (World of Art),Colin Rhodes,Thames & Hudson,0500203342,Art,Art & Art Instruction,Art brut,Assemblage Art,Folk & Outsider Art,History - Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945),Outsider art,Special Subjects In Art
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